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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...