Arts

Stars shun NY Met Opera tour in disaster-hit Japan - 06/01/2011

TOKYO- New York's Metropolitan Opera said Tuesday two of its leading stars have pulled out of a tour in Japan at the last minute for fear of radiation from the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear...

Cuban ballet brings 'message of peace' to US - 05/29/2011

HAVANA- The National Ballet of Cuba plans to deliver a "message of peace" when it leaves Sunday for its first United States tour in eight years, its director, Alicia Alonso, said Friday. "It will...

Jeff Conaway, of 'Taxi' and 'Grease' fame, dead at 60 - 05/27/2011

LOS ANGELES- US actor Jeff Conaway, known for his roles in the television series "Taxi" and the movie "Grease," died Friday after being in a coma for several days due to a suspected overdose, local...

Tim Burton show brings gothic vision to LA - 05/27/2011

LOS ANGELES- Tim Burton's arresting visual style is well known from movies like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Alice in Wonderland" -- but a new show reveals the full scale of his Gothic...

International theatre festival opens in Transylvania - 05/27/2011

BUCHAREST- The international theatre festival in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, one of the most important in Europe, opened Friday for a ten-day dive into Japanese and European theatre. "Japan...

Baby-bump Carla ends France's state secret - 05/27/2011

DEAUVILLE, Denis Barnett- Her hands cradling her swelling midriff, a visibly pregnant Carla Bruni-Sarkozy posed for pictures as she welcomed G8 leaders' wives Thursday, ending weeks of speculation...

Hollywood deal for film of bin Laden killing - 05/26/2011

LOS ANGELES- US film giant Columbia Pictures said Tuesday it has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn...

Bond is back in new book by thriller writer Deaver - 05/26/2011

LONDON- The new James Bond novel was launched in London on Wednesday with a fast car, a leather-clad Bond girl and royal marines descending from the roof on wires. "Carte Blanche", by American...

Stars of sport and screen invited as Obama hosts queen - 05/26/2011

LONDON- Royalty, Hollywood A-listers and football icon David Beckham gathered in central London on Wednesday as US President Barack Obama hosted Queen Elizabeth II for a regal dinner. The...

Sofia Coppola to marry in southern Italy: report - 05/25/2011

ROME- US film director Sofia Coppola will marry French rock singer Thomas Mars in August in her family's ancestral town of Bernalda in southern Italy, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday. The...
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