Arts

'Intimidated' Noel tells why he left Oasis - 08/29/2009

LONDON - Lead guitarist Noel Gallagher said Saturday he had quit British rock group Oasis because of "verbal and violent intimidation" and a lack of support from his bandmates and management. As...

Fans mark would-have-been birthday of 'King of Pop' - 08/29/2009

NEW YORK, Luis Torres de la Llosa - Fans around the world on Saturday marked what would have been the 51st birthday of late pop icon Michael Jackson as thousands braved rain in New York for a party...

Michael Jackson's death homicide: coroner - 08/28/2009

LOS ANGELES, Rob Woollard - Michael Jackson's death was declared a homicide by Los Angeles coroners on Friday as they revealed the singer had a lethal cocktail of six different drugs in his body when...

Dutch museum says 'moon rock' worthless wood - 08/28/2009

THE HAGUE - A treasured piece of moon rock showcased in a key Amsterdam museum is nothing but petrified wood, museum authorities said of a gift made to a former Dutch prime minister by a US envoy....

Argentina to adopt Japanese standard for HDTV - 08/28/2009

BARILOCHE - Argentina will adopt the Japanese standard for high-definition television (HDTV) over its competitors from Europe and the United States, officials said Friday. Argentine President...

'Rogue trader' scandal inspires French play - 08/28/2009

PARIS - A French Riviera theatre is putting on a play based on the rogue trading scandal at Societe Generale bank to mark one year since the onset of the global financial crisis. "Le Roman d'un...

A very Bob Dylan Christmas? - 08/28/2009

LOS ANGELES - You're never too old for something new, they say, and veteran rocker Bob Dylan is set to release his first Christmas album, he announced on his website Thursday. At the ripe young...

Author of Soviet, Russian anthems dies at 96: aide - 08/28/2009

MOSCOW, Stuart Williams - Sergei Mikhalkov, a poet who penned the words to the Russian national anthem for Vladimir Putin after performing the same task for Joseph Stalin half a century before, died...

Relatives of Spanish poet Lorca agree to exhume remains - 08/27/2009

MADRID - Relatives of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, shot in 1936 by Franco supporters during the Spanish Civil War, will not try to block efforts to exhume his remains, a niece was quoted as saying...

New York painter barks for art - 08/24/2009

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith - In her Brooklyn studio the artist stretches, gazes passionately -- then plunges her teeth through the canvas. So begins another masterpiece by Tillamook Cheddar, or...
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