Arts

Gaga and Assange meet in London - 10/10/2012

LONDON- US pop star Lady Gaga has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London's Ecuadorian embassy, where he is currently seeking refuge, photos published on her website showed Tuesday. Gaga...

Midnight's Children finds distributor in India - 10/08/2012

MUMBAI- A new film of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" is due to be released in India after fears it would not find a distributor in the country where it is set, according to a...

Controversial S Korea film highlights state torture - 10/07/2012

BUSAN, South Korea, Mathew Scott- A controversial South Korean movie about state-sponsored torture premiered Saturday at the Busan film festival, with its director hoping it could influence the...

The name's Bond, James Bond: 007 marks 50 years - 10/06/2012

LONDON, James Pheby- "The name's Bond... James Bond". Fans of 007 on Friday celebrated 50 years of the suave British spy's adventures on the silver screen with a day of themed events around the...

Guessing game starts as Nobel season nears - 10/05/2012

STOCKHOLM, Pia Ohlin- Early October means it's time for the annual Nobel Prize announcements and frenzied guessing over possible winners, with 231 Peace Prize nominees rumoured to range from...

Beatles' first single 'Love Me Do' turns 50 - 10/05/2012

"It's obviously the first single, but more importantly, it established their policy of only releasing songs that were written by the Beatles themselves," said Hamish MacBain, assistant editor at...

ABBA museum to open in Stockholm - 10/04/2012

STOCKHOLM- A museum dedicated to legendary Swedish disco group ABBA, which disbanded thirty years ago, will open in Stockholm this spring, former member Bjoern Ulvaeus announced on Wednesday. "This...

Justin Bieber mourns cancer death of six-year-old 'wife' - 10/02/2012

WASHINGTON- Teen idol Justin Bieber on Wednesday mourned the death of a six-year-old cancer patient who snagged his heart after she became his make-believe wife. "One of the greatest spirits I have...

Shanghai seeks premier art status with new museums - 10/02/2012

SHANGHAI, Bill Savadove- Shanghai on Monday opened two new art museums on the former site of the 2010 World Expo, as China's commercial hub seeks to rival art capitals like New York and Paris. The...

Italian Prime Minister’s Axe Shakes the Biggest Media Organization (RAI) and New Talents Take Over the TV Screen - 10/01/2012

Rome – Abdul Rahman Bitar - In Italy, RAI does not mean the Algerian dancing music that swept the world (originating from the Arabic word: rai رأي or opinion). It is the oldest and biggest media...
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