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Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video
Oxford University students are rallying behind a librarian who they say was unfairly sacked after students filmed themselves performing the "Harlem ...
Battle for control over Bolshoi escalates
The foes make a striking contrast — a bald, stolid general director versus an extravagant dancer with an opulent mane of dark hair. And the stakes ...
Director: Film on Egypt's Jews cleared for showing
The director of a documentary on Egypt's Jewish community says authorities have lifted a ban on showing the film in local cinemas. Amir Ramses said ...
Roth's 80th cause for Newark, NJ, celebration
"Sitting there in the park," Philip Roth wrote in "Goodbye Columbus, "I felt a deep knowledge of Newark, an attachment so rooted that it could not ...
HBO ending 'Enlightened' after 2 seasons
HBO says the Laura Dern series "Enlightened" isn't coming back for a third season. In a statement Tuesday, the premium cable channel said it was proud ...
New soles for pope? Rome's Borgo's the go-to place
When a future pope needed new soles, he strolled to a shoe repair shop practically around the corner from the Vatican. When he was pope and nearing ...
Venezuela book fair offers more Chavez than books
Near the entrance to Venezuela's national book fair, an image of the late Hugo Chavez holding a can of paint in one hand and a brush in the other ...
'Homeland' writer-producer Bromell dies at 65
Henry Bromell, an Emmy Award-winning executive producer for the TV series "Homeland," has died, a representative said Tuesday. He was 65. Bromell died ...
News ratings plummet with time change, longer days
Despite a busy week with the selection of a new pope, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts collectively had 11 percent fewer viewers than the week ...
China's homegrown hit films getting lost overseas
The surprise hit in Chinese theaters last year was a low-budget, wacky road-trip comedy that even beat out global blockbuster "Avatar" to become the ...
See-through yoga pants a pain for Lululemon
Lululemon has yanked its popular black yoga pants from store shelves and online after it found that the sheer material used was revealing too much of ...
Former voice of TV's Elmo faces abuse suit in Pa.
A man who initially recanted sex abuse allegations against the former puppeteer of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo has sued him, alleging the ...
American gets back art taken by Nazis during WWII
Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather's prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands.
Eisenhower family wants new DC memorial design
The future of a planned memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower was thrown into doubt Tuesday as lawmakers questioned the project's design and cost and ...
Experts: Chances of recovering Boston art good
Now that authorities believe they know who stole $500 million worth of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the largest art heist in U
English edition of book by Pope Francis out in May
An English-language edition of a 2010 book co-authored by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, will be published in May. Image Books, a ...
Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin meet in English field
Henry Moore has company on his muddy home turf. At the late British artist's former home in the English countryside, swooping sculptures sit on ...
Book of short stories wins PEN/Faulkner prize
A collection of short stories set along the border between Texas and Mexico has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The directors of the ...
Condoleezza Rice writing book on democracy
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is working on a book about democracy. Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday that the book, currently ...
Lululemon pulls yoga pants _ too revealing
Lululemon has yanked its popular black yoga pants from store shelves after it found that the sheer material used was revealing too much of its loyal ...
Demand Media buys arts and crafts video provider
Demand Media is buying Creativebug, a provider of how-to crafty videos, as interest grows online in arts and crafts. Financial terms were not ...
Battle for control over Russia's Bolshoi escalates
The Bolshoi Theater's general director has rejected criticism from an assertive principal dancer who is openly aspiring to take his job at the famed ...
China's 'Mystery' honored at Asian Film Awards
Chinese melodrama "Mystery" and veteran Filipino performers Nora Aunor and Eddie Garcia were honored with the top prizes at the Asian Film Awards.
'Oz' holds box-office lead with $46.6 million
"Oz the Great and Powerful" continued to live up to its name, leading the weekend box office for the second week with $46.6 million. The Halle Berry ...
Pritzker Prize winner Ito seeks ideas in nature
When he says why he especially likes Sendai Mediatheque, the public library that ranks among his most famous works, Toyo Ito, the Japanese architect ...