BUCHAREST- The George Enescu International Competition, a classical music contest which has served as a springboard for musicians such as pianists Radu Lupu and Elisabeth Leonskaja, opens on Saturday...
VENICE, Ella Ide- Swedish director Roy Andersson's film "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence", a series of comedic sketches exploring the human condition, won the Golden Lion for best...
PRAGUE- Karel Cerny, the Czech art director and production designer who won an Oscar in 1985 for his work on Milos Forman's hit film "Amadeus", died at the age of 92 on Friday, his family said. Cerny...
BERLIN, Kate Millar- A German museum said Thursday it will look into the origins of a scalp claimed by a Native American tribe as an ancestral artefact. Scientists from the Karl May Museum in the...
WASHINGTON- Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and British rock-pop legend Sting are among the recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors, the highest US award for living performing artists. US...
NEW YORK, Jennie Matthew- Joan Rivers, the caustic stand-up comic and television host who blazed a trail at a time when comedy was all but off-limits to women, died in hospital in New York on...
LOS ANGELES- The "Frozen" princess stars of Disney's Oscar-winning animated film are set to return in a short sequel to be released next spring, the studio said Wednesday. "Frozen Fever" will reunite...
LOS ANGELES- Spanish tenor Placido Domingo presented Tuesday the latest edition of Operalia, a competition he described as the "Olympics of the opera". The contest showcasing young opera stars was...
NEW DELHI- A series of paintings by an Indian elephant have gone on sale at an upmarket gallery in New Delhi to raise money to protect the endangered animal. Artist Alpana Ahuja used baskets of...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally tied the knot after nine years together at a secret wedding in the south of France described as a "family...
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