Friday 16 March 2012
Court says no TV cameras at health care arguments
Korea's Shin strikes chord with tale of loss
She has been writing for 28 years in her native South Korea, but Kyung-sook Shin said she feels like a newcomer again after becoming the first woman to win Asia's top literary prize.
Manga artist back in the frame after Japan disasters
The graphic scenes of real life destruction wreaked by last year's tsunami left manga artist Jiro Taniguchi wondering what the point of his art form was.
Russian opposition enraged at smear documentary
Activists in Russia's protest movement against Vladimir Putin on Friday furiously criticised a documentary aired on a national channel that claimed the opposition bribed people to attend rallies.
Artist admits to shortcuts in show about Apple
An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.'s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work.
Jagger-Richards spat: It's all over now
We all need someone to lean on, and the founding duo of the Rolling Stones say they're doing just that after overcoming three decades of misunderstandings with a year of some heavy conversation.
Santigold displays total career takeover at SXSW
Santigold remade South By Southwest into an eccentric dance party on Friday, turning the annual music conference and festival into a participatory event for some of her lucky fans.
Seeking the limelight, with the help of star power
No presidential candidate worth his chauffeured SUV has reached his personal zenith without this: celebrities to vouch for them. They are the glam and glitter of political campaigns, sure to turn even jaded political operatives into fawning celeb watchers.
Oprah Winfrey's OWN network axes 'The Rosie Show'
Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is pulling the curtain on "The Rosie Show" after five months on the air.
Iron Lady faced test of mettle in West End farce
She went to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands and faced down the powerful National Union of Mineworkers. But one of the hardest things Margaret Thatcher ever did, according to newly released personal papers, was attend a West End farce with herself as the central character.
Peru's Vargas Llosa plans new novel
Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is planning a new novel based in the Peruvian city of Piura that evokes changes in the country and includes some autobiographical elements.
VIDEO: Dizzying, Extreme Mountain Bike Ride Down the Edge of a Cliff
More Flight Attendant Drama for American Airlines
Bourne's swans: muscular, menacing, and now in 3-D
If you've ever seen choreographer Matthew Bourne's version of "Swan Lake," you already know that his birds aren't the usual delicate, fluttery ballet swans.
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Nadja Michael makes Met debut in Verdi's 'Macbeth'
With long, thin arms and legs, an expressive face and graceful movement, Nadja Michael commands the stage in a manner few sopranos do.
Jury in 'Housewives' case remains deadlocked
A judge has ordered the jury considering whether Nicollette Sheridan was wrongfully fired from TV's "Desperate Housewives" to keep deliberating even though jurors say they are hopelessly deadlocked.
Radio's 'This American Life' retracts Apple story
The public radio program "This American Life" is retracting a story broadcast in January about Apple's operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."
'This American Life' retracts Apple factory story
The public radio program "This American Life" is retracting a story broadcast in January about Apple's operations in China, citing "numerous fabrications."
'American Way of Eating' reveals few surprises
"The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table" (Scribner), by Tracie McMillan: An author who writes about going "undercover" at Walmart or a migrant farm sets up expectations that she's about to reveal a scandal or, at the least, juicy secrets. But few of the revelations in Tracie McMillan's new book are all that surprising.
R.J. Smith dissects James Brown in 'The One'
"The One: The Life and Music of James Brown" (Gotham Books), by RJ Smith: When James Brown was imprisoned in 1988 after leading police on a two-state car chase that ended only when his tires were shot out, many people felt he was guilty of nothing more than driving-while-black and called on authorities to free the Godfather of Soul.
New festival fuses hip-hop, DJ dance beats
With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend that is devoted entirely to those two genres.
Burger King: Free French Fries For St. Patrick’s Day
UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed
Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads.
Clooney arrested in protest at Sudanese Embassy
Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.
Young royals take center stage at London Olympics
You can't hold the London Olympics without the British royals, now can you?
Titanic museums to mark anniversary of sinking
Titanic museums in the Smoky Mountains and Branson, Mo., have told the ship's story to 7 million visitors in the past six years. Now the attractions are marking the Titanic centennial by sponsoring a Coast Guard cutter to take 1.5 million rose petals to the North Atlantic site where the ship sank 100 years ago.
Toni Morrison tells Ohioans she won't write memoir
Winners of Bancroft Prize for history revealed
"Homeland" star Damian Lewis on state dinner list
New digital TV network to feature Larry King
Celtic Woman loves US spirit for St. Patrick's Day
The ladies of Celtic Woman are impressed by the spirited way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, even if it isn't an official holiday like in their native Ireland.
'Gatz' narrator lets us into impressive brain
Go up to Scott Shepherd and ask him to begin reciting from, say, the beginning of Chapter Seven of "The Great Gatsby" and he pauses for only a moment.
Nazi-seized art ordered returned to American man
Germany's top federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from the U.S. thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Gestapo, saying that for the institution to keep them would be perpetuating the crimes of the Nazis.
Discovering a new performing style for Paul Kelly
Singer Paul Kelly was asked to come up with something special when he was booked for a series of shows eight years ago in his native Australia. His idea changed his performing career.
Actor Depardieu calls Strauss-Kahn 'unpleasant'
Civil Wars postpone European shows due to illness
Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars will postpone a piece of its European tour.
Lil Wayne leads hip-hop's SXSW overnight invasion
Man says Lohan grazed knee with her Porsche
Rare Marilyn Monroe photos hit auction block
A collection of never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe â€" and their accompanying copyrights â€" are going up for auction.
Gore says 'democracy has been hacked' at SXSW
German court orders Nazi-seized art returned
Germany's top federal appeals court has ruled that a Berlin museum must return to a Jewish man from Florida thousands of rare posters that were seized from his father by the Nazis.
Beauty queen shaves head for cancer research money
The Miss Alaska pageant requires contestants to perform a public service project. Under Debbe Ebben's silver tiara is evidence of hers.
New opera celebrates imprisoned Maori hero
Based on a true story spanning nearly 150 years, "Hohepa" lays bare some of New Zealand's most painful wounds â€" and seeks to heal them through music.