Arts

Haiti's cultural heritage faces quake extinction - 03/21/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Andrew Gully - Brilliant colors shine through the ruins of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite, fragments of wonderful murals that were the climax of Haiti's artistic explosion 60...

Black and white meets new technology at photo show - 03/20/2010

NEW YORK- Traditional black and white is sharing the spotlight with color and new digital formats at a major international photography show that runs through Sunday in New York. "There are two...

New Polanski appeal cites improper court dealings - 03/20/2010

LOS ANGELES- Filmmaker Roman Polanski has launched a fresh appeal to drop child sex charges from the 1970s, offering details of what his lawyers called improper dealings by prosecutors and the judge,...

Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's heirs left penniless - 03/20/2010

LOS ANGELES- A US federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's heirs will not receive a penny of the more than 300 million dollars she claimed to her billionaire husband's...

Disputed play is genuine Shakespeare: expert - 03/19/2010

LONDON- "Double Falsehood", a drama linked to William Shakespeare by its publisher 250 years ago but whose authorship was disputed, is a genuine work by the bard, a British academic said in comments...

Aga Khan's Islamic wonders on show in Germany - 03/18/2010

BERLIN - More than 200 items from the Aga Khan's collection of over 1,000 years of Islamic art, one of the world's largest and most valuable, went on show in Germany on Wednesday for the first time....

Goya, modern masters rub shoulders in Milan - 03/18/2010

MILAN- Spanish painter Francisco Goya rubs shoulders with modern masters such as Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso in an exhibit that opened Wednesday at Milan's Palazzo Reale. "Goya and the Modern...

New book by Bob Marley's son strains legend's family ties - 03/17/2010

MIAMI- A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years by the reggae star's widow. Ky-Mani Marley's "Dear Dad"...

Prince Charles visits Poland's Muslim Tatars - 03/17/2010

KRUSZYNIANY- Britain's Prince Charles, who is on an official visit to Poland, on Tuesday travelled to the spiritual home of its tiny Muslim Tatar community and tasted their traditional fare. The...

Actress Winslet and director husband Mendes split - 03/15/2010

LONDON- Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after six years of marriage, the British couple's lawyer said Monday. The Hollywood A-listers' split...
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