Arts

Domestic violence probe at Mel Gibson home: officials - 07/09/2010

LOS ANGELES- Officials in Malibu said Thursday they were investigating a case of alleged domestic violence at the home of actor-director Mel Gibson and his Russian-born girlfriend. The probe...

'MacKillop the Musical' for Aussie saint-to-be - 07/07/2010

SYDNEY- Australia's saint-to-be Mary MacKillop is to be immortalised in an all-singing, all-dancing musical stage spectacular featuring dancers, acrobats and a massive chorus, the composer said...

Italian opera giant Cesare Siepi dies aged 87 - 07/07/2010

ROME,- Cesare Siepi, one of the best known opera basses of the 20th century, died on Monday at the age of 87, Italian media reported on Tuesday. Siepi, born in Milan in 1923, was "a favourite of...

From A-list to jail for wild child Lindsay Lohan - 07/07/2010

LOS ANGELES- Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan sobbed and pleaded in court but a judge still slapped her with 90 days in jail for violating probation in two 2007 drunken driving cases. The...

George Michael arrested after London car crash: police - 07/06/2010

LONDON- Pop star George Michael has been arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive after crashing his car into a building in the early hours of the morning, British police said Tuesday. The...

Russian conductor bailed in Thai sex probe: consulate - 07/06/2010

MOSCOW- Famed Russian conductor Mihkail Pletnev has been released on bail after Thai police searched his home in Thailand as part of a probe into paedophilia, the Russian consulate said Tuesday....

Exhibition gathers both heirs to marvel at Picasso and Klee - 07/05/2010

BERN, Agnes Pedrero - An exhibition in Switzerland has brought together the genius of modern art contemporaries Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee with an added twist: the first meeting of their two heirs....

George Clooney to testify at Milan fraud trial - 07/05/2010

MILAN- George Clooney stars in a real-life courtroom drama on July 16 when he appears at the trial of three people accused of usurping his name for a fashion label, a judge said on Monday. The...

Barber of Seville director leaves La Scala production - 07/05/2010

ROME- Topping a season marred by opera worker strikes, the director of the Barber of Seville production at the La Scala theatre in Milan has left his post and been replaced, the theatre said on...

Hit Malaysian TV talent show stars Muslim scholars - 07/04/2010

KUALA LUMPUR, M. Jegathesan- Like the stars of smash-hit television talent shows around the world, the eight young men in sharp black suits and matching skullcaps draw adoring fans and dreams of...
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