LOS ANGELES, US- Tolkien fantasy epic "The Hobbit" enjoyed a third week at the top of the North American box office, while controversial comedy "The Interview" took in another $1 million in its...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Kim Dong-Hyun- Hollywood comedy "The Interview" has won a few fans in between sparking apocalyptic warnings from North Korea -- but for defectors who escaped the communist state,...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Peter Harmsen- A letter sent by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1964 declining the Nobel Prize for Literature came too late to avert one of the biggest debacles in its...
LOS ANGELES, US- Pop diva Madonna has hit back at criticism of images posted on her Facebook page showing iconic figures such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King in bondage to mirror her latest...
LONDON, UK- British singer PJ Harvey is to record her ninth studio album in public, the two-time Mercury Prize-winner announced on Friday, turning the recording process into an art installation. The...
PARIS, FRANCE- For decades, historians of literature have mulled the untimely death that met Constance, the wife of the exuberant, scandalous writer Oscar Wilde. An early pioneer for women's rights...
LOS ANGELES, US- Jennifer Lawrence says she'd be fine if she got Ebola, in a video that encourages Americans to focus more on West Africans far more likely to die from the dreaded virus. The...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN- The latest season of US TV spy drama "Homeland" is ruffling feathers among Pakistani officials who are unhappy at the unflattering portrayal of the country's powerful spy...
HAVANA, CUBA- Experimental Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera has asked her compatriots to share their dreams for the island's future at a "participatory performance" Tuesday likely to ruffle...
LOS ANGELES, US- A Los Angeles judge refused Wednesday to reopen the case of filmmaker Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty in 1977 to raping a 13-year-old but left the United States before sentencing....