LONDON- "Omnishambles" was named Britain's word of the year Tuesday after being coined by BBC TV's satirical political series "The Thick of It" to describe a badly mismanaged situation. The word has...
DUBLIN, Conor Barrins- In an odyssey worthy of its fictional hero, an Irish writer has finally brought James Joyce's "Ulysses" to the stage in Dublin after a copyright battle blew his adaptation off...
LONDON- The accident-prone British thirty-something Bridget Jones is to return in a third novel next year, her creator Helen Fielding announced on Friday. Fielding's first two books about Jones,...
KAMPALA- Uganda has halted a theatre production being staged by human rights activists, including pro-gay campaigners, theatre officials and gay activists said Thursday. Police at Kampala's national...
NEW YORK- Two fans of the "Twilight Saga" who rewrote the vampire love story as a steamy office romance have scored a two-book deal with a New York publisher in a fresh example of fanfiction going...
LOS ANGELES- Veteran actor Harrison Ford could reprise his role as Han Solo in "Star Wars" in a new movie set for release in 2015 after Disney bought the studio behind the sci-fi saga, a report said....
LONDON- Emeli Sande was a triple winner at Britain's MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards on Saturday, collecting the gongs for best female, best album and best R and B/Soul. The 25-year-old...
The 55-year-old says he's filled six warehouses with artefacts from the period, when young people formed often violent "Red Guard" groups and those labelled as "capitalist roaders" were publicly...
MEDELLIN, Colombia- Renowned Colombian artist Fernando Botero has turned his talents to liquor, designing a bottle and label for an aged rum, with 80 percent of the proceeds pledged to Medellin's...
FRANKFURT, Germany, Simon Morgan- Germany's foremost contemporary composer Hans Werner Henze, who died Saturday at the age of 86, was a non-conformist both politically and artistically throughout his...
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