BASEL, Hui Min Neo - American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died in 1988 of a drug overdose at only 27, once admitted that he did not know how to characterise his phenomenally successful work....
LOS ANGELES- Oscar-winner Sean Penn was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to undergo anger management counseling Wednesday after pleading no contest to a charge arising from a...
NEW YORK- New York's planned 9/11 museum asked relatives of victims Wednesday to contribute photos, memories and other elements to a "Wall of Faces" remembering the nearly 3,000 victims.
"The...
CANNES, Roland Lloyd Parry- Russell Crowe fired the opening shots at the Cannes film festival Wednesday with "Robin Hood" co-star Cate Blanchett, while Sean Penn and the Rolling Stones were among...
PARIS- Cape Verdean diva Cesaria Evora underwent open-heart surgery in Paris after being urgently admitted to hospital with a cardiac problem, her record label said Tuesday.
The 68-year-old...
METZ, Roland Lloyd Parry- A sparkling new branch of one of the world's top modern art museums, Paris's Pompidou Centre, opens in northern France on Wednesday with hundreds of rarely seen treasures on...
LOS ANGELES, Rob Woollard- One year after a 3-D film opened Cannes for the first time ever, Hollywood is in the grip of a revolution that has generated billions of dollars and sent cinema-goers...
LOS ANGELES- A teenage reality television actress who was allegedly part of a gang of youthful thieves that targeted homes of Hollywood celebrities was jailed for six months Monday, officials said....
LONDON- Disappointed fans and critics on Monday slammed the first concert in Britain for 30 years by Julie Andrews, saying she had only sang sporadically and repeatedly left the stage.
Some...
LOS ANGELES- Superhero sequel "Iron Man 2" shot to the top of the North American box office with 133.6 million dollars in receipts, the fifth highest opening gross in Hollywood history, box office...
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