Arts

Bollywood's Anil Kapoor to star in TV's '24' - 04/06/2009

Indian actor Anil Kapoor, a Bollywood star who was also in the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire," is to take a leading role in the television thriller "24," the industry daily Variety said....

'A Hunger Artist ...Short Story by Franz Kafka - 04/06/2009

Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924) is considered one of the greatest prose-writers of the twentieth century. Much of his writing was published posthumously; some of his best work was produced in the last...

Poland's forgotten El Greco languishes in obscurity - 04/06/2009

WARSAW, Maja Czarnecka- It was discovered more than 40 years ago in a rural Polish parish. But today the El Greco masterpiece, the Ecstasy of St Francis, still awaits the recognition worthy of a...

'Fast & Furious' speeds to top at box office - 04/06/2009

LOS ANGELES - "Fast & Furious" sped straight to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend, according to preliminary figures released on Sunday. Starring Vin Diesel, the...

Arabic inscriptions of Spain's Alhambra decoded centuries later - 04/05/2009

MADRID, Elisa Santafe - Researchers armed with modern technology such as digital cameras and 3D laser scanners have embarked on a mission to catalogue and decipher for the first time the words that...

George Harrison to get star on Walk of Fame - 04/05/2009

Hollywood's glittering Walk of Fame is to get a new star with late Beatle George Harrison being added posthumously to the famous walkway. A star bearing Harrison's name will be added to the famous...

Jazz takes the 'A' train from New York to Baghdad - 04/05/2009

BAGHDAD (AFP) - It was an unlikely journey but Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' train" rang out in Baghdad's "Green Zone" on Saturday, almost 50 years after the jazz legend himself played in the Iraqi...

US film noir stalks French theatres - 04/05/2009

PARIS, Roland Lloyd Parry - French director Daniel Colas has no special fondness for American plays and movies. But this season, he felt the time was right to bring a dash of film noir to the...

Salma Hayek eyes role in 'Kidnapping' film: producer - 04/03/2009

Mexican-born film star Salma Hayek could take a lead role in an upcoming adaptation of the book "News of a Kidnapping" by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the movie's producer says....

Ancient and modern worlds meet at Rome exhibition - 04/03/2009

This ancient Italian city bowed to the 21st century Thursday, kicking off a three-day show of modern and sometimes unsettling art in some of its most celebrated palazzos. A total of 60 galleries...
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