TOKYO, JAPAN- A fraudulent composer once dubbed "Japan's Beethoven", but who was neither deaf nor especially musical, is set to star in a documentary film about his charade, a report said Thursday....

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- French actress Juliette Binoche will play the role of Nobel literature laureate Pearl S. Buck in a film about her life, showbiz magazine Variety reported Monday. The film,...

PARIS, FRANCE, Marc Burleigh- The Cannes Film Festival will next week lift the curtain on 12 days of glamour, movies, deals and parties drawing the elite of the cinema world, from Hollywood honchos...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Brigitte Dusseau- French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo received a freedom of expression award on Tuesday at a gala US ceremony boycotted by some leading authors in protest...

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA- A signed first edition of Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has been stolen at the Bogota International Book...

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Lebanon is rediscovering a century-old tragedy that most had forgotten -- a devastating famine, caused by blockades and a locust infestation, that killed a third of...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Vanity Fair on Monday unveiled the first photo of a new villain from the upcoming highly-anticipated "Star Wars" film -- on a day fans around the world celebrate the...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- R&B star Lauryn Hill on Monday canceled a concert in Israel just a few days away, saying she had tried unsuccessfully to perform in the Palestinian territories as well. The...

OLDCASTLE, IRELAND, Conor Barrins- From an improvised studio in his house in a rural corner of Ireland, Father Ray Kelly has become a global singing sensation and new fans now mingle with long-time...