Arts

'Alice in Wonderland' sequel in production - 08/04/2014

LOS ANGELES- Production begins this week on the highly anticipated sequel to Tim Burton's blockbuster reinvention of "Alice in Wonderland" -- with the same A-list cast as the 2010 Oscar-winning film....

Mozart's Salzburg finds big business in 'Sound of Music' - 08/04/2014

SALZBURG, Sim Sim Wissgott- For almost 50 years, "The Sound of Music" has captured the imagination of movie-goers and musical fans with its catchy tunes and lovable characters set against the...

French, German leaders pay emotional tribute to WWI fallen - 08/04/2014

HARTMANNSWILLER, Hervé Asquin- French President Francois Hollande and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck paid emotional tributes Sunday to the millions of soldiers who died during World War I,...

Celebrities stir passions with Gaza views - 08/03/2014

WASHINGTON, Robert Macpherson- Pop idols and professional athletes are going public with strong views about Gaza, putting their relations with fans on the line while stirring up a social media...

'Guardians of the Galaxy' set to take over US theaters - 08/03/2014

LOS ANGELES, Veronique Dupont- In the world of superheroes, the ragtag "Guardians of the Galaxy" are a bit less polished than the A-list "Avengers", but they are nevertheless set to conquer US movie...

New York Met postpones work stoppage by 72 hours - 08/02/2014

NEW YORK- The Metropolitan Opera in New York, whose staff is locked in a bitter dispute with its managing director over proposed pay cuts, has extended labor negotiations by 72 hours, avoiding a...

Poor, restive French town once housed Nobel prize creator - 08/02/2014

SEVRAN, Valentin Bontemps- It's one of the poorest suburb towns in France, riddled with unemployment, drugs and violence. But more than a century ago, Sevran was a peaceful, leafy village where...

At Skywalker Ranch, the 'Force' of George Lucas is everywhere - 08/01/2014

NICASIO, Veronique Dupont- George Lucas, the man behind the mega-successful interplanetary saga "Star Wars," may well have retired, but his spirit looms large at the famous Skywalker Ranch. The...

S.Africa shantytown forces anti-apartheid museum to close - 08/01/2014

PORT ELIZABETH, Max Matavire- South African shantytown residents have forced the closure of a museum honouring anti-apartheid heroes, accusing the authorities of building "a house for dead people"...

Films help Lebanese come to terms with dark past - 07/31/2014

BEIRUT, Rita El-Hajj- Lebanon's civil war ended a quarter of a century ago but its filmmakers remain fixated on this dark period, seeing their movies as a kind of catharsis to help heal collective...
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