Tag: Art & culture

An artist is attempting to paint a portrait of every resident living in his home city.

A traditional boat race on the river Chitra marking world famous painter SM Sultan’s 89th birth anniversary was held on Thursday August 29.

Fifty two drawings by Leonardo da Vinci – including his famous study of the body – have gone on show in Venice.

Hollywood stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock have arrived in Venice to open the city’s film festival with their sci-fi thriller Gravity.

With news earlier this week that Ben Affleck had signed on to play Batman in Warner Bros.’ (NYSE:TWX) sequel to Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder, the Internet immediately went into a frenzy. The uproar had reached a fever-pitch…

Leila Macor

DHAKA — A young Bangladeshi artist specialising in miniature works of art is hoping to have his works included in the Guinness Book of World Records, Xinhua news agency reported.

The 2001 Oscar-nominated romance Amelie, which starred Audrey Tautou, is on its way to Broadway.

Johnny Ertl returns to the Pompey squad following suspension for the trip to Mansfield on Saturday.

By William Donohue

The talent agency representing “Young & the Restless” star Christel Khalil has countered her breach of contract suit with allegations of its own.

BBC Two has picked up the three-part German miniseries Generation War. The drama will air in its original language, the first time BBC Two has premiered a foreign language series since 2001′s The Kingdom. (BBC Four, on the other hand,…

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Nicole Kidman was “honoured” to play Grace Kelly in ‘Grace of Monaco’.

Jennifer Aniston has told how preparing for her latest role as a stripper involved “lots of laughter – and stomach muscle work”.

Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, who had a role in the US sitcom That `70s Show alongside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, has died at age 43.

The National Gallery of Australia has insisted it has a greater claim to two 18th Century paintings by George Stubbs of a dingo and a kangaroo than a UK museum seeking funds to buy them.

Hollywood studios say they have reached a deal with Chinese authorities over missing payments for some of the year’s biggest box office films.

Mad Men actress Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper, has been cast in The Flowers in the Attic film.

Suspects in the theft of seven artworks have offered to return them in exchange for moving their trial from Romania to the Netherlands, their lawyers say.

Hit television drama Breaking Bad has scored its highest audience yet in the US, as the show’s final run begins.

Pipers from around the globe have gathered in Glasgow for the world’s biggest bagpipe festival. The Glasgow International Piping Festival – known as Piping Live – is in its 10th year.

Hollywood is on course for its biggest ever summer box office in the US despite several high profile flops.

Scientists in the Italian city of Florence have opened a tomb to extract DNA they hope will identify the model for Leonardo da Vinci`s Mona Lisa.

By Donna Bowater

An attempt to block the release of a biopic of adult film actress Linda Lovelace by the company that owns the rights to her most famous movie has been rejected by a judge in New York.

Walt Disney has warned that its Lone Ranger summer blockbuster will lose it between $160m-$190m (£104m-£124m) after heavy spending on promotion failed to bring returns.