BAYREUTH, Germany- The production team of the new staging of "The Flying Dutchman" that opened this year's Bayreuth Festival was loudly booed at the opening night, while the cast received rapturous...

FLORENCE, Italy, Ella Ide- Archaeologists on Tuesday unearthed a skeleton in a rare state of preservation in Florence in what they believe may be a crucial step towards unravelling the mystery of the...

ROME, Dario Thuburn- The giant sets of the Cinecitta studios in Rome -- from 19th century New York to Renaissance Florence -- are a slice of world cinema history that workers picketing outside say is...

NEW YORK- Pop star Mariah Carey is taking over at the troubled TV talent show "American Idol" after Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and pop diva Jennifer Lopez quit as judges. "It's gonna be so much fun...

LONDON- Flamboyant British pop icon Elton John on Sunday scored his first number one album in his home country for over 20 years, his seventh in total. The bespectacled pianist claimed the official...

FRANKFURT, Simon Morgan- The Bayreuth Festival, an annual month-long celebration of Richard Wagner, opens Wednesday, with its new production of "The Flying Dutchman" engulfed in scandal even before...

MARSEILLE, France- Kosovo poet Ali Podrimja was found dead Saturday in southern France after being missing for days, according to organisers of a poetry festival he was attending. "The festival has...

WARSAW- A collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe obtained by the Polish state as part of a foreign debt settlement will go on display in Warsaw next month before they are auctioned off later...

After the deadly shooting rampage at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where hundreds had gathered to see the area premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises," it's hard not to wonder whether the gunman was...