Arts

DiCaprio calls new film his 'most demanding' Scorsese role - 02/14/2010

BERLIN, Deborah Cole - Leonardo DiCaprio called the traumatised World War II veteran he plays in the latest Martin Scorsese film the most demanding role he has done for the director, ahead of its...

No guitar, no drums on Peter Gabriel's new album - 02/13/2010

PARIS - From Radiohead to Talking Heads and David Bowie, Peter Gabriel revisits a dozen cover songs in a new album to be released next week that strips songs to their bare essentials -- the lyrics....

Fully restored 'Metropolis' makes Berlin homecoming - 02/13/2010

BERLIN, Simon Sturdee - "Metropolis" triumphantly came home to Berlin on Friday as the silent classic was shown in full for the first time since 1927 following the sensational 2008 discovery of key...

Bolshoi Ballet returns to Cuba after 30 year absence - 02/13/2010

HAVANA- The Bolshoi Ballet makes its return to Cuba for the first time in three decades on Saturday when it joins forces with the Cuban National Ballet for a highly anticipated performance. "You...

Getty ordred to return priceless Greek bronze to Italy - 02/12/2010

ROME, Gina Doggett - An Italian court Thursday ordered the J. Paul Getty Museum to repatriate a priceless bronze statue, but the prestigious Los Angeles institution vowed to fight what it called a...

Bardot warns French politician after 'affair' boast - 02/11/2010

PARIS- Brigitte Bardot has threatened a close friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy with a lawsuit if he does not stop boasting he once had an affair with the French screen goddess, her lawyer said....

Bangladesh author says exile like a 'slow death' - 02/11/2010

NEW DELHI- Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, who fled her country 16 years ago because of threats from Muslim extremists, said Wednesday that her life in exile was like a "slow death"....

Madonna leads celebrity charge to Rio for Carnival - 02/10/2010

RIO DE JANEIRO- Madonna on Tuesday led a charge of celebrities descending on Rio de Janeiro for the city's famously sexy Carnival starting this weekend. The US entertainer triggered screams from...

Famed French intellectual cites bogus 'Botulist' philosopher - 02/10/2010

PARIS- French celebrity intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced quoting a "Botulist" philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical weekly....

Royal Shakespeare Co. to pack bags, theatre for New York - 02/10/2010

NEW YORK, Luis Torres de la Llosa - New York city has a long summer tradition of Shakespeare in Central Park, but now thanks to the Royal Shakespeare Company, it's about to get a dose of keen...
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