LOS ANGELES- Gossip website Gawker has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking at least $2 million over the publication of a leaked screenplay for what was to be his latest...

PARIS- France will on Tuesday return three paintings seized by the Nazis to their rightful owners, just the tip of an iceberg in a country where nearly 2,000 such artworks remain unclaimed. All works...

LOS ANGELES- A Norwegian man who admitted tricking an investor out of $1 million in a fake deal to promote Justin Bieber in Scandinavia was sentenced to 11 years in jail, US prosecutors said Monday....

LOS ANGELES- Bloody ancient Greece fantasy-action movie "300: Rise of an Empire" slayed the competition at the North American box office this weekend, estimated figures showed Sunday. The gory...

San Diego (California) – Abdul Rahman Bitar At the beginning of the last century, Claude Debussy, the innovative French composer, was considered a symbol of French culture in the face of influential...

LONDON, Jacques Klopp- The Vikings are renowned as bloodthirsty warriors, but a new exhibition at the British Museum aims to show the cultural achievements and trading skills that spread their...

CAIRO- Archaeologists have discovered the nearly 3,500-year-old tomb of a royal stable master from the pharaonic era in the famed temple city of Luxor, Egypt, the government said Tuesday The tomb was...

HOLLYWOOD- Ellen DeGeneres lit up the Oscars on her return as host on Sunday, ordering pizza, taking a star-studded selfie and poking fun at her audience in a well-received performance on Hollywood's...

HOLLYWOOD, Michael Thurston- Harrowing historical drama "12 Years a Slave" won the coveted best picture Oscar on Sunday, while 3D space thriller "Gravity" was the top prize winner at a politically...