Male nudes to display assets at the Orsay
The glory of the male form is the focus of Paris's Musee d'Orsay programme this autumn, with hundreds of naked men waiting to adorn its illustrious walls.
'Riddick' steals top slot at N. America box office
Warrior anti-hero "Riddick" slammed into first place at the North American box office, figures showed Monday, stealing the top spot held by "Lee Daniels' The Butler" for three weeks running.
10 September 2013
Thai nomad theatres strive to preserve ancient art
They eat, sleep and raise their children beneath the stage floorboards and when dusk falls Thailand's travelling theatres come to life with ornate costumes, colourful face paint and high-pitched Chinese opera.
Cronenberg says life, not his films, 'weird'
Life, not his films, is "weird and strange," director David Cronenberg said Thursday as the Toronto film festival announced a retrospective of his cold, clinical, and often gory movies.
07 September 2013
Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin among Oscar honorees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is to give a prestigious humanitarian award to Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie for her "impassioned" campaigning work.
07 September 2013
Critics savage Diana film after premiere
Critics have savaged "Diana", a biopic of the late princess of Wales who died in a Paris car crash 16 years ago, just hours after its world premiere.
07 September 2013
Star revels banish gloom in Italy's floating city
Karaoke parties, fancy dress and spaghetti at dawn: Hollywood's prima-donna stars have brought light relief to a Venice film festival plagued by dark tales of incest, necrophilia, cannibalism and suicide.
06 September 2013
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Lennon reveals 'torture' of Beatles' final album
Recording their 12th and last studio album was nothing short of "torture" for The Beatles, said John Lennon in a tape-recorded interview coming up for auction this month.
Toronto film festival promises WikiLeaks 'full story'
North America's largest film festival opens Thursday with a drama about real life WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, promising the "full story" behind the whistleblower website.
04 September 2013
Politician says Venice museum damaged by French demand
An Italian local politician has alleged the Doge's Palace in Venice was damaged to install an air-conditioning system demanded by a French museum for a rare Manet exhibition.
02 September 2013
"Harry Potter" fans stampede for Radcliffe in Venice
The Venice film festival descended briefly into chaos Sunday as screaming "Harry Potter" fans stampeded across the seafront after British star Daniel Radcliffe, in town to present his new film.
Michael Douglas kicks-off Deauville film festival
Michael Douglas was the big name star on the red carpet as the 39th Deauville film festival opened on Friday night with a screening of the actor's latest movie, "My Life with Liberace".