Arts