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Cannes film fest opens with 'Grace of Monaco' mauling The world's biggest film festival opened in Cannes Wednesday with a blast of controversy as critics mercilessly savaged the opening movie about Hollywood-darling-turned-princess Grace of Monaco.

15 May 2014

Biopic hits and flops: film-makers grapple with great lives A great or glittering life is no guarantee of a gripping biopic, say film-makers, as the Cannes Film Festival prepares to open Wednesday with the first big screen adaptation of the life of Monaco's Princess Grace.

15 May 2014

9 days of Japanese Dolls exhibition in Astana Japanese Dolls exhibition will take place at the First President Museum in Astana starting from May 21st.

14 May 2014

Barnett Newman painting sells at auction for $84 million A painting by American Barnett Newman, "Black Fire I," went under the gavel for $84 million Tuesday at Christie's postwar and contemporary art auction in New York, a record price for the artist.

14 May 2014

100-carat yellow diamond fetches $16 million at auction A 100-carat yellow diamond sold for 14.5 million Swiss francs ($16.3 million,11.9 million euros) at auction in Geneva.

14 May 2014

Alec Baldwin rages at NY police over traffic stop Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger on Tuesday after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.

14 May 2014

Imploding sub a 'tragic loss': Titanic director Hollywood director James Cameron Tuesday mourned a "tragic loss" after a deep sea research vessel imploded nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

14 May 2014

Suit filed in death of 'Fast and Furious' actor Paul Walker The widow of the man who was driving a sports car when it crashed, killing him and "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker last year, is suing Porsche.

13 May 2014

Thriller from beyond grave: new Jackson songs wow critics Self-styled King of Pop Michael Jackson returns from the grave again this week with a second posthumous album of songs recorded before his death in 2009.

13 May 2014

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Kaas Sings Piaf in Almaty French singer Patricia Kaas visited Almaty as a part of her Kaas Sings Piaf tour.

12 May 2014

'Neighbors' grabs top spot at North American box office R-rated comedy "Neighbors" vaulted to the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, relegating "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" to second place, industry estimates showed.

12 May 2014

Naomi Kawase: 'masterpiece' worth the Palme D'Or Naomi Kawase, the first Japanese director to be a member of the Cannes jury, returns to competition this year with a film she has dubbed her "masterpiece".

11 May 2014

Bearded Austrian drag queen wins Eurovision Bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision contest early Sunday with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", beating expectations that the eye-catching performance would be too controversial in socially conservative countries.

11 May 2014

Famed Sarajevo library reopens 22 years after destruction Sarajevo's famed architectural jewel, "City Hall", or the National Library, reopened on Friday, 22 years after it was destroyed by Bosnian Serb forces' shelling during the 1992-1995 war.

10 May 2014

Warsaw uprising comes to life on the big screen A new film on the 1944 Warsaw uprising has all the blood and gore of a Hollywood thriller but is entirely pieced together from real footage of the doomed anti-Nazi revolt.

10 May 2014

US judge jails Chris Brown for violating probation Troubled singer Chris Brown admitted Friday to violating his probation and was jailed for a year in Los Angeles, though he was given credit for about eight months already served.

10 May 2014

Bearded drag queen among favourites to win Eurovision A bearded drag queen who was initially written off as too provocative for some socially conservative countries is now a favourite to win Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest, tinged as always with regional politics.

10 May 2014

McCartney returns to Tokyo venue for first time since 1966 Paul McCartney is to play Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall this month, marking his first return to the venue since appearing there with The Beatles in 1966.

10 May 2014

Kazakhstani film The Owners in Cannes' Official Selection Kazakhstani film director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s The Owners will premier in the Special Screenings of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.

08 May 2014