Arts

Ghosts of German history haunt fabled Berlin dance hall - 08/23/2013

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- It's survived two world wars, communist spies and a Quentin Tarantino movie production and at the ripe age of 100, Berlin's most legendary dance hall is also among its most...

New York Met expands live opera broadcast program - 08/22/2013

NEW YORK CITY- New York's Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it has expanded its program of live broadcasts for the 2013-2014 season, with 10 operas to be shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of...

Jennifer Garner, Halle Berry push anti-paparazzi bill - 08/21/2013

LOS ANGELES- Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers Tuesday to back a bill aimed at limiting the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities, local...

Pistorius seeks deal with dead lover's family: report - 08/20/2013

JOHANNESBURG- South Africa's Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius is trying to negotiate an out-of-court compensation deal with the parents of his slain lover Reeva Steenkamp, a local newspaper...

'Get Shorty' crime writer Elmore Leonard dead at 87 - 08/20/2013

WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- American crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose sparely written novels about guys with guns inspired Hollywood films like "Get Shorty" and "Jackie Brown," died Tuesday at the...

Too early to say if Neruda was poisoned: Chile - 08/20/2013

SANTIAGO- Scientists testing the remains of Pablo Neruda confirmed the Chilean poet had advanced prostate cancer but it's too early to rule on assertions he was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship...

Pistorius to face March murder trial - 08/20/2013

PRETORIA, Johannes Myburgh, Stephanie Findlay- Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius will go on trial in March charged with murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, a South African magistrate...

US artist turns dumpster into a home - 08/19/2013

NEW YORK CITY, Robert Macpherson- There's nothing trashy about Gregory Kloehn's Brooklyn pied-a-terre: a live-in dumpster that sleeps two with ease, hosts impromptu barbecue parties and sports its...

"The Butler" opens at the top of box office: estimates - 08/19/2013

LOS ANGELES- "The Butler," about an African American who watches civil rights history in the making as a White House butler, debuted at the top of the North American box office, estimates showed...

Ray Bellisario: the photographer the royals hated - 08/18/2013

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- The world's press will train their lenses on Britain's new royal baby next month, but after a career spent snapping the family in the most unflattering light, Ray Bellisario...
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