Tag: Arts and Entertainment
Hollywood celebs join Arab stars at Abu Dhabi fest
The second edition of the Middle East International Film Festival, hosted by the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi, has kicked off with a glamorous red carpet parade.[MORE]
YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows
YouTube has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue.[MORE]
Rogen looks at lighter side of cancer
Is the world ready for a cancer comedy? Seth Rogen and Mandate Pictures think so.[MORE]
Nobel judges accused of anti-US bias
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Does the selection of France's Le Clezio prove the Swedish Academy is guilty of anti-US bias?[MORE]
Nov release date for Guns N Roses album
The long-delayed album from rock legends Guns N Roses will hit stores in November.[MORE]
Nazi parody aims to break German taboo
A made-in-Germany Nazi satire which parodies 1981 submarine epic Das Boot will try to prove the Third Reich is no longer taboo terrain for German comedians.[MORE]
Check your politics at the door, DiCaprio urges Hollywood
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Body Of Lies star Leonardo DiCaprio urges filmmakers to check their politics at the door.[MORE]
Eight shorts vie for doco Oscar
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez's grape boycott, gay men in China and historian David McCullough are among the subjects of the films vying for Oscar nominations for best documentary short subject.[MORE]
Academy to allow film ads on Oscar night
For the first time since the Oscars moved to TV in the early 1950s, studios will be able to advertise movies during the telecast of the Academy Awards next year.[MORE]
Monet exhibition set to wow Sydney
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NSW gallery hosts an impressive collection of Monet masterpieces on loan from Boston.[MORE]
France's Le Clezio wins Nobel Literature Prize
French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio wins the 2008 Nobel Literature Prize.[MORE]
Yunupingu wins Deadly prizes
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has scooped the pool at the 2008 Deadly Awards.[MORE]
Claims of American bias ahead of Nobel announcement
The Swedish Academy will announce the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize tonight, amid charges from critics that anti-American bias is blocking literary figures such as Philip Roth from clinching the award.[MORE]
Happy-Go-Lucky's Hawkins gets Oscar buzz
Actress Sally Hawkins is relatively unknown but an acclaimed role in British director Mike Leigh's new film may find her on Hollywood's red carpets this awards season, a prospect she calls "gob-smacking."[MORE]
Gunns desperate for publicity: Cundall
The former presenter of ABC TV's Gardening Australia, Peter Cundall, says television personality Don Burke would not work for Gunns if the timber company was building a pulp mill in his backyard.[MORE]
Foo Fighters accuse McCain of 'perverting' song
The Foo Fighters have blasted the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain for using their song My Hero at rallies without its permission.[MORE]
Brel's Amsterdam goes for a song
The handwritten lyrics to one of Jacques Brel's most melancholic songs - Amsterdam - fetched more than 108,000 euros ($220,000) at a Paris auction overnight.[MORE]
Spears rejects plea deal, heads to trial
Britney Spears rejects plea deal in her forever-pending driving without a licence case.[MORE]
Tate saves Rubens sketch
An important sketch by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens valued at over 11 million pounds ($28 million) will be on permanent public display in Britain after being bought by private, public and charity funds.[MORE]
German musicians strike over pay
Concert halls and opera houses across Germany may fall silent because thousands of the country's top musicians have gone on strike for a pay rise.[MORE]
Yoko Ono, EMI drop Imagine suit
Yoko Ono drops lawsuit against doco that used Lennon's Imagine without permission.[MORE]
Burke, Cundall in pulp mill showdown
Gardening personality Don Burke has been hired by timber company Gunns to help win support for its northern Tasmanian pulp mill.[MORE]
Mirren reigns over Taymor's Tempest
Helen Mirren among Oscar winners cast for a gender-bending take on The Tempest.[MORE]
Actor Butler accused of punching paparazzo
Actor Gerard Butler is being investigated for an alleged attack on a photographer.[MORE]
