LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Katherine Haddon- Zaha Hadid, the world's most famous female architect who attracted plaudits for works of sweeping curves and controversy for huge cost overruns, died on...
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY- Hungarian author Nobel Literature Prize winner Imre Kertesz has died aged 86 early Thursday in Budapest after a long illness, his publisher said. The Holocaust survivor, who won...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- The world's largest festival of French film hits Hollywood next month with a provocative line-up exploring Islamist terrorism and women's rights, and...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- Harper Lee, one of America's most celebrated novelists who died in February, thought Donald Trump's infamous Taj Mahal casino was hell on Earth, a stash...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Jim Harrison, the American novelist and poet who explored the natural world in such works as "Legends of the Fall," has died, his publisher confirmed Sunday. He was 78....
HAVANA, CUBA- The Rolling Stones took to Cuban media to promise a "historic" occasion when they give their first Havana concert this Friday in a communist country where rock 'n roll was long...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Ken Howard, president of the prominent Hollywood actors' union SAG-AFTRA, died Wednesday at age 71, the organization said. Howard died at his home near Los Angeles, the...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The demo vinyl record that persuaded late music producer George Martin to sign up The Beatles -- a "unique" piece of music history -- was sold on Tuesday to an unnamed British...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Author Barry Hines, whose novel "A Kestrel For A Knave" captured the spirit of 1960s British working-class youth and was the basis for Ken Loach's award-winning film "Kes",...
FLORENCE, ITALY, Laure Brumont- From Kandinsky to Pollock, the extraordinary impact collectors Peggy and Solomon Guggenheim had on 20th century art is celebrated by an exhibition of over 100...
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