Filipina nanny set for US trial against Sharon Stone
A US judge cleared the way Friday for a Filipina former nanny of Sharon Stone to go to trial against the US actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment, including racist abuse.
Romania film festival focuses on Holocaust
The One World international human rights documentary film festival which opens in Bucharest on Tuesday will give special focus to the Holocaust to highlight the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
13 March 2013
'Oz' conjures up N. America box office magic
Big-budget 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful" debuted atop the North American box office with a huge $80.3 million in weekend ticket sales.
SXSW film opener sees return of Jim Carrey
Rubber-faced comic Jim Carrey returned to the big screen in fan-pleasing form Friday by way of the opening feature of the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival.
10 March 2013
Franz Liszt letters to go under hammer in Geneva
A collection of 14 letters written by 19th-century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt go under the hammer in Switzerland next week, shedding light on his ties with his musical peers and his ire at cultural ignorance.
09 March 2013
Warhol's Marilyn lips lead online auction
An online-only auction of a trove of Andy Warhol's lesser, but often hitherto unavailable works, raised $2.3 million at Christie's, with a lithograph of Marilyn Monroe's lips coming out on top.
07 March 2013
Spielberg to make mini-series about Napoleon
Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is to make a television mini-series about Napoleon, based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, he told a French broadcaster.
05 March 2013
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'Jack' slays N. America box office
Big-budget action-adventure "Jack the Giant Slayer" crushed all rivals in its debut weekend, easily topping the North American box office.
04 March 2013
Jackie Chan's China appointment draws Hong Kong ire
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China's top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing's growing "soft power" efforts to project unity between itself and the former British colony.
03 March 2013
Video games zap their way into top New York museum
Pac-Man and other legends from the video game world became the latest and perhaps most unlikely additions to the Museum of Modern Art's illustrious collections in New York on Friday.
US pianist Van Cliburn, Cold War music hero, dies
US pianist Van Cliburn, who won a world competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War and whose music transcended the decades-long standoff, died at age 78.