Arts

Culture and glamour at Vienna Opera ball - 02/18/2012

VIENNA- The 56th Vienna Opera ball opened late Thursday with a heady mix of culture, glamour and politics, the Austrian capital shaken not stirred as a James Bond mingled with the celebrity guests....

Pattinson sees new role as 19th century 'reality TV star' - 02/18/2012

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- "Twilight" heart-throb Robert Pattinson stars as a 19th century Parisian social climber who sleeps his way to the top in "Bel Ami", a role he told the Berlin film festival...

Houston funeral to be broadcast live - 02/16/2012

NEW YORK- The funeral on Saturday for pop superstar Whitney Houston will be broadcast live from the New Jersey Baptist church where she grew up singing in a gospel choir, the funeral home owner said...

Novelists open new chapter for booming China film industry - 02/16/2012

HONG KONG, Mathew Scott- Acclaimed Chinese novelist Geling Yan has become accustomed to reaching a wide audience both at home and abroad. But nothing could have prepared her for the attention she...

Franco in fridge sculpture stirs up Spain art fair - 02/16/2012

MADRID- A sculpture of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco set inside a fridge was a star attraction at a major contemporary art fair which opened Wednesday in Madrid. The work by Spanish...

Meryl Streep fears she might be overrated - 02/15/2012

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- Two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, continuing her sweep through awards season Tuesday by picking up a Golden Bear lifetime achievement prize at the Berlin film festival,...

Speculation rages over cause of Houston's death - 02/14/2012

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged Monday that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription...

Music world prays for Whitney Houston at Grammys - 02/13/2012

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- The Grammy awards show opened Sunday with a prayer for legendary US singer Whitney Houston, whose death cast a cloud over the event, due to feature a comeback...

Animated Castro hob nobs with writers at Havana book fair - 02/12/2012

It was Castro's first public appearance since April 2011, when he attended the Communist Party Congress where his brother, Raul Castro, was appointed to replace him as first secretary of the...

Whitney Houston dead at 48, on eve of Grammys - 02/12/2012

LOS ANGELES- Grammy-winning pop legend and actress Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday in Beverly Hills, police said. She was 48. The shock news came as the music industry gathered in Los...
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