LONDON (AFP) - British espionage writer John le Carre admitted he was tempted to defect to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, in an interview with The Sunday Times newspaper. The...

Sheikha Al-Mayassa (L), daughter of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, attends the opening ceremony of the new Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha. The new Museum of Islamic Arts in the...

Los Angeles - Almost 30 years after starring in the movie "9 to 5" and writing its hit theme song, country star Dolly Parton's first stage musical gets its world premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday...

Toronto - They may not be the Coen Bros. or even the Weinsteins -- yet -- but the way two Canadian brothers, Matt and Jeff Campagna, turned their idea for a new age Western into a movie would do...

London - French actress Juliette Binoche embarked on a new stage in her career Thursday, taking to the boards in London in a new dance show she co-directed and performed with top British...

New York - Henry Ziegler Steinway, the last member of the family to have had a role in running the legendary piano-making business, has died,...

Paris - "The Class," a film shot in a rough Paris school that won the top prize at Cannes this year, has been chosen as France's entry for the 2009 foreign film Oscar, the selection committee said...

When there are two operas on one bill, most directors don't bother trying to blur the edges. But Alessandro Talevi offers us a cheeky rewind in the Guildhall's summer show. One minute we are...

Hands up those who can name five female musical geniuses? How about two? No? Popular culture's rich pantheon is heaving with lady geniuses, but reading the music and mainstream press you wouldn't...