Arts

Bolshoi dancer gets six years for acid attack - 12/04/2013

MOSCOW, Olga Rotenberg- A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Bolshoi dancer to six years in a penal colony for masterminding an acid attack that nearly blinded the famed company's artistic...

Victoria Beckham guest-edits Paris Vogue - 12/03/2013

PARIS- Ex-Spice Girl turned fashion designer Victoria Beckham has guest-edited the Christmas edition of Paris Vogue magazine, the publication said on Friday. Beckham, 39, appears in a seductive pose...

Lennon's schoolyard mischief revealed by auctioned files - 12/02/2013

LONDON- School files detailing the adolescent wrongdoings of "class-clown" John Lennon fetched nearly £8,500 each in an online auction on Sunday. The pair of detention sheets revealed that the Beatle...

UN refugee agency unveils Palestinian archive - 12/01/2013

JERUSALEM, Philippe Agret- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has unveiled a trove of pictures and film captured over more than 60 years chronicling the collective memory of those who fled or...

9-year sentence sought against Bolshoi dancer over acid attack - 11/30/2013

MOSCOW, Maria Antonova- Russian prosecutors Friday demanded a nine-year jail sentence for a Bolshoi ballet dancer accused of masterminding an acid attack that nearly blinded the troupe's artistic...

Ancient erotic frescoes get makeover in Italy show - 11/30/2013

CASORIA- Naked artists posing as cavorting nymphs and satyrs star in a new exhibition that opened in Italy this week which features adapted images of some of the eye-catching erotic frescoes from the...

Justin Bieber in Australia graffiti row - 11/28/2013

SYDNEY- Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber was Thursday told to clean up his mess after the pop star was accused of spraying graffiti on the wall of an Australian hotel. Furious Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate...

Dutch art heist thief jailed in Romania, paintings still missing - 11/27/2013

BUCHAREST, Isabelle Wesselingh- A Romanian man who masterminded the theft of seven masterpieces from a Dutch museum was sentenced to nearly seven years in jail on Tuesday, but the fate of the...

Monty Python reunion show sells out in 43.5 seconds - 11/26/2013

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Monty Python added another four dates to their "one-off" reunion show on Monday after 14,500 tickets to their first London live performance sold out in just 43.5 seconds. John...

Tunisian rapper, journalist get suspended jail terms - 11/26/2013

BEN AROUS- A Tunisian court Monday handed suspended four-month prison sentences to a Tunisian rapper and a journalist accused of insulting public officials, and acquitted another musician, their...
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