Arts

Exhumation of Chilean poet Neruda begins - 04/08/2013

ISLA NEGRA, Chile, Roser Toll- The remains of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda were exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship he...

Japanese ballet dancer Kimoto named soloist in Vienna - 04/08/2013

VIENNA- Japanese dancer Masayu Kimoto has been promoted to the rank of soloist with the Vienna Ballet, the company announced in a statement on Monday. The young Japanese dancer has featured heavily...

'Evil Dead' slays N. America box office in debut - 04/08/2013

LOS ANGELES- The reboot of the horror classic "Evil Dead" slayed its rivals in its opening weekend, topping the North American box office with $26 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed...

Work underway for exhuming poet Neruda's remains - 04/08/2013

ISLA NEGRA, Chile- Experts on Sunday started work on opening the tomb of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda, to uncover his remains and determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned. The...

Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed Monday - 04/06/2013

SANTIAGO- The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned, according to the judge on the case. The leftist, who...

Renewed Rijksmuseum revamps the Golden Age - 04/05/2013

AMSTERDAM, Charles Onians- Amsterdam's world-famous Rijksmuseum revealed its eagerly-awaited 21st century identity Thursday after a vast 10-year renovation aimed at breathing new life into its...

La Scala cancels opera Macbeth due to strike - 04/05/2013

MILAN- Striking opera house workers at Milan's prestigious La Scala have forced the cancellation of a performance on Sunday of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" conducted by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev,...

New boss for France's famed Louvre museum - 04/03/2013

PARIS, Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit- Fresh from being interviewed by French President Francois Hollande himself, Jean-Luc Martinez, an expert in Greek sculpture, was named Wednesday as the new boss of...

Scottish writer Iain Banks has terminal cancer - 04/03/2013

"It started in my gall bladder, has infected both lobes of my liver and probably also my pancreas and some lymph nodes, plus one tumour is massed around a group of major blood vessels in the same...

TV's Barbara Walters laughs off talk of retirement - 04/03/2013

WASHINGTON- US television news icon Barbara Walters, 83, laughed off reports of her imminent retirement Monday, indicating she has no immediate plans to draw a line under her long and storied career....
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