Arts

World's largest museum for modern African art to open in South Africa - 09/17/2017

CAPE TOWN, Kristin Palitza (dpa) – British architect Thomas Heatherwick and German businessman Jochen Zeitz on Friday unveiled the world's largest museum for contemporary African art in South Africa....

Lady Gaga hospitalized for 'severe pain' - 09/16/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa)- Lady Gaga has been hospitalized for "severe pain," according to a short statement by the US pop star on Thursday. "I was taken to the hospital its not simply hip pain or wear and...

Italian tenor Bocelli hospitalized after 'simple fall from a horse' - 09/15/2017

ROME (dpa) - Italy's star tenor Andrea Bocelli was hospitalized Thursday after a horse riding accident, reassuring fans hours after the accident that he is "pretty fine." "It has been just a simple...

Museum of plastinated human bodies can stay open, Berlin court rules - 09/14/2017

BERLIN (dpa)- A museum in Berlin featuring dissected human bodies that have been plastinated can remain open under certain conditions, a German court ruled on Wednesday. The operators of the Menschen...

J.J. Abrams to write and direct 'Star Wars: Episode IX' - 09/14/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa)- US director J.J. Abrams will be at the helm of "Star Wars: Episode IX," the film's production company Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday. Abrams, who already directed and co-wrote...

New sequel to Larsson's Millennium series on sale - 09/12/2017

STOCKHOLM (dpa)- The latest novel inspired by late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium series went on sale Thursday. David Lagercrantz, who penned "The Girl Who Takes an Eye...

Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall dies aged 86 - 09/12/2017

LONDON, Bill Smith (dpa) - Britain's top theatre and opera companies paid tribute on Tuesday to Peter Hall, the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and former director of Britain's National...

"We are Manchester" - City defiant at concert in shadow of attack - 09/11/2017

LONDON, Bill Smith (dpa) - Britain's Manchester Arena reopened Saturday with a sell-out "We Are Manchester" concert to help expunge the memory of a May terrorist attack that killed 22 people. A crowd...

‘Oriental Fantasy’ highlights the La Jolla summer musical festival - 09/09/2017

San Diego (California) - Abdul Rahman Bitar Every year the city of San Diego in the southwest of the United States eagerly awaits the musical summer festival held at its lovely elegant beach suburb...

The Italian filmmaker who predicted migration deals with Libya - 09/09/2017

ROME, Alvise Armellini (dpa)- Andrea Segre worked for 5-6 years on a movie about Mediterranean refugee flows. As the Italian director started shooting, he realized that the dirty intelligence story...
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