BORDEAUX- Mouton-Rothschild has asked a Beijing artist, Xu Lei, to design the label for its 2008 vintage, in the footsteps of Georges Braque, Salvador Dali or Joan Miro, the Bordeaux chateau said...
LOS ANGELES, Paula Bustamante- Pop diva Cher has returned to the big screen after a seven-year gap, showing her talents in the musical "Burlesque," -- and helping Christina Aguilera make her feature...
NEW DELHI- An Indian court ruled Saturday that award-winning author Arundhati Roy could face prosecution for allegedly speaking out on the disputed region of Kashmir, according to a report.
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VIENNA- A performance of Jean Racine's 1677 play "Phaedra" at Vienna's prestigious Burgtheater was upstaged by real-life drama late Friday, when a theatre-goer gave birth in the foyer, a newspaper...
ABU DHABI- Queen Elizabeth II took part in unveiling the design of the Zayed National Museum on Thursday on the final day of her visit to the United Arab Emirates -- her first in more than three...
MADRID- A pair of oil paintings by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer depicting Adam and Eve at human scale went back on display at Madrid's Prado Museum Wednesday after a two-year...
MADRID- Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute was Wednesday awarded the Cervantes Prize, only the third woman to win the leading literary award for works in Spanish since it was first granted in 1976....
SAINT PETERSBURG- Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio Tuesday pledged one million dollars to save the tiger, as he was scheduled to attend a summit in Saint Petersburg to help the big cat.
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PHOENIX, David Anderson- Sarah Palin fans queued up in the pre-dawn cold Tuesday to get their hands on her new book -- and to meet the self-styled "Mama Grizzly" in person at a Phoenix bookstore....
LOS ANGELES- Teen idol Justin Bieber was named Artist of the Year at the 38th annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, while Lady Gaga was named top female pop/rock artist.
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