Tag: Art & culture

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.

Gary Barlow has confirmed he will leave X Factor at the end of the current series. He had previously denied rumours he had made a decision to quit the ITV show.

A valuable bronze sculpture by Henry Moore has been stolen from a park in south west Scotland.

By Sabrina Sweeney Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has called Julian Fellowes’ comments about needing a “Shakespearian scholarship” to understand the Bard’s work “misguided”.

Tourists going to concerts and festivals are boosting the UK economy by as much as £2.2 billion a year.

By Sabrina Sweeney

BBC drama The Accused is leading the field at this year’s International Emmys with two nominations.

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is to stand trial in April accused of indecent assault and making indecent images of children.

Space disaster odyssey “Gravity” soared to the top of the North American box office in its debut weekend with $55.

By Emma Jones

A drama starring Diane Lane as Hillary Clinton has become the second TV project about the politician to be cancelled this week.

The Warcraft movie now has a release date — December 18th, 2015. The feature film based on Blizzard’s hugely popular World of Warcraft series of video games will be directed by Duncan Jones, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed sci-fi…

“Breaking Bad” was never really about meth. It’s just comforting to think that it was. It debuted Jan. 20, 2008, at the very start of the Great Recession. We met Walter White, a classically underemployed, undervalued American, at a time…

A controversial new book claims movie studios gave into the wishes of Hitler’s Germany. How true are its claims? And why is the subject still so raw? Tom Brook investigates. Harvard scholar Ben Urwand is a mild-mannered man in his…

A stroboscopic art installation in Pittsburgh in the US has been temporarily closed after three visitors reported seizure-like symptoms.

Atlantis, the BBC’s lavish new fantasy adventure drew an average audience of 5.8 million on Saturday night.

Besides killing more than 100,000 people, Syria’s civil war is exacting another irreparable toll as historic sites and artworks are looted or destroyed in the fighting.

Paris – The first day of Paris ready-to-wear collections, which showcases the design world’s up-and-coming talents, is a day largely ignored by the top magazine editors.

Eurovision organisers have announced changes to the song contest’s jury rules, amid allegations of bribery.

Sunday night’s Emmy Awards achieved the ceremony’s highest audience since 2005, attracting 17.6 million viewers.