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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...