MUMBAI- Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali said Saturday her home and the awards she won for the Oscar-winning film had been destroyed in a fire that raged through a congested Mumbai slum....
KINSHASA, Adia Tshipuku Kamanga - Two years ago, Papa Ricky slept in the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, but an album by a band he leads has opened the way to wealth for some...
LOS ANGELES- John Miner, a former Los Angeles prosecutor who investigated Marilyn Monroe's 1962 death and maintained it was a murder, has died, a film producer-director said Thursday. He was 92....
CHICAGO- A bedridden Oprah Winfrey took to Twitter Friday to quell reports that she's planning to host a live show in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of a revolution that ousted Egyptian...
NEW YORK- New York's annual Armory Show opened Thursday showcasing art galleries from around the world in Manhattan.
"New York City hosts some of the world's most exciting arts events every year,...
MARSEILLE- Michael Jackson may have been more prince than king of pop, a French doctor says in a new book alleging his wide-ranging voice resulted from a childhood chemical castration to fight acne....
KABUL- US film star Angelina Jolie has made a surprise two-day visit to Afghanistan to meet refugees in the war-torn country, the UN's refugee agency said Wednesday.
Jolie, star of films such as...
WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama on Wednesday lauded the power of the arts to ease the pain of hard times, as he honored stars including actress Meryl Streep, songwriter James Taylor and...
SYDNEY- An incomplete novel by Australia's most celebrated writer Patrick White is set to be published next year to mark the centenary of his birth, a report said Tuesday.
White, who won the Nobel...
MOSCOW- Work is nearly done on a long overdue renovation of Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, officials said on Tuesday as the restored historic ceiling and gilded boxes were unveiled to the media....