LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- The LA Film Festival announced 42 world premieres in its competition lineup on Tuesday, boasting strong representation by women and ethnic minorities among the featured...

BARCELONA, SPAIN, Daniel Bosque- Faced with falling sales and the rise of ebooks, bookstores in Barcelona, the Spanish-language world's publishing capital, are remaking themselves as cultural centres...

MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES- The bells of Minneapolis city hall rang out with some of Prince's best-loved hits Sunday in a tribute to the hometown music icon. Tony Hill played classics such as "Kiss,"...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Sotheby's said Friday it will auction a work by Dutch painter Gabriel Metsu, looted by the Nazis in 1938 from the Rothschild family collection before it was recovered in...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Barack Obama on Saturday strutted the stage of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, joining in festivities to mark 400 years since The Bard's death. The US president...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Pop superstar Beyonce has rejected criticism that her new activism is "anti-police," saying she is tired of being assigned labels. Beyonce caused a stir in February with her...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Iconic works of art by British artist Damien Hirst involving dead animals preserved in giant tanks leaked potentially-dangerous formaldehyde gas during a show at London's Tate...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Ouerdya Ait Abdelmalek- Prince created a new sound by fusing black American musical styles with white rock, and deeply influenced the current generation of artists, music...

MADRID, SPAIN- Teams of "literary commandos" invaded the Madrid metro on Friday to read short texts out loud to commuters in the Spanish capital as part of World Book Night celebrations. Groups of...