Arts

Clooney to make Obama the $6 million dinner man - 04/20/2012

WASHINGTON- Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney will host a $6 million fundraising dinner for Barack Obama at his Los Angeles home as the president fills his campaign coffers to battle Mitt Romney....

'The Artist' star Bejo to host Cannes film ceremonies - 04/19/2012

PARIS- Berenice Bejo, co-star of the hit French silent movie "The Artist", is to host the Cannes Film Festival's opening and closing ceremonies next month, the event's chairman told AFP on Wednesday....

Actress Jolie to take on UN special envoy role - 04/18/2012

GENEVA- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie will step up her work for the world's refugees following her promotion to United Nations special envoy, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. Jolie, a goodwill...

Matilda waltzes off with British theatre accolades - 04/16/2012

LONDON- A musical based on the Roald Dahl children's book "Matilda" on Sunday claimed a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, the most prestigious accolade in British theatre. One prize -- Best...

India fumes over Bollywood star's US airport row - 04/15/2012

NEW DELHI- India has reacted sharply to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's questioning by US airport immigration authorities, saying "detention and apology" have become a US habit. India lodged a...

Rare language also under threat in Straits of Hormuz - 04/14/2012

KUMZAR, Oman, Lara Sukhtian- Home to 4,000 people and overlooking the strategic Straits of Hormuz that Iran has threatened to close, Kumzar village has a thousand year-old language of its own that no...

'Brangelina' to be officially married - 04/14/2012

LOS ANGELES- Hollywood's hottest couple has made it official, with Brad Pitt proposing to Angelina Jolie after six children and years of unwedded bliss, a spokeswoman said Friday. "Yes, it's...

America's history told through iconic objects - 04/12/2012

In its chronology of American history, the Smithsonian Institution museum recalls everything from Europeans' first encounters with Native Americans to the historic 2008 presidential election that...

Georgia to transform Stalin museum into repression memorial - 04/09/2012

TBILISI, Irakli Metreveli- A museum dedicated to Georgia's most infamous son Joseph Stalin in his hometown Gori will be transformed into a memorial to the victims of his Soviet-era repression, the...

Israel bars German author Grass over poem - 04/08/2012

JERUSALEM- Israel on Sunday barred German author Gunter Grass from entering the Jewish state, citing a poem in which he accuses Israel of plotting Iran's annihilation and threatening world peace....
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