Arts News

" Nikon Inc. today announced the D90, a digital single lens reflex camera that redefines the creative boundaries of digital photography allowing photographers to easily create stunning still images and High ...

The Venice Film Festival opened Wednesday night with the premiere of the Coen brothers' dark comedy "Burn After Reading," giving a flash of Hollywood glamour to a festival lineup with a definite art house feel.

Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that could be worth millions of dollars.

They make movies that deal with unpleasant topics such as war and racism, yet are entertaining and even humorous.

Scientists using American space technology have started a huge project to digitally photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible, and post it on the Internet for all to see, ...

In this Feb. 5, 2005 file photo, Melissa Gilbert poses backstage at the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.

Gerard Mortier says his application to run the Bayreuth Festival in Germany will not change his plans to run the New York City Opera starting with the 2009-10 season.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the 2008 Polar Music Prize to American soprano Renee Fleming and Pink Floyd band members Nick Mason and Roger Waters for their contributions to popular music and opera.

AN Indian filmgoer rented out an entire cinema to disprove a director's claim that his latest horror movie is so scary no one can watch it alone.

A pair of detective shows - one set in the 19th century and another that takes place in present-day suburbia - are this year's leading Gemini Award nominees.

Come on, you have to give me props for that headline. Brad Pitt is putting on his photographer cap , as he has reportedly shot a new cover for an upcoming issue of W Magazine.

Let's see Hari Puttar get out of this one.

Bollywood producers set to release a film called 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous boy wizard franchise.

While Bollywood films often borrow liberally from Western movies, producers of 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' say their movie bears no resemblance to any film in the 'Harry Potter' series.

'There is absolutely nothing to link 'Hari Puttar' with 'Harry Potter,'' said Munish Purii, chief executive officer of Mumbai-based producer Mirchi Movies. Hari is a common name in India and 'puttar' is Punabji for son, he said.

Click to view more "> Photo Credit: AP Photo In this July 16, 2008 file photo, the portal of the festival opera house "Festspielhaus" is seen in Bayreuth, southern Germany.

Eight decades have passed since Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali and filmmaker Luis Bunuel portrayed a man slicing a woman's eyeball with a razor -- yet viewers still wince, groan and cover their eyes.

Rap group Public Enemy, originally scheduled to perform tonight at the Boulder Theater in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention, has rescheduled its concert to Wednesday night.

With Barack Obama and Democrats commanding the spotlight this week, John McCain plans to keep a light campaign schedule.

Salman Rushdie says his mother's gossip had a strong influence on his literary career.

YOU CANNOT WATCH Laura Belsey's movie without ruminating upon the myriad ways we fail our young.

At the first official event Sunday of the Democratic National Convention, a choir belted out a gospel song and was followed by a rabbi reciting a Torah reading about forgiveness and the future.

Downing Street has condemned London's tourism body after a painting of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley was shown on a promotional video being screened in Beijing.