CAIRO- Controversial Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef's television channel suspended his programme on Friday, a week after he returned from a four-month break and fired barbs at the country's...

VIENNA- Former French star dancer Manuel Legris will stay on as director of the Vienna Ballet until 2017, having revolutionised the stuffy old institution, the company announced Wednesday. Legris,...

MOSCOW, Stuart Williams- One of Russia's most adored ballerinas spoke out vehemently on Wednesday against the appointment of outspoken dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze to head its top ballet school, in a...

VIENNA- Former French star dancer Manuel Legris will stay on as director of the Vienna Ballet until 2017, having revolutionised the stuffy old institution, the company announced Wednesday. Legris,...

LONDON- Electronica singer-songwriter James Blake won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize on Wednesday for his second album, "Overgrown". The 25-year-old art-school graduate beat off competition from...

LOS ANGELES- Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr joked Wednesday that he would welcome playing with former bandmate Paul McCartney again, but only if the group was called "Ringo's." The veteran drummer made the...

ROME, Laure Brumont- Riches from a Neapolitan treasure trove said to be worth more than the British crown jewels are going on show in Rome in an unprecedented exhibition of emeralds and diamonds once...

NEW YORK CITY, Brigitte Dusseau- If box office takings have stagnated in recent years, one US cinema is wooing back film lovers with big, fat, leather recliners... reminiscent of well, beds. Deep and...

SAINT PETERSBURG, Marina Koreneva- Art lovers lined up Sunday at the world's biggest museum of Russian art in Saint Petersburg, where US film star Sylvester Stallone unveiled a retrospective of his...