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....
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...
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,...
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...
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- 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...
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...
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...
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"...
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...