PORTO ERCOLE - Italian scientists Monday collected from a small chapel bones that are presumed to be the remains of celebrated Renaissance artist Caravaggio who died 400 years ago.
The scientists,...
LONDON - British actress Keira Knightley drew mixed reviews Friday for her debut on the London stage, where she fittingly plays a glamourous Hollywood starlet in an update of Moliere's play 'The...
CAIRO - Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Sunday that Cairo will demand the return of a 3,400 year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, accusing Germany of fraudulently acquiring it.
Hawass,...
LOS ANGELES - Actress Brittany Murphy, known for her roles in films such as "Clueless" and "8 Mile," died Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home, police and hospital officials said. She...
LONDON - Legendary British rock band Led Zeppelin were branded "old fashioned" and "unconvincing" by BBC producers when they auditioned in 1969, according to archives released by the broadcaster...
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Jones, an Oscar-winning Hollywood leading lady in the 1940s and 1950s, died of natural causes at her home in Malibu, California, a spokeswoman said Thursday. She was 90....
WARSAW- Polish organisers of next year's bicentennial of iconic pianist and composer Frederic Chopin on Wednesday revealed the year-long, worldwide programme of events to mark his birth.
"We want...
WASHINGTON- Swedish pop icons ABBA will next year be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with punk rockers the Stooges, art-rockers Genesis, reggae's Jimmy Cliff and beat band The...
MOULINS, Sarah Shard - Legendary impresario Serge Diaghilev is associated above all with the Ballets Russes, but his first love was music and it was opera that he initially brought to Paris.
In...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie - Superstars like Elton John and Sting may pour scorn, but TV talent shows have long kept viewers happy -- and Britain's "The X Factor" has just proved their enduring appeal...
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