Arts

Actress linked to Hollande barred from prestigious jury - 01/16/2014

PARIS, Thibauld Malterre- France's culture minister on Wednesday blocked actress Julie Gayet from becoming a jury member of a prestigious French academy in Rome following revelations she was having...

UK television stars in court to face sex charges - 01/16/2014

LONDON, Katy Lee- Three ageing stars of British television appeared in separate courts Tuesday, all accused of raping or assaulting women and young girls. Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, TV soap...

Oscars broadcast to celebrate movie heroes - 01/16/2014

LOS ANGELES- The 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2 will pay tribute to movie heroes from past and present, producers said Tuesday of the much-anticipated Oscars, the climax of Hollywood's...

Pakistan gang rape inspires New York opera - 01/16/2014

NEW YORK, Jennie Matthew- To those who complain that opera is an elitist indulgence served up to snobs in dinner jackets, New York's latest world premiere may come as something of a shock. Inspired...

Jennifer Lawrence wins best supporting actress Globe - 01/15/2014

LOS ANGELES- Jennifer Lawrence won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a movie on Sunday for her role in crime caper "American Hustle." The 23-year-old "Hunger Games" star's prize was the...

India eyes return of 'Buddha begging bowl' from Afghanistan - 01/15/2014

NEW DELHI, Abhaya Srivastava- Indian archaeologists are being sent to Kabul to study a "begging bowl" said to have been used by Buddha in a first step aimed at bringing the artifact back to India, an...

Gunter Grass hangs up novelist pen - 01/14/2014

BERLIN- Nobel prize-winning German writer Gunter Grass, author of "The Tin Drum" and one of Germany's most influential if controversial intellectual figures, has said he is unlikely to write another...

Beauty queen's murder exposes Venezuela's crime epidemic - 01/13/2014

CARACAS, Jordi Miro- The murder of a soap opera star has brought to light the harsh reality that Venezuelans endure daily: rampant violence and impunity allowing most criminals to get away with...

Guillotine used for resistance siblings 'found in Germany' - 01/12/2014

BERLIN- The guillotine used to execute Nazi resistance siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl in 1943 appears to have been found in southern Germany after being thought lost for decades, a museum said...

Bowie, One Direction up for Brit awards - 01/11/2014

LONDON- Veteran rocker David Bowie was nominated Thursday for two Brit awards alongside youngsters like One Direction, thirty years after he first won a prize at Britain's equivalent of the Grammys....
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