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U2 to play Mandela song at Oscars Irish rock veterans U2 will play their Oscar-nominated song "Ordinary Love" from the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" at this year's Academy Awards.

13 February 2014

After 50 years, Beatlemania rocks Washington anew Beatlemania returned to Washington on Tuesday when the Fab Four's earliest hits once again echoed through the venue where they played their first concert on US soil 50 years earlier.

12 February 2014

Stars hail Scorsese at pre-Oscar nominees' lunch US actor Jonah Hill joked that he would paint Martin Scorsese's house if the film legend asked him to, as he and "The Wolf of Wall Street" star Leonardo DiCaprio praised the veteran director.

11 February 2014

'The Lego Movie' tops N. America Box Office The debut of "The Lego Movie," filled with dozens of star voices, easily beat off George Clooney's latest film, according to weekend estimates for the North American Box Office.

10 February 2014

Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons and Shal awarded at Fajr Film Festival Kazakhstan's film Harmony Lessons directed by Emir Baigazin has been awarded with Crystal Simorgh at the 32th International Fajr Film Festival in Iran.

09 February 2014

Kids in trouble breakout stars at Berlin film fest Breakout performances of kids in the crossfire of brutal adult life took centre stage at the 64th Berlin film festival Friday, set in 1970s Belfast and today's German capital.

09 February 2014

Cambodia's Oscar-nominated director in fight for history Director Rithy Panh was 15 when he escaped the horror of a Cambodian labour camp under the communist Khmer Rouge. He never saw his parents or his sisters again.

08 February 2014

Woody Allen attacks ex over abuse allegations Film director Woody Allen on Friday again denied molesting his daughter and launched a furious attack on his ex-partner Mia Farrow, blaming her for the abuse allegations.

08 February 2014

Hard rockers demand $666,000 after Guantanamo claims A Canadian hard-rock band says it sent the Pentagon a $666,000 bill after a former Guantanamo Bay guard alleged that the US military used their music to torture detainees.

08 February 2014

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Cruise lawyer dismisses 'bizarre' $1 billion lawsuit A lawyer for Tom Cruise poured scorn on a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that filmmakers stole a screenwriter's work to create a blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" film, calling the legal action "bizarre."

07 February 2014

So who's cool? US photo exhibit tackles the question So what is this thing called cool? A major photography exhibition that opens Friday at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington dares to tackle the question.

06 February 2014

Berlin film fest to open with Wes Anderson world premiere The world premiere of Wes Anderson's keenly awaited caper "The Grand Budapest Hotel" will open the 64th Berlin film festival Thursday as it joins the race for the Golden Bear top prize.

06 February 2014

'Japan's Beethoven' admits using ghost composer A deaf composer, dubbed Japan's Beethoven, confessed Wednesday to hiring someone to write his most iconic works, leaving duped broadcaster NHK red-faced, and casting a cloud over a figure skater set to dance to his music in Sochi.

06 February 2014

Auction record smashed for Spanish cubist artist Gris Juan Gris's Cubist still life "Nature Morte a la Nappe a Carreaux" ("The Checked Tablecloth") sold for £34.8 million at a London sale Tuesday, smashing the auction record for the Spanish artist.

05 February 2014

Giacometti exhibit in Rome explores power of human body The striking, skeletal forms of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti are juxtaposed with corpulent neo-classical and baroque Italian masterpieces in a new exhibition in Rome exploring the evocative power of the human body.

04 February 2014

Heroin found in Hoffman's apartment: official Investigators confirmed Monday that heroin was found in the New York apartment of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a suspected drugs overdose.

04 February 2014

Kazakhstan's Maria Mudyak among notable European opera singers Kazakhstan opera singer Maria Mudyak has been included into the list of notable European opera singers.

03 February 2014

Astana Opera to present choral music night in Almaty Astana Opera theater will present a choral music night in Kazakhconcert concert hall in Almaty on February 7.

03 February 2014

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of an apparent drug overdose on Sunday.

03 February 2014