Entertainment

Style priestess Anna Wintour gets NY Fashion Week send-up - 09/10/2014

NEW YORK, Jennie Matthew - It's Fashion Week, and Anna Wintour is front row at all the best shows, immaculate in her trademark bob and oversized shades. But come midnight, she's center stage in a...

English designer Pugh stuns NY with immersive art - 09/06/2014

NEW YORK- Critically acclaimed English designer Gareth Pugh promised New York Fashion Week a different experience and outdid himself with a startlingly innovative show light years from the...

US box office slumps to worst summer in years - 09/03/2014

LOS ANGELES, Veronique Dupont- Hollywood suffered its worst summer for years at the box office, as filmgoers apparently grew tired of blockbuster sequels and epic computer-generated fight scenes,...

Notting Hill Carnival brings reggae beats to London streets - 08/25/2014

LONDON- Europe's biggest street party the Notting Hill Carnival in London drew vast crowds on Sunday as revellers gathered for reggae, steel bands and dancing. The annual celebration sees a...

Young Indian shakes up fashion with prints and pret - 08/21/2014

MUMBAI, Rachel O'Brien- She's already a leading name in Indian fashion, with customers ranging from top Bollywood stars to teenage girls on pocket money. Yet 25-year-old Masaba Gupta -- best-known...

"Ninja Turtles" in box office romp - 08/11/2014

LOS ANGELES- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" romped to the top of the US box office, dethroning "Guardians of the Galaxy" in their first weekend in theaters, industry figures showed Sunday. The...

Star-studded super Saturday at Salzburg Festival - 08/10/2014

SALZBURG- The struggling Salzburg Festival is set Saturday for its cultural and commercial highlight of the year with an eagerly awaited new production of Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore", 2014's hot...

Japan festival renamed after fit-again maestro Ozawa - 08/04/2014

TOKYO- Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, who overcame a battle with cancer, brushed aside the idea of his death Monday as a premier classical music festival was renamed after him. The Saito...

Guelaguetza festival keeps Mexican folklore alive - 07/31/2014

OAXACA, Carola Solé- Aurelio Mendez has played the wooden chirimia flute, an instrument from pre-Hispanic days, for 40 years at Mexico's Guelaguetza festival, considered Latin America's biggest...

Clouds over Wagner's Green Hill at famed Bayreuth Festival - 07/24/2014

FRANKFURT, Simon Morgan- The curtain goes up on the Bayreuth Festival on Friday, but observers say the prestigious month-long summer music fest dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner could be...
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