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Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup
In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee. Trumpeted as earthy in flavor ...
Olympics ceremony gets nod at London stage awards
Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony is a finalist for theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards. Boyle's spectacular ...
Trapped in 2 worlds: 'Pelleas et Melisande'
In Claus Guth's haunting new production of Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande," the characters move as if in a trance between two worlds — both of them ...
AP Interview: Jackson, cast discuss 'The Hobbit'
Many fans are eagerly anticipating a return to the fictional world of Middle-earth with next week's general release of the first movie in "The Hobbit" ...
Dennis Rodman must pay $500K in child support
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been found in contempt of court and ordered to pay $500,000 in back child support to his ex-wife, her attorney said ...
Review: 'Golden Boy' returns with golden touches
Four months after Mike Tyson muscled his way onto a Broadway stage, the bell has rung for another show featuring a boxer. Guess which is better? It's ...
AP Exclusive: China Nobel wife speaks on detention
Stunned that reporters were able to visit her, Liu Xia trembled uncontrollably and cried as she described how absurd and emotionally draining her ...
Roger Ebert hospitalized with fractured hip
Famed Chicago movie critic Roger Ebert has been hospitalized with a hip fracture. His wife, Chaz Ebert, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her ...
5 favorite Bill Murray performances
This week, with the opening of the historical romance "Hyde Park on Hudson," I finally get to do a Five Most list I've been thinking about for a while ...
Actor Stephen Baldwin charged in NY tax case
Actor Stephen Baldwin was charged Thursday with failing to pay New York state taxes for three years, amassing a $350,000 debt. Rockland County ...
Review: Over-the-top beauty begs for more bite
Is there such a thing as too much beauty — as a criticism? On Wednesday at Carnegie Hall, some of America's most talented young singers — including ...
Brazil mourns architect Niemeyer's death
Hundreds of mourners lined up in the vast open plaza at the heart of Brasilia, Brazil's modernist capital, to honor internationally renowned architect ...
New drama, returning comedy scheduled for CBS
CBS is giving a special platform to a new cop drama that it will premiere in February. The drama, "Golden Boy," features Theo James as the youngest ...
mtvU honors Frank Ocean, wounded Pakistani teen
The mtvU network is honoring a rap superstar who detailed his love for another man and a Pakistani girl shot for her education advocacy as its Man and ...
Chinese Nobel literature winner: censorship a must
This year's Nobel Prize in literature winner, Mo Yan, who has been criticized for his membership in China's Communist Party and reluctance to speak ...
'The Bodyguard' stage musical opens in London
Does "The Bodyguard" have the muscle to be a hit? A stage musical based on the 1992 movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner has opened at ...
Galleries spite Sandy to show at Art Basel Miami
It's art season in the Miami area. Art Basel Miami Beach and about two dozen other independent art fairs open Thursday. Tens of thousands of people ...
Graham Parker back with his band after 3 decades
The bass player is a librarian. One guitarist fixes guitars, the other teaches people how to play. The drummer and keyboard player have scattered to ...
Police save ancient Egyptian sculpture in Italy
An Egyptian granite sculpture of a sphinx that risked ending up on the black market for antiquities is destined instead for a Rome museum. Italian Tax ...
The Hollywood Reporter's best of the week
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: INSIDE THE FIGHT TO BRING 'LES MIS' TO THE SCREEN Nate Silver-style analytics made ...
Morgan James shows old soul on Nina Simone tribute
Covering the music of the late Nina Simone seemed like a natural choice for Morgan James. From an early age, the Broadway actress says she's had an ...
Broadway's Telly Leung gets jazzy in his solo CD
Carol Channing has affected a great many people during the course of her great career — none more so than Telly Leung. The gifted singer and actor was ...
Snooki, JWOWW host MTV's New Year's Eve show
New York's Times Square is getting a little bit Jersey for New Year's Eve. MTV says "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWOWW" ...
Banned 50 years ago, exhibition reopens in Moscow
Better known in the West for promising to "bury" the capitalist world, Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev is also remembered by Russians for banning works ...
Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it.