WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Canadian author WP Kinsella -- who wrote the novel that inspired the hit film "Field of Dreams"-- has died, his literary agency said. He was 81. "WP (Bill) Kinsella has...
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh was possibly bi-polar or had a borderline personality, but a combination of factors likely drove him to cut off his ear and commit suicide, a...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpieces as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" died Friday at age 88, The New York Times reported. Albee died...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The two surviving Beatles took to the blue carpet on Thursday for the London screening of a new documentary, with the film's archive footage described as "very emotional" by...
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, Anne Chaon- For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an "open-air museum", albeit one ravaged by war and...
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA- A manuscript of Jorge Luis Borges' celebrated short story "The Library of Babel" has gone on display in Argentina's National Library for the first time, its director said...
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS- Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces will soon be returned from the Ukraine to the Dutch museum where they disappeared from more than a decade ago, officials...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Actors including Forest Whitaker and Olivia Wilde were announced Wednesday for a major anti-poverty concert later this month in New York. The Global Citizen Festival, whose...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Thomas Urbain- New York Fashion Week cut through the solemnity of the 15th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday with Victoria Beckham introducing velvet for spring/summer and Joseph...
TORONTO, CANADA- Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman warned Sunday that Hollywood was facing new challenges in the era of online streaming, and needed festivals more than ever to get films noticed....
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