Arts

US treasure hunters file appeal in "Black Swan" case - 07/23/2009

MIAMI- US treasure hunting firm Odyssey filed a challenge Wednesday to a court ruling ordering that it surrender to Spain treasure recovered from a 19th century Spanish shipwreck. The discovery of...

Harry Potter actor spared jail for growing cannabis - 07/21/2009

LONDON- A 19-year-old actor from the Harry Potter films was ordered Tuesday to do 120 hours of community service for growing cannabis, but his co-defendant was sentenced to six weeks behind bars....

South African child star goes from township to red carpet - 07/21/2009

Fighting to survive on the streets, the young girl played by Sobahle meets an adult she believes will be her benefactor, but turns out to be a pimp. She only narrowly escapes being raped. Her...

A throne for the Pope: a Hungarian carpenter's dream - 07/21/2009

BUDAPEST, Eszter Balazs - Master carpenter Arpad Rostas would like the pope to sit on his chair: a high, gilded throne carved out of oak with a pair of angels, the coats of arms of Hungary and the...

Britain's National Gallery offers its art on the iPhone - 07/21/2009

LONDON - Fans of fine art will be able to access some of their favourite paintings anywhere they choose through a new iPhone application launched Tuesday by the National Gallery in London. About...

Michael Jackson movie in works: reports - 07/20/2009

LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood movie made using footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his planned series of comeback concerts could hit theaters by the end of this year, US media reports said Monday....

'Vassup?' Bruno courts cinema controversy - 07/19/2009

LONDON, Robin Millard - Bruno, the outrageous gay Austrian fashionista, is proving just as controversial as his British creator Sacha Baron Cohen's previous film character Borat. The movie...

Murder charges unlikely in Jackson death probe - 07/19/2009

LOS ANGELES - Detectives investigating the sudden death of Michael Jackson have found no evidence to suggest he was murdered, though their investigation is far from over, the Los Angeles Times...

The man who went to the moon and came back an artist - 07/19/2009

WASHINGTON, Virginie Montet - Forty years after Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the moon, the now 77-year-old former astronaut still likes to share his memories of space flight with a...

Madonna visits family of dead Marseille stage hand - 07/19/2009

MARSEILLE - Madonna won hearts in France Sunday as she visited injured survivors and the family of a stage hand who died during an accident which saw her concert date in Marseille cancelled. The...
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