http://www.mail.com/people/31594-victor-hugo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/31594-victor-hugo.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1966596-venezuela-book-fair-offers-chavez-than-books.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — 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 greets visitors. Beside him reads a bright-red message that has also been scrawled on walls all over the country: "I will be present in the struggle." Judging by the posters, comics and... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1966596-venezuela-book-fair-offers-chavez-than-books.html 2013-03-20T07:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1902962-boom-quinoa-demand-stresses-bolivia-highlands.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among Bolivian farmers. Quinoa fever is running up against physical limits. The scramble to grow more is prompting Bolivian farmers to abandon traditional land management practices, endangering ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1902962-boom-quinoa-demand-stresses-bolivia-highlands.html 2013-02-21T00:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1901384-les-miserables-musical-broadway-bound.html NEW YORK (AP) — Someone is dreaming the dream: "Les Miserables" is coming back to Broadway. Producer Cameron Mackintosh said Tuesday that the national tour of the epic musical about life in 19th-century France will make a stop on Broadway in March 2014 at a Shubert theater. The move comes on the heels of the Oscar-nominated big screen adaptation directed ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:17:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1901384-les-miserables-musical-broadway-bound.html 2013-02-19T19:17:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1880344-hathaway-eyes-musicals-les-miserables.html BERLIN (AP) — Anne Hathaway says she'd like to do more musicals after the Oscar-nominated "Les Miserables" — but don't expect her to launch into a singing career. Director Tom Hooper on Saturday presented his movie, an adaptation of a Broadway musical based on Victor Hugo's novel, at the Berlin film festival. Hathaway's role as an outcast mother reduced t... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1880344-hathaway-eyes-musicals-les-miserables.html 2013-02-09T18:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1877874-rock-pioneer-patti-smith-receives-hepburn-medal.html BRYN MAWR, Pa. (AP) — Rock musician and writer Patti Smith was honored by Bryn Mawr College with a medal named after the late actress Katharine Hepburn. She received the 2013 Katharine Hepburn Medal on Thursday night in a ceremony at the women's liberal arts school in suburban Philadelphia. Smith is recognized as a rock 'n' roll trailblazer whose work as ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1877874-rock-pioneer-patti-smith-receives-hepburn-medal.html 2013-02-08T18:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1867262-director-oscar-nod-problem-hooper.html NEW YORK (AP) — If director Tom Hooper, who won the best-director Academy Award in 2010 for "The King's Speech," is bothered by not getting a nomination this year for "Les Miserables," he's not letting on. Instead, the British director says he's relishing the musical's many other accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe wins, n... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1867262-director-oscar-nod-problem-hooper.html 2013-02-04T13:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1863984-notre-dame-bells-harmonious-history.html PARIS (AP) — The cathedral of Notre Dame — French for "our lady" — has finally got the prima donna worthy of its name. Weighing in at six and a half tons or 6,000 kilograms of glistening bronze, this lady is no ordinary person: she's a bell named Mary. Mary is in fact the largest — and loudest — of nine new, gargantuan Notre Dame bells being blessed Satur... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1863984-notre-dame-bells-harmonious-history.html 2013-02-02T14:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html NEW YORK (AP) — For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera occurred when the three commanding singers were left alone at the front of the stage and the splashy scenery receded into the background. The opening-act fan d... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html 2013-01-29T17:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1849362-argo-lawrence-day-lewis-win-sag.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG's lead-acting honors Sunday went to Jennifer Lawrence for her role as a troubled widow in a shaky new relationship in the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook" and Daniel ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1849362-argo-lawrence-day-lewis-win-sag.html 2013-01-28T03:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1840816-sin-city-duke-met-moves-rigoletto-to-las-vegas.html NEW YORK (AP) — Diana Damrau recalled when she learned the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Rigoletto" would be set in the glitzy Rat Pack-era Las Vegas of 1960, not 16th-century Mantua. "At first you get a shock. Why and how?" the German soprano said. "But I think it works perfectly for the U.S.A., so they have a real American 'Rigoletto.'" The fi... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1840816-sin-city-duke-met-moves-rigoletto-to-las-vegas.html 2013-01-23T17:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818980-argo-les-mis-win-golden-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Ben Affleck got some vindication and Jodie Foster made a revelation at the Golden Globe Awards. Affleck's "Argo" earned him best motion picture drama and director honors at Sunday night's ceremony. The awards came just a few days after Affleck was surprisingly omitted from the best-director category at the Academy Award nomina... