Arts

Met to stage opera by woman for first time in century - 02/26/2016

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- The Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it will stage "L'Amour de Loin," a medieval love story set in Lebanon, marking the first time in a century the company performs a work...

Pissarro painting looted by Nazis to return to France - 02/25/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A painting by Camille Pissarro will return to a Jewish family in France whose art collection was looted by the Nazis in 1941, a lawyer who led the negotiations said. The...

'Indiana Jones' cinematographer Slocombe dies at 103 - 02/23/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British cinematographer Douglas Slocombe, who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland and went on to work with Steven Spielberg on the "Indiana Jones" films, has died at the age of...

London museum celebrates Charlotte Bronte's 200th birthday - 02/23/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Manuscripts, portraits and even a pair of cloth boots belonging to English author Charlotte Bronte went on display in London on Monday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of...

Love, rage, silence: Secret lives of Afghanistan's female poets - 02/22/2016

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, Anuj Chopra- With her kohl-rimmed eyes cast down, Nadia lilts through a folk couplet before a secret assembly of women poets on a forbidden subject that often gets people...

Refugees documentary 'Fire at Sea' wins Berlin fest top prize - 02/21/2016

BERLIN, GERMANY, Deborah Cole- Italian director Gianfranco Rosi's "Fire at Sea", a harrowing documentary about Europe's refugee crisis, clinched the Berlin film festival's Golden Bear top prize on...

'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies at 89 - 02/21/2016

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Jennie Matthew- Harper Lee, one of America's most celebrated novelists whose masterpiece about racial injustice "To Kill a Mockingbird" was read by millions, has died, her...

Italy mourns literary giant Umberto Eco, dead at 84 - 02/21/2016

ROME, ITALY, Angus Mackinnon- Italy was in mourning Saturday following the death of Umberto Eco, the literary and intellectual phenomenon who wrote "The Name of the Rose" and was cherished as one of...

Lady Gaga stuns in Marc Jacobs NY fashion finale - 02/19/2016

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Jennie Matthew- Lady Gaga walked the runway for American design legend Marc Jacobs in a triumphant finale to New York Fashion Week following collections from Ralph Lauren and...

All white on the big night: Oscars diversity row returns - 02/18/2016

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Frankie Taggart- Diversity is the big word on everyone's lips again as Hollywood's movers and shakers gather for the Oscars, with an overwhelming bias toward white...
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