NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- An Alabama government department has closed an investigation into whether celebrated novelist Harper Lee was coerced or abused into publishing a long-awaited second book this...
PARIS, FRANCE, Isabel Malsang / Aurore Mesenge- Books on Islam are selling out in France after deadly extremist attacks in the capital raised uncomfortable questions about Europe's fastest-growing...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin has released a chapter from his upcoming next book in the series on which hit television show "Game of Thrones" is based. The American...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Rock icon Morrissey will be joined by one of his influences, Blondie, in New York on his latest tour of the United States. The famously gloomy British singer, who last year...
PARIS, FRANCE, Anne-Laure Mondesert- Their creations are usually reserved for a few wealthy clients, but European museums are currently allowing the public to admire up close the works of star...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- Billie Holiday died with just $50 to her name taped to her thigh, but on the 100th anniversary of her birth the jazz legend is enjoying a renaissance as a...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, one of the symbols of the Woodstock generation, was in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday, according to her website....
HONG KONG, CHINA- Picasso masterpiece "Les Femmes d'Alger" went on show for the first time in Hong Kong Wednesday ahead of an auction where it is tipped to smash the world record price for a...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Veteran British rockers the Rolling Stones on Tuesday announced a 15-date stadium tour of North America. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts will kick...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Olga Rotenberg- Russia's culture ministry said Monday it fired a theatre director for offending Orthodox believers with a radical staging of a Wagner opera, whose posters showed a...