LONDON- British artist Tracey Emin's controversial "My Bed" is to be exhibited in Britain as part of a long-term loan to the Tate group of museums, its new owner said on Tuesday. German art collector...

SALZBURG, Sim Sim Wissgott- The prestigious Salzburg Festival is known for its classical performances of Mozart and Bach, but this year the spotlight is on a new modern opera telling the story of...

MANAGUA- Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry lent her star power to combat rural hunger during a trip to Nicaragua for the UN World Food Program, officials here said Friday. Government authorities said...

DONETSK- Visiting a museum may be the last thing on the minds of hardened insurgents in east Ukraine, but a group of them turned up at one in Donetsk -- only to make off with a World War II tank and...

MUMBAI, Udita Jhunjhunwala- An Indian investment banker turned wildly successful novelist is taking a career turn in Bollywood, with a screenplay he says will tackle social issues in the same vein as...

NICE- Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has raised more than $25 million (18 million euros) at a charity gala in France for his foundation which aims at protecting the environment and endangered...

PARIS, Helen Rowe- When film director Steve Faigenbaum grew up in Detroit, the city pulsated to the sound of Motown and car manufacturing. Today, the once mighty city, which declared bankruptcy in...

NEW YORK, Jennie Matthew- Proposed pay cuts, declining ticket sales, dire reviews and threatened strike action, the Metropolitan Opera in New York is embroiled in perhaps its ugliest crisis in 30...

LONDON- Four Americans made the longlist Wednesday for the 2014 Booker Prize for Fiction, which has opened up the field for the first time to novelists from outside the Commonwealth. The 13-strong...