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818980-argo-les-mis-win-golden-globes.html 2013-01-14T08:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1817464-argo-les-miserables-win-best-pic-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "Argo" is in big with the Golden Globes, but not so much with the Academy Awards. "Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out in the cold at the Globes. Sunday's Globes left the Feb. 24 Academy Awards picture still muddled, with the Iran hostage thriller "Argo" winning for best drama and director for Be... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1817464-argo-les-miserables-win-best-pic-globes.html 2013-01-14T04:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1810478-spielbergs-oscars-bigelow-affleck.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga "Lincoln" led with 12 nominations. It was not so great for Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper and Ben Affleck, whose films did well but surprised — dare we say shocked? — Hollywood by failing to score directing nominations for the three filmm... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1810478-spielbergs-oscars-bigelow-affleck.html 2013-01-10T19:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1792080-the-hobbit-stays-atop-box-office-third-week.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight week and capping a record-setting $10.8 billion year in moviegoing. The Warner Bros. fantasy epic from director Peter Jackson, based on the beloved J.R.R. Tolkien novel, made nearly $33 million this weekend, according to... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1792080-the-hobbit-stays-atop-box-office-third-week.html 2012-12-31T12:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1779514-review-hoopers-les-miserables-relentless.html Tom Hooper's extravaganza, big-screen telling of the beloved musical "Les Miserables" is as relentlessly driven as the ruthless Inspector Javert himself. It simply will not let up until you've Felt Something — powerfully and repeatedly — until you've touched the grime and smelled the squalor and cried a few tears of your own. It is enormous and sprawling ... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 04:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1779514-review-hoopers-les-miserables-relentless.html 2012-12-25T04:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1781658-with-les-miz-kind-speech-hooper.html NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Hooper, the director of intimate character studies like the Oscar-winning "The King's Speech," the HBO miniseries "John Adams" and the TV drama "Longford," would not seem the sort of chap likely to make a sprawling adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical. "I've always had an epic filmmaker within me clamoring to get out," explains the... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1781658-with-les-miz-kind-speech-hooper.html 2012-12-21T14:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1773984-les-miz-star-family-ties-to-victor-hugo.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helena Bonham Carter apparently shares more with Victor Hugo than just a role in the film based on his novel. A study by genealogy website Ancestry.com reveals Victor Hugo was a political colleague of a cousin of the 46-year-old actress. Carter stars as Madame Thenardier in the upcoming musical "Les Miserables." The film is an adaptatio... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1773984-les-miz-star-family-ties-to-victor-hugo.html 2012-12-18T14:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763056-globes-big-with-heavy-lineup-studio-films.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A fairly predictable Golden Globes lineup has one thing that's become rarer in awards season: a solid presence of big studio favorites to balance the independent films that have come to dominate the competition in recent years. Steven Spielberg's Civil War saga "Lincoln," with no fewer than three major studios behind it, led t... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763056-globes-big-with-heavy-lineup-studio-films.html 2012-12-13T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760992-lincoln-les-mis-playbook-lead-sag-awards.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Civil War saga "Lincoln," the musical "Les Miserables" and the comic drama "Silver Linings Playbook" boosted their Academy Awards prospects Wednesday with four nominations apiece for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. All three films were nominated for overall performance by their casts. Also nominated for best ensemble cast were the I... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760992-lincoln-les-mis-playbook-lead-sag-awards.html 2012-12-12T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756524-zero-dark-thirty-lincoln-afi-top-10-list.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty," Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" and Christopher Nolan's superhero tale "The Dark Knight Rises" are among the American Film Institute's top-10 movies of the year. Also on the AFI top-10 announced Monday: Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis drama "Argo;" Benh Zeitlin... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756524-zero-dark-thirty-lincoln-afi-top-10-list.html 2012-12-10T19:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1747116-stars-london-les-mis-premiere.html LONDON (AP) — Hollywood stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman have braved the London cold to walk the red carpet for the world premiere of "Les Miserables." Hathaway said at the premiere Wednesday that playing the role of Fantine in the film adaptation of "Les Mis" was a dream job she would have done anything to land, describing the gig as "the sort of job... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1747116-stars-london-les-mis-premiere.html 2012-12-06T03:59:00Z