NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- America's bestselling author of "Three Cups of Tea," an inspiring account of building schools in Afghanistan, fought for his reputation Monday after a report said he'd made...

OTTAWA- Three plays by Sophocles will go on in Canada but without the casting of a French rock star convicted of killing his girlfriend, director Wajdi Mouawad said Monday following a public outcry....

LOS ANGELES- US actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans "after getting drunk" and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police said. Cage,...

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Catherine Zeta-Jones' admission that she has bipolar disorder has been welcomed by mental health groups as helping fight the stigma attached to the disease, which...

LOS ANGELES- Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband triggered a row with the ailing actress's only daughter Thursday by saying he wants his wife to become a mother again using his sperm and an egg donor. Prince...

ROME, Gildas Le Roux- It's safe to say that the Emperor Nero -- the subject of a major new exhibition and archaeology trail that opened in the Roman Forum this week -- has always had something of an...

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- Berlin's state library handed back 13 books stolen by the Nazis to the Jewish community Wednesday as the German government pledged to redouble its efforts to return plundered...

VENICE, Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit- Grotesque heads, an American brothel and a life-sized headless horse star in a new Venice exhibition drawn from French billionaire fashion tycoon Francois...

NEW YORK- John Travolta says his upcoming performance as an infamous New York mafia boss will offer audiences a movie they can't refuse. The star, set to play late Gambino crime family boss John...