Arts

US to hand back stolen royal books to Sweden - 07/23/2013

NEW YORK CITY- Two rare books that once belonged to the Swedish royal family and were stolen from the country's National Library are to be handed back here on Wednesday. New York District Attorney...

No-sail zone on Lake Zurich for Tina Turner wedding - 07/22/2013

GENEVA- A no-sail zone has been set up off the lakeside property of US-born pop singer Tina Turner and her longtime German partner Erwin Bach to help keep away prying eyes as they wed on Sunday,...

Bayreuth director dampens expectations for Bicentenary 'Ring' - 07/21/2013

FRANKFURT- German theatre director Frank Castorf, who is staging Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle at this year's Bayreuth Festival, dampened expectations for his much-anticipated production in a...

Facebook campaign demands Syria free jailed artist - 07/21/2013

DAMASCUS- The wife of acclaimed Syrian artist Youssef Abdelke, whose works are displayed in museums around the world, appealed for his release on Saturday, after his arrest by regime security forces....

Stolen manuscripts worth 4 mln euros recovered in Italy - 07/20/2013

ROME- Italian police said on Friday they had recovered 36 manuscripts by novelist Giovanni Verga worth some four millions euros ($5.25 million). The manuscripts were stolen in the 1930s. Police also...

Jackson's mother weeps in court, blasts critics - 07/20/2013

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Michael Jackson's mother Katherine broke down in tears Friday recalling the day her son died, as she testified against tour promoters AEG Live whom she blames over his...

'House of Cards' makes TV history with Emmy nod - 07/19/2013

LOS ANGELES, Leila Macor- The Netflix political drama "House of Cards" made television history Thursday when it became the first online-only series ever to be nominated for a major Emmy award. The FX...

Katherine Jackson to testify at LA trial - 07/19/2013

LOS ANGELES- Michael Jackson's mother Katherine will testify Friday against tour promoters AEG Live, whom she accuses of negligently hiring the doctor convicted over the pop star's 2009 death,...

Italian screenwriter of 'Life is Beautiful' dies - 07/18/2013

ROME- Italian screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami -- author of the screenplay for "Life is Beautiful" by Roberto Benigni -- died on Wednesday at the age of 72. "Vincenzo Cerami is the one person who has...

'Glee' star died from heroin, alcohol mix: coroner - 07/17/2013

MONTREAL- Cory Monteith, the Canadian star of the hit TV musical series "Glee", died of an apparent overdose of heroin and alcohol, the British Columbia coroner's office said Tuesday. The 31-year-old...
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