Arts

Socialite and founder of Shanghai Tang fashion house dead at 63 - 08/31/2017

HONG KONG (dpa)- Sir David Tang, founder of the Hong Kong luxury fashion house Shanghai Tang and a socialite befriended by Hollywood stars and the British royal family alike, has died at age 63 after...

Palestinian museum's first exhibit sets eyes on contested holy city - 08/30/2017

BIRZEIT, WEST BANK, Maher Abukhater (dpa)- After a nearly year-long delay, the opening exhibit of the first Palestinian national museum begins on Sunday, examining the contested holy city of...

Israel's Netanyahu confuses souvenir coin for 'exciting discovery' - 08/30/2017

TEL AVIV, Eliyahu Kamisher (dpa) - A 2,000-year-old coin promoted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as proof of the Jewish people's connection to the Israeli-controlled West Bank has been...

Princess Diana's death: Controversies and conspiracy claims - 08/28/2017

LONDON (dpa)- Amid a flurry of book launches on Princess Diana this month, several authors have again claimed to expose how the popular royal was the victim not of a tragic road accident but a...

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' director dead at 74 - 08/28/2017

LOS ANGELES (dpa)- Tobe Hooper, famous for directing cult horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Poltergeist" has died at the age of 74. The Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed...

Neo-Nazi terrorist revenge film selected as German Oscar entry - 08/27/2017

BERLIN, Andrew McCathie (dpa)- Turkish-German director Fatih Akin's thriller "Aus dem Nichts" ("In the Fade") about a woman seeking revenge for the deaths of her Kurdish husband and son in a neo-Nazi...

Ai Weiwei, Clooney and Jennifer Lawrence to star at Venice film fest - 08/25/2017

ROME, Alvise Armellini (dpa)- The world's oldest cinema jamboree features a quite "extraordinary" documentary on migration, Hollywood productions likely to compete for the 2018 Oscars, the latest art...

Arundhati Roy: I feel like all the human race is in a graveyard - 08/21/2017

NEW DELHI, Nick Kaiser (dpa)- Indian writer-activist Arundhati Roy discusses her new novel as well as the method and madness of Indian politics and society. – Twenty years after her debut novel "The...

Ancient conflict revived in Hebron over Abraham's grave - 08/21/2017

HEBRON, Stefanie Jaerkel (dpa)- The grave of patriarchs venerated by Jews, Christians and Muslims in Hebron's Old Town has long been a source of conflict. UNESCO's decision last month to declare them...

Jerry Lewis, the "king of crazy," dies at age 91 - 08/21/2017

LOS ANGELES, Valerie Hamilton and Christina Horsten (dpa)- Jerry Lewis made the world laugh with his slapstick antics and rubber face. From his early exploits as Dean Martin's sidekick to a solo film...
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