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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...