Arts
Beloved British film star Richard Attenborough dies, aged 90
Actor and film director Richard Attenborough has died aged 90. Taking turns as an actor, producer and director and picking up a mantlepiece full of awards...
China shuts down Beijing Independent Film Festival
Organisers of the Beijing Independent Film Festival say Chinese authorities blocked the event from opening on Saturday.
War-torn Iraqi National Museum inaugurates two halls of antiquities
The Iraqi National Museum inaugurated two renovated halls adorned with life-size stone statues on Thursday, highlighting the rich history of a country...
Williams’ family holds private ceremony, spreads ashes in San Francisco Bay
Robin Williams was cremated the day after he died and his family scattered his ashes in the San Francisco Bay, according to reports.
Legend of Robin Williams to live on in Zelda? Nintendo hints at game honour
Nintendo has said it “won’t rule out a request” to name a character in the next instalment of “Legend Of Zelda” after Robin...
Robin Williams will have ‘private’ memorial service in San Francisco
Robin Williams’ close family and friends will gather at the very small and intimate memorial service in San Francisco.
A filmmaker peers into the dark past of China’s Great Famine
For filmmaker Hu Jie, telling the truth about China ‘s Great Famine is a sacred duty, however much it flies in the face of government censorship...
German artists claim responsibility for Brooklyn Bridge’s white flags
No schadenfreude here: Two German artists told The New York Times’ Michael Kimmelman they were the ones who placed the white American flags atop...
Lauren Bacall, Hollywood’s icon of cool, dies at 89
Lauren Bacall, the sultry blonde siren who became an overnight star via a memorable film debut at age 19 opposite Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks’ “To...
'He made us laugh. He made us cry': Tributes pour in for Robin Williams
Relatives, showbiz personalities and politicians have expressed their sadness at the death of Robin Williams, who has died at the age of 63 in a suspected...
Menahem Golan, producer of high-action ‘Bloodsport,’ ‘Delta Force,’ dies at 85
Menahem Golan, a veteran Israeli filmmaker who built an empire on the back of brawny men beating others senseless across a host of 1980s action films,...
Skeleton in the closet: Museum rediscovers ancient skeleton in storage
An archaeology museum in Philadelphia has made an extraordinary find—in its own storage rooms.
Banksy ‘spy booth’ graffiti thrown into uncertainty after yobs deface artwork
Banksy fans were left distraught after waking up to discover the artist’s piece ‘Spy Booth’ has been vandalised overnight in Gloucestershire,...
'Batkid Begins': Documentary explores viral success of cute Caped Crusader
Everyone’s favourite pint-size superhero is back. Last fall, the world fell in love with Miles Scott, who became affectionately known as Batkid,...
Italian tenor Bergonzi, Verdi specialist, dies aged 90
Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, renowned for his virtuosity in Verdi operas, has died, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday.
'The Leftover Monologues': China's love and dating scene laid out on stage
For many of today’s Chinese youth looking for a partner, love takes second place to parental pressure, moving up the social ladder and a heavy dose...
Beloved, brash Broadway legend Elaine Stritch dead at 89
Elaine Stritch, the brash theatre performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died.
South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer dies, aged 90
Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer—one of the literary world’s most powerful voices against apartheid—has died at the age of 90 in South...
Lorin Maazel, storied conductor, composer and North Korean guest, dies
Lorin Maazel, whose career included stints at the New York Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera, died in Virginia from complications of pneumonia, according...
A voice from beyond: Virtual Neruda stalks streets of Chile’s capital
Forty years after his death, Pablo Neruda once again was writing and reciting love poems and he walked through Santiago’s streets to the admiring...
Cat rap: Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to give Cats a hip-hop revamp
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is preparing to bring his 1980s hit musical “Cats” back to London’s West End with a revamped contemporary flair.
Mover and shaker: Dance ambassador inspires with his ‘Jookin’ style
Innovative dancer Lil Buck, born Charles Riley and who has been paired with Madonna for Super Bowl XLVI and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, first learned of “Jookin”...
Picture this: Stolen Matisse painting worth around $3m returned to Venezuela
A painting believed to be a 1925 work by French artist Henri Matisse worth around $3 million was returned to Venezuela from the United States on Monday...
'Clinton: the Musical' to hit New York stage
It’s tough being Hillary Clinton. Her book’s a flop, she’s angered ordinary Americans with crass remarks about money and now her husband’s...
Robert De Niro: On family and the revelation his father was gay
The father of six children, ranging in age from under 3 to mid-40s, Robert De Niro told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric he’s done having kids...
Terry Richards, stuntman who fought Rambo, Bond and Skywalker, dies at 81
In his most memorable screen moment, Terry Richards played the Cairo swordsman in the first Indiana Jones movie, giving an intimidatingly skillful sword...
How does it feel: ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ lyrics sell for record $2 million
Bob Dylan’s handwritten manuscript for “Like a Rolling Stone” sold for just over $2 million on Tuesday at Sotheby’s rock and roll...
J.D. Salinger of comedy? Dave Chappelle is back (for now)
Dave Chappelle’s hesitant, slow-motion comeback reached a big-tent crescendo when the comic performed a nearly two-hour set at Radio City Music Hall...
Review: Mike Hastings’ fiction tells the truth
What makes this novel, “The Last Magazine,” work is that it’s just so much fun, so wicked, so amusing, and so brilliantly observed.
Portrait of mystery man revealed under Picasso masterpiece
Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, “The Blue Room,” using advances...
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