ROME- A family saga spanning four decades set in Tuscany by director Paolo Virizi will run as Italy's representative for best foreign film at the 2011 Oscars, national news agency Ansa reported...
CAIRO, Ines Bel Aiba- Egyptian property mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa was jailed Tuesday for 15 years for the murder of a Lebanese pop star and ex-lover, 16 months after he was sentenced to death for...
ABU DHABI- "Carlos", a film about the notorious Venezuelan revolutionary who was once the world's most-wanted terrorist, is to premier at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival next month, organisers have...
KUWAIT CITY- Kuwait's information ministry on Tuesday dismissed criticism from liberal MPs for banning books from a fair due next month while Islamists praised the move.
The ministry said in a...
MILAN, Gina Doggett- Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney topped Giorgio Armani's A-list on Monday as the Italian veteran designer unveiled a Tuareg-inspired spring/summer 2011 collection....
DOHA- A movie that sparked controversy when it opened on general release in France this week will headline the Doha Tribeca Film Festival next month, the organisers said on Sunday.
French-Algerian...
MIAMI, Juan Castro Olivera- Grim pictures of sad faces or houses that are no longer there: Haitian children orphaned by January's devastating quake have focused lenses and taken up paintbrushes to...
CAIRO- Egypt's interior minister said on Sunday that an employee working in a Cairo museum was probably behind the theft of a Van Gogh painting that left Egyptian authorities red-faced.
"There are...
NEW DELHI- Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio will put his fame to work to raise global awareness about India's dwindling number of tigers, an official said Saturday.
DiCaprio and India's...
MOSCOW- Plans to retur religious art seized by the Soviet regime to the Orthodox Church have led to harsh protests by Russain museums who argue that churches would be unable to preserve objects...