Category: Art & culture

Hundreds of people have been queuing at a Bristol arts centre since the early hours for open auditions for parts in the next Star Wars film. Producer Lucasfilm is seeking two actors for roles in the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode…

By Solvej Schou “You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy,” snarls Sir Anthony Hopkins as the white-haired and bearded god Odin to his rebellious son in 2011’s Marvel Studios film Thor.

By Todd Cunningham How big a hammer will “Thor: The Dark World” bring down at the box office when it hits 3,841 U.S. theaters Friday?

By Neil Smith The eighth London Korean Film Festival opens this week, offering UK audiences the chance to see a number of titles that have enjoyed unexpected box office success in their home country.

Some of the works of Nazi-looted art presented in Munich on Tuesday were confiscated by the Allies after World War Two, and later returned to an art dealer, say German media reports.

Previously unknown artworks by masters are among more than 1,400 pieces found in a trove of Nazi-looted art in Munich, German officials say.

A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say.

Michael Trevino, who plays the sexy hybrid on “The Vampire Diaries,” has confirmed he will be the first “TVD” cast member to appear on the CW’s New Orleans-set spinoff, “The Originals.”

One of the jailed members of the Pussy Riot protest band has vanished from sight since she was moved to a new prison 10 days ago, reports from Russia say.

Ewan McGregor is to make his Broadway debut next year in a revival of Sir Tom Stoppard’s 1982 play The Real Thing. The Trainspotting star will play Henry, a playwright whose marriage comes under strain after he embarks on an…

A painting described as the definitive portrait of Jane Austen is to be sold at auction in December. The watercolour, which has rarely been seen in public, has remained in the Austen family since it was created.

A planned concert by US pop star Kesha has been banned by Malaysian authorities, who say it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.

British actor Tim Roth is to star as Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a film about football’s governing body.

A prominent Australian artist who was jailed earlier this year for robbing a convenience store while high on drugs has won a major national art prize. Nigel Milsom was awarded the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, winning $150,000, for his…

The Great British Bake Off is BBC Two’s most-watched programme in a decade, after an average 8.4 million viewers saw Frances Quinn win series four.

Maria Mohsin The traditional way for starting the earning life is to educate yourself in a particular direction and wait to earn until you are appointed by clashing with the huge number of candidates in the job market. Everyone wants…

Selena Gomez is still torn up about her ex, Justin Bieber — or she’s a really good actress … that’s the only explanation for her sappy and tear-filled performance last night in Brooklyn.

By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo News If you’re looking for a career that can take you into retirement, don’t be a female model. But if you already are one and find yourself approaching the (gasp!) big three-oh, consider doing what Elliott…

By Rob Moynihan The roar of Norman Reedus’s motorcycle engine cuts through the tranquil Georgia field housing The Walking Dead’s production trailers. Even though the actor is not listed on today’s call sheet — he doesn’t even appear in the…

By Lacey Johnson Washington  – A first-ever walking, talking “bionic man” built entirely out of synthetic body parts made his Washington debut on Thursday.

Glee creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed the musical show will end after the next series, it has been reported.

By Tim Masters New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has, at the age of 28, become the youngest ever winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for her novel The Luminaries.

A new film, 12 Years a Slave is attracting attention for its brutal depiction of slavery. But why have directors been reticent to tackle the subject until now? Tom Brook reports.

By Melissa Hogenboom Elephants have a mysterious and “tangible energy” according to South African photographer Greg Du Toit.

Astronaut thriller Gravity has kept its grip on the North American box office for a second consecutive weekend.