Not everything on April 14 was grim. In Paris, a man won a Pablo Picasso painting worth NZ$1.7 million with a NZ$200 raffle ticket. In Egypt’s Luxor, archaeologists unearthed a 2,000-year-old stele depicting Roman Emperor Tiberius alongside Egyptian deities Amun, Mut, and Khonsu — a vivid artifact of Rome’s effort to legitimize its rule over Egypt. Madonna confirmed a sequel to her iconic Confessions on a Dance Floor album, wiping her Instagram and teasing lyrics from “Hung Up.” And in Berlin, thousands gathered for the premiere of Michael, the new Michael Jackson biopic starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson, two weeks before its official release.
Meanwhile, Kanye West faces a potential ban in France over his scheduled performance at Wireless Festival in Marseille, even as a new lawsuit accuses him of punching a man in a restaurant — “not a case of mistaken identity,” the filing states.
