Arts

Leila kindles audience emotions on the Pacific shores - 03/31/2010

San Diego (California) – Abdul Rahman Bitar - The American coastal city of San Diego never saw anything like this. The young Canadian violinist of Polish origin with a typical Arab first name, Leila...

Naked songtress hits raw nerve at JFK killing scene - 03/31/2010

LOS ANGELES- Iconoclastic R&B singer Erykah Badu has struck a raw nerve in the United States, not just for stripping off in her new video but for being completely comfortable in her own skin...

Two Japanese architects win Pritzker prize - 03/30/2010

WASHINGTON- Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa on Monday were awarded the Pritzker Architectural Prize, the industry's most coveted award. "The formal ceremony for what has come...

Pippi Longstocking author's life becomes film: daughter - 03/30/2010

STOCKHOLM- Two German production companies are preparing to make the first feature-length film about the life of Sweden's most popular children's book author, Pippi Longstocking creator Astrid...

'Train Your Dragon' slays box office competition - 03/28/2010

LOS ANGELES - Animation adventure "How to Train Your Dragon" roared to the top of the North American box office in its debut weekend, beating out "Alice in Wonderland" in a battle of the 3-D...

Irish museum gives leprechauns their due, to be sure - 03/28/2010

DUBLIN, Guy Jackson - Ireland is hoping to reclaim the leprechaun from Hollywood with a new museum that, with a twinkle in its eye, places the fabled little figures back in their mythological...

China corruption museum seeks nominations - 03/27/2010

BEIJING - A planned anti-graft museum in southwest China is asking the public to nominate the 100 most corrupt officials of the past century, state media reported Saturday. Fan Jianchuan, who...

'24' hours ticks down final season - 03/27/2010

LOS ANGELES- The popular television cop series "24," starring Kiefer Sutherland as detective Jack Bauer, will come to an end with the last episode of this its eighth season, Fox television network...

Noel Gallagher makes solo debut after Oasis split - 03/26/2010

LONDON- Noel Gallagher played his first concert since splitting from Oasis, earning rave reviews Friday for an acoustic set entirely composed of the band's classics. The guitarist, who quit the...

Museum exposes Elvis, "the threat" to American morals - 03/26/2010

WASHINGTON, Virginie Montet - When Elvis Presley made his debut he triggered a wave of conservative media outrage scandalized by the young pop idol who they swiftly denounced as a "threat to the...
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