LONDON- "12 Years a Slave", the distressing tale of a man sold into slavery, was the big winner at the Baftas on Sunday, giving the Steve McQueen directed picture a huge pre-Oscars boost. The film,...
LONDON- British film queen Helen Mirren on Sunday thanked her former teacher after receiving Bafta's highest accolade from Prince William at a glittering ceremony in London on Sunday. Mirren, who has...
GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- The discovery in Gaza of a life-size bronze statue of a naked ancient Greek god has presented the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers with a dilemma: should there be a...
BERLIN, Deborah Cole- Chinese film noir "Black Coal, Thin Ice" by Diao Yinan about a washed up ex-cop investigating a series of grisly murders won the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize...
BERLIN- A powerful debut feature about Chechen asylum-seekers in Europe, "Macondo", by a female director who had to leave Iran as a child drew cheers Friday at the Berlin film festival. As the...
FRANKFURT- Rising-star French conductor Francois-Xavier Roth next year will take over the reins at the Cologne Opera, one of Germany's most important houses, it was announced on Friday. Roth will...
WASHINGTON- Stephen King announced Thursday a second novel to hit bookstores this year, a tale of God and the Devil that starts in a small New England town in the mid-20th century. On his website,...
LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Shirley Temple, the child star icon who captured hearts in Depression-era America with her blond ringlets before becoming a US ambassador, has died at the age of 85,...
LOS ANGELES- Irish rock veterans U2 will play their Oscar-nominated song "Ordinary Love" from the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" at this year's Academy Awards, organizers announced Wednesday....
CHICAGO- A massive sinkhole opened up inside the National Corvette Museum and swallowed eight cars Wednesday in the US state of Kentucky. Museum officials said they got a call at 5:44 am from their...
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