MUMBAI - Two child actors from the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" are to get permanent homes after their shantytown dwellings were demolished, officials said Wednesday.
They said...
NEW YORK - A federal district judge in New York has ordered that an art collector be allowed to pursue claims of monopolization and unjust enrichment against a foundation that authenticates works by...
LOS ANGELES- The all-star cast of comedy "Night at the Museum" brought movie theaters to life as it topped weekend box office sales across North America, according to final industry figures.
The...
MILAN - Milan's La Scala will open its 2009-2010 season with Bizet's "Carmen," under the baton of Emma Dante, the opera house's director Stephane Lissner announced Tuesday.
The Sicilian director's...
LONDON - Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won this year's Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds (95,000 US dollars, 70,000 euros), the judges said Wednesday.
The panel,...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- The first female Oxford Professor of Poetry quit Monday after admitting publicising old allegations of sexual harrassment against her rival, in a row which has scandalised...
ASTANA - A book about Kazakhstan's president by his former son-in-law has been banned from publication or import on the grounds it contains "state secrets", prosecutors said Monday.
The memoirs...
LONDON - Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur were announced Monday as the headline acts at this year's Glastonbury festival, with spoof rockers Spinal Tap also set to grace the stage.
Other...
CANNES, Rory Mulholland - Austrian Michael Haneke, whose "The White Ribbon" on Sunday won the top prize at Cannes, is a master of films that show modern middle-class lives disrupted by malevolent...
LONDON- Susan Boyle, the dowdy Scottish spinster whose mighty singing voice has catapulted her to global fame thanks to YouTube, won through to the next round of talent show "Britain's Got Talent"...
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