Arts

Joyce DiDonato brings Handel's Ariodante to life in Paris - 05/25/2011

PARIS- Celebrated mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato packed emotion and virtuosity into the title role of Handel's "Ariodante" at the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris on Monday. The relatively small...

Dylan admits past heroin addiction in 1966 interview - 05/24/2011

LONDON- Music legend Bob Dylan has revealed that he was once addicted to heroin, in an interview taped in 1966 and only released for the first time on Monday. "I kicked a heroin habit in New York...

Vienna's Life Ball takes flight with angels, flying horses - 05/23/2011

VIENNA, Isabelle Le Page- Swarms of angels, flying horses and fantastic birds of paradise converged on Vienna's neo-Gothic City Hall on Saturday for this year's Life Ball. In line with this year's...

Tambourine man still playing songs: Dylan turns 70 - 05/23/2011

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Music icon Bob Dylan turns 70 this week with stars lining up to pay tribute to the 1960s folk-protest singer turned enigmatic rock legend, still touring after half a...

Aminatta Forna wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize - 05/22/2011

SYDNEY- Sierra Leone's Aminatta Forna was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011 for best book on Saturday for her novel "The Memory of Love". Judges praised the risk taking,...

Moroccan sex strike film closes Cannes competition - 05/22/2011

CANNES, Charles Onians- Cannes film festival screenings reached their climax Saturday with a Romanian director's story of women in a parched Moroccan village who go on "love strike" to force their...

Hungary sacks Holocaust museum chief - 05/21/2011

BUDAPEST- The head of Hungary's Holocaust Memorial Centre, Laszlo Harsanyi, was sacked by the museum's new board of curators at its inaugural meeting Friday, the museum announced. Harsanyi, who...

Actress, music icon Cher turns 65 - 05/21/2011

NEW YORK, Ute Mehnert - Music icon Cher, the rare celebrity to have earned both Oscar and Grammy glory, turns 65 this week with undiminished adoration from millions of fans around the world....

Beyonce, Madonna honor Oprah in farewell shows - 05/19/2011

CHICAGO, Mira Oberman- The stars came out to honor Oprah Winfrey in a pair of spectacular farewell shows taped in front of 13,000 ecstatic fans Tuesday as the talk show queen wraps up her 25th and...

Arnie admits lovechild triggered marriage split - 05/18/2011

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Film star turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted Tuesday to fathering a lovechild with a staff member which he kept secret for a decade, until its disclosure...
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