Arts

India, China and Japan sweep book prize shortlist - 02/15/2011

HONG KONG- Authors from India, China and Japan swept the shortlist for Asia's top literary prize on Tuesday, with a debut novelist and Nobel Prize winner among those vying for the $30,000 award....

Fiennes directorial debut a hit in Berlin - 02/14/2011

BERLIN, Deborah Cole - British actor Ralph Fiennes won applause at the Berlin film festival Monday for his directorial debut, "Coriolanus", a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy about a...

French first lady Bruni records new album in Paris - 02/14/2011

PARIS- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni is currently recording her fourth album in Paris and not as reported in Los Angeles, her agent said Friday. The supermodel-turned-pop...

'Khodorkovsky' director wary of showing film in Russia - 02/13/2011

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- The maker of a twice-stolen documentary on jailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the hottest ticket at the Berlin film festival, is wary of showing it in Moscow...

Liz Taylor in hospital for heart problem: publicist - 02/12/2011

LOS ANGELES- Hollywood film legend Elizabeth Taylor is recovering in hospital in Los Angeles after being admitted for symptoms of congestive heart failure, her spokeswoman said Friday. Taylor "was...

Spacey, Moore tackle financial crisis at Berlin fest - 02/12/2011

BERLIN, Deborah Cole- A financial crisis thriller starring Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore and a powerful drama set under the Argentine junta launched the race for the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin...

Chilean miners movie ready to screen at Berlin fest - 02/11/2011

BERLIN- A movie about the Chilean miners whose epic rescue won them fans around the world will start screening for potential buyers at the Berlin film festival Friday, Variety magazine reported....

Egypt protest star says has no political ambitions - 02/11/2011

CAIRO- Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who emerged as a prominent voice of Egyptian protests against President Hosni Mubarak, promised on Thursday to stay out of politics once the dissidents' demands...

Anti-Assange book sparks WikiLeaks war of words - 02/11/2011

BERLIN, Simon Sturdee- A war of words erupted Thursday between WikiLeaks and a disgruntled former employee who published a tell-all book dishing the dirt on the whistleblowing website and its founder...

Bonham Carter predicts Oscars outfit 'catastrophe' - 02/08/2011

LOS ANGELES- Quirky British actress Helena Bonham Carter predicted Monday that her outfit for the Oscars this month "will probably be a catastrophe" -- but vowed to at least wear shoes of the same...
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