Alfons Mucha, who seduced early 20th century Paris with his art nouveau style and posters of actress Sarah Bernhardt, brings a splash of colour to Vienna with a new exhibit at the Unteres Belvedere....
Thousands of letters by American author Ernest Hemingway containing intimate details of his life are shedding new light on the writer, Cuban researchers said in a media report Wednesday.
"There...
The daughter of former British premier Margaret Thatcher called a French tennis star a "froggy golliwog guy", a BBC presenter said Saturday, in the first full account of how a sensitive race row...
'Slumdog Millionaire' takes seven awards at BAFTAs last sunday encloding best film and best director
In a star-studded ceremony, Kate Winslet also picked up the BAFTA for leading actress for her...
MANOSQUE, France (AFP) - Though Charles Burnett is recognised as a top black independent US film-maker, he continues to face funding problems in a country where the movie industry, he says, still...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Pop singer Rihanna pulled out of a performance at the Grammys as police in Los Angeles confirmed they were seeking her boyfriend in connection with an allegation of domestic...
"I think putting genius on a person is like trying to ask them to swallow the sun; it warps egos," Gilbert said. "The pressure of that has been killing artists for the past 500 years."
Gilbert...
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AFP) - The race for honors at next month's Oscars cranks into overdrive here Sunday as a galaxy of stars descends on Beverly Hills for the 66th Golden Globes.
After a...
JAIPUR, India (AFP) - By day he's an investment banker, by night he's India's biggest-selling English-language novelist -- even though most people outside the country have never heard of him....
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