LASG ISSUES TRAFFIC ADVISORY AHEAD OF FANTI CARNIVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 LASG ISSUES TRAFFIC ADVISORY AHEAD OF FANTI CARNIVAL The Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversions and restrictions ahead of the Lagos Fanti Carnival scheduled to hold on Monday, 6th April, 2026, around Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos Island. In a bid to ensure a seamless and hitch-free carnival procession, vehicular movement will be restricted along major adjoining roads linking TBS. Affected Routes are; King George V Road (by Mobil Filling Station), Flag House inbound TBS, Force Road inbound TBS, Onikan Roundabout inbound TBS, and WaterBoy Roundabout by Old Defence House. Additionally, all link roads to Moloney Road, such as Military Road (by Old Defence Building), Ajasa Street, Boyle Street, and Hawley Street, will be closed to traffic during the event. To ease parking challenges, designated car parks have been arranged for public use, these include; the Yoruba Lawn Tennis Club Car Park, Zone 2 Car Park (opposite Island Club along King George V Road), Museum Kit...

THEODOR PIŠTĚK, CZECH OSCAR-WINNING COSTUME DESIGNER, DIES AT 93.(PHOTO).


 Theodor Pištěk, Czech Oscar-winning costume designer, dies at 93

 Theodor Pištěk, the celebrated Czech costume and stage designer, painter, and Academy Award winner best known for his work on the film Amadeus, has died at the age of 93. He passed away on Wednesday at his home in the town of Mukařov, east of Prague, with the news confirmed by his family. Born Oct. 25, 1932, in Prague to parents who were both actors, Pištěk grew up immersed in the arts and later graduated from Prague’s Academy of Fine Arts in 1958. He began building his reputation in Czech cinema in the late 1950s, creating striking historical costumes for films directed by František Vláčil, including Marketa Lazarová and The Valley of the Bees, which are now regarded as classics of Czech filmmaking.

Pištěk’s international breakthrough came through his longtime collaboration with director Miloš Forman, whom he befriended during their mandatory military service in communist Czechoslovakia. Despite Forman emigrating after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion, the two continued working together across borders. Pištěk won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Amadeus, filmed in Czechoslovakia, later calling the honor the happiest day of his career. He also earned an Oscar nomination for Valmont, for which he won a French César Award, and contributed costumes to The People vs. Larry Flynt. Beyond film, Pištěk was a lifelong painter whose works—often inspired by his passion for motor racing, which he actively pursued until the mid-1970s—were exhibited internationally. After the 1989 Velvet Revolution, he designed the ceremonial uniforms for the guards at Prague Castle, and in 2000 he received a state decoration from President Václav Havel, cementing his legacy as one of the most influential visual artists in modern Czech cultural history.


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