Arts

The Obamas do Paris 'en famille' - 06/07/2009

PARIS, Claire Rosemberg - US President Barack Obama took time out from diplomacy Saturday, whipping the family off for a private tour of the famed Notre Dame cathedral, followed by dinner in a...

Cult actor Carradine enjoyed lasting B movies to the end - 06/06/2009

WASHINGTON - US actor David Carradine, found dead in a Bangkok hotel room at the age of 72, made his mark in cult US TV shows and movies, working with major directors such as Scorcese, Bergman and...

Susan Boyle out of London clinic: brother - 06/06/2009

LONDON - British singing star Susan Boyle has left a clinic where she was taken earlier this week suffering from exhaustion, her brother said Friday. Boyle, who became a global superstar through...

Famed Russian opera director Pokrovsky dies at 97 - 06/06/2009

MOSCOW - Boris Pokrovsky, a famed Russian opera director who staged many of the Bolshoi Theatre's biggest productions in the Soviet era, died on Friday at the age of 97, a spokeswoman for the theatre...

Vienna tribute to Cy Twombly - 06/06/2009

VIENNA, Gabrielle Grenz - A giant new exhibition opens this week in Vienna's Museum of Modern Art dedicated to influential US artist, Cy Twombly, the 81-year-old master of abstract expressionism....

Cirque du Soleil founder to shoot for stars in Soyuz rocket - 06/05/2009

OTTAWA- The Canadian pauper-turned-billionaire founder of Cirque du Soleil will voyage to the International Space Station in September, a US space website said Tuesday. NASA Watch, which is not...

Ailing 'Columbo' star's wife named his guardian - 06/03/2009

LOS ANGELES- A court has appointed the wife of US actor Peter Falk to control the affairs of the ailing "Columbo" TV star as he battles dementia, legal officials said Tuesday. A Los Angeles court...

Hamburg, the city where the Beatles 'grew up' - 05/31/2009

HAMBURG, Simon Sturdee - There were five of them, not four, and they weren't that fab yet, when in 1960 an obscure English band called the Beatles arrived in Hamburg. Now, 49 years after their...

Susan Boyle's dream collapses as she loses British talent show - 05/31/2009

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle was dealt an unexpected blow Saturday when she lost out to a group of young street dancers in the final of the British talent show that...

Hollywood calling for hero captain held by pirates - 05/30/2009

LOS ANGELES- The attempted hijacking of a cargo ship by Somali pirates and hostage-taking of a US merchant captain last month is to get the big screen treatment, Hollywood press said on Friday....
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