Arts

Bachchans in London for Bollywood film world premiere - 06/16/2010

LONDON- The Bachchans, the first family of Indian cinema, were out in force in London on Wednesday for the world premiere of the Bollywood film "Raavan". Abhishek Bachchan, his wife Aishwarya Rai...

Exiled Somali musicians rap against the Shebab - 06/15/2010

NAIROBI, Boris Bachorz - A group of young Somali musicians in exile is challenging the hardline Shebab Islamists who control large swathes of their homeland, by recording anti-Shebab songs set to...

Almodovar, Bardem star in video for Franco-era victims - 06/14/2010

MADRID- Fifteen top Spanish artists, including director Pedro Almodovar and actor Javier Bardem, appear in a new video in honour of the thousands of victims of Franco-era crimes unveiled Monday....

Hollywood stars in spotlight at US theater's Tony awards - 06/14/2010

NEW YORK- Hollywood stars scooped up US theater's top honors as 2010 Tony awards went to the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington. At a Sunday noght ceremony...

Ancient cave paintings found in Romania - 06/14/2010

BUCHAREST- Romanian experts have discovered the most ancient cave paintings found to date in Central Europe, aged up to 35,000 years old, Romanian and French scientists said Sunday. "It is for the...

Britain honours actress Zeta-Jones, F1 racer Coulthard - 06/13/2010

LONDON- Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones and Formula One racing driver David Coulthard were among those awarded British royal honours Saturday. Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams and...

India to make Bollywood Hitler movie - 06/11/2010

MUMBAI, Salil Panchal- India's Bollywood film industry, famous for its lip-synched singing, exuberant dancing and wet sari scenes, is set to stray into unfamiliar dark territory with a film on Adolf...

Rare exhibition of homosexual art opens in Warsaw - 06/11/2010

WARSAW- Poland's national museum on Thursday launched an exhibition of homosexual art ranging from ancient Greece to contemporary works, hailing it as a first for the strongly Catholic country....

Exhibition opens wardrobes of opera's super stars - 06/11/2010

MOULINS, Sarah Shard- The sumptuous salmon pink gown worn by Maria Callas in 1964 in Bellini's "Norma", one of her most famous roles, still looks immaculate, but it has a flaw: a tiny square of...

5,500-year leather moccassin world's oldest shoe - 06/10/2010

PARIS- Proving fashion changes little over time, a just-found 5,500-year leather moccasin said to be the world's oldest leather shoe may be the ancestor to "pampooties" worn in Ireland only half a...
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