Arts

Australian conductor dies aged 84 after cancer battle - 07/15/2010

LONDON- Sir Charles Mackerras, the Australian symphony and opera conductor who was one of Britain's best-loved classical musicians, has died aged 84 after suffering from cancer, it was announced on...

Norway's princess in Vienna for AIDS conference - 07/15/2010

VIENNA- Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be in Vienna this weekend for an AIDS gala and the opening of a Youth Pavilion at the AIDS 2010 conference, organisers said Thursday. The princess...

Marilyn Monroe's last house on sale for 3.6 million dollars - 07/14/2010

LOS ANGELES- The Spanish colonial-style Hollywood home where iconic sex siren Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 is going up for sale for 3.6 million dollars, the real estate agency said Tuesday. The...

Memoirs of Britain's 'prince of darkness' stir political row - 07/13/2010

LONDON, Katherine Haddon- A bitter row over the gossipy memoirs of top British politician Peter Mandelson is threatening to overshadow the Labour party's election of a new leader to replace Gordon...

Arabia's ancient past on show at the Louvre - 07/13/2010

PARIS, Pascale Mollard Chenebenoit - For the first time, the ancient past of Saudi Arabia is at the heart of an exhibition at the Louvre museum in Paris, which is showing works that have never left...

New stars begin to shine in Bollywood - 07/13/2010

MUMBAI, Shail Kumar Singh- New stars are emerging in Bollywood, with fresh talent currently more popular with cinema audiences and studios than established names as the industry hunts for a...

Polanski family and supporters hail filmmaker's release - 07/12/2010

PARIS- Family and friends of director joined the governments of France and Poland Monday in hailing a decision by Swiss authorities to throw out a US request to extradite the director. His wife,...

Bucharest exhibition debunks Dracula myth - 07/09/2010

BUCHAREST- An exhibition opened Friday in Bucharest that aims to debunk the myths surrounding Walachian prince Vlad Tepes (the Empaler), who inspired Bram Stoker's bloodsucking character Dracula....

Naomi Campbell to testify at warcrimes trial: spokeswoman - 07/09/2010

LONDON- British supermodel Naomi Campbell will give evidence at the warcrimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor about a "blood diamond" he allegedly gave her, her spokeswoman said...

Dispute over painting to be settled soon: report - 07/09/2010

VIENNA- A long-standing dispute over an Egon Schiele painting believed to have been stolen from its previous Jewish owner, may soon be settled out of court, according to the Austrian weekly News....
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