VIENNA - Sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka, an anti-war activist who was also one of the greatest 20th century Austrian artists, died Saturday in Vienna aged 81, gallery owner Ernst Hilger told the Die Presse...
MOSCOW - Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on Saturday offered to pay for the naval cruiser Aurora, whose gun signalled the start of the 1917 October Revolution, to be a museum rather than a...
MOSCOW - One of Russia's most popular actors, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, best-known in the West for starring in an Oscar-winning adaptation of "War and Peace," died Friday aged 81, Russian news agencies...
LOS ANGELES- Oscar-winning US director Steven Spielberg has dropped plans to remake the Hollywood classic "Harvey" after failing to find the right star to take on the lead role made famous by James...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith - A four page letter in which the first US president, George Washington, urges adoption of the country's then brand new constitution sold for a record 3.2 million dollars at...
BUDAPEST- Thieves on Thursday stole a laptop computer from Hungarian conductor Zoltan Kocsis containing his version of Arnold Schoenberg's unfinished opera "Moses und Aron", MTI news agency...
LONDON- Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis were among Hollywood stars who braved London's bitter cold on Thursday for the world premiere of their new movie "Nine".
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THOUSAND OAKS, Rebecca Bryan - Sponsors Nike, Gatorade and Gillette stuck by Tiger Woods Wednesday after the world's first billionaire sportsman admitted to "personal sins" amid reports of alleged...
WASHINGTON - Fancy trout a la waterboard or guantanamole with a side of Condoleezza Rice balls, followed perhaps by Wire Tapioca or Baba Rumsfeld?
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PARIS, Claire Rosemberg - On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the...