Arts

Teen Moroccan rapper jailed over videos: colleagues - 10/19/2014

RABAT, MOROCCO- A teenaged Moroccan rapper was sentenced to three months in prison Friday on a variety of charges that include distorting the words of the national anthem, immorality and encouraging...

Frears, 'Leviathan' honoured at London Film Festival - 10/19/2014

LONDON, UK- Director Stephen Frears was honoured with a fellowship of the British Film Institute (BFI) on Saturday at a ceremony at the London Film Festival, where Russian movie "Leviathan" won the...

London pays homage to immortal myth of Sherlock Holmes - 10/18/2014

LONDON, UK, Jacques Klopp- Sherlock Holmes never existed but his fictional address of 221B Baker Street still receives a steady flow of letters addressed to the famously intuitive detective. The...

In Donetsk theatre, a refuge from Ukraine's tragedy - 10/17/2014

DONETSK, UKRAINE, Simon Valmary- After the bombs, the fur coats. After the air raids, the air kisses. After six months of war, even the fighters attending an opening night at the Donetsk theatre...

Audiences following best characters to TV, says top film director - 10/17/2014

PARIS, FRANCE, Helen Rowe- A troubled detective hunting a serial killer in rural Louisiana, a chemistry teacher with inoperable lung cancer reinvented as a drugs kingpin, a bisexual woman doing jail...

Longtime love of Cabaret's Isherwood feted in Berlin - 10/17/2014

BERLIN, GERMANY, Deborah Cole- Berlin is rolling out the red carpet for the longtime partner of late British-born author Christopher Isherwood, whose writings inspired "Cabaret" about the swinging...

Innovative, energetic: Rembrandt's later works on show in London - 10/16/2014

LONDON, UK, Alice Ritchie- An extraordinary exhibition into the later works of Rembrandt opened at the National Gallery in London on Wednesday, revealing the energy, innovation and empathy of the...

Abbey searched for remains of last Anglo-Saxon king - 10/15/2014

LONDON, UK- A British team that helped find the remains of late king Richard III in 2012 on Tuesday turned their attention to the presumed burial site of the last royal of the Anglo-Saxon era....

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize - 10/15/2014

LONDON, UK, Naomi O'Leary- Australian novelist Richard Flanagan won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday for his book "The Narrow Road to the Deep North", inspired by his father's experience as a prisoner...

Pop star Kesha sues producer Dr. Luke for sex abuse - 10/15/2014

LOS ANGELES, US- American pop star Kesha on Tuesday sued her producer Dr. Luke for allegedly abusing her sexually and emotionally for years, while threatening to harm her career. Famous for hits such...
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