Arts

Ishiguro wins Literature Nobel for works of 'great emotional force' - 10/05/2017

STOCKHOLM, Lennart Simonsson and Ella Joyner (dpa) - British author Kazuo Ishiguro won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for works that uncover "the abyss beneath our illusory sense of...

Indian actor Tom Alter dies at age 67 after battling skin cancer - 10/01/2017

NEW DELHI, dpa correspondents (dpa) - Tom Alter, an Indian actor of US descent who worked on more than 300 films, has died at age 67 after battling skin cancer. Alter died at his home in Mumbai,...

James Franco's 'The Disaster Artist' wins top prize in San Sebastian - 10/01/2017

MADRID (dpa)- James Franco's tragi-comic biopic "The Disaster Artist" on Saturday won the San Sebastian International Film Festival's top prize, the Golden Shell. The film, starring and directed by...

Speculation abounds ahead of annual Nobel Prize announcements - 09/28/2017

STOCKHOLM, Lennart Simonsson (dpa) Potential winners of the 2017 Nobel Prizes include a team of researchers involved in the discovery of gravitational waves, while the negotiators behind the 2015...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make first public appearance as couple - 09/26/2017

SYDNEY (dpa)- Prince Harry and girlfriend Meghan Markle marked their coupledom publicly for the first time at the Invictus Games in Canada on Monday. While there had previously been speculation the...

Bill Clinton's upcoming novel gets TV deal - 09/25/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa)- Former US president Bill Clinton's first novel, "The President is Missing," will be turned into a Showtime TV series, the premium cable network announced on Friday. The upcoming...

Turkey displays rare 2nd century relic returned home after 50 years - 09/25/2017

ISTANBUL (dpa) – The Roman sarcophagus of Hercules, a rare artifact smuggled abroad some 50 years ago and recently returned to Turkey from Switzerland, was opened for public display on Sunday in...

Actor Colin Firth takes Italian citizenship following Brexit worries - 09/24/2017

ROME (dpa)- British actor Colin Firth is now Italian actor Colin Firth, according to the government in Rome. The star of movies such as "The King's Speech," "Bridget Jones' Diary" and "Mamma Mia"...

Star Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli sings as robot directs orchestra - 09/18/2017

ROME (dpa)- World-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli was the star of a classical concert in Italy conducted by a robot. The event, hosted late Tuesday, opened the International Robotics Festival in Pisa,...

US writer favourite as six novels shortlisted for Man Booker Prize - 09/17/2017

LONDON (dpa)- US writer George Saunders is the early favourite after his book "Lincoln in the Bardo" was among six novels shortlisted on Wednesday for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for fiction. The...
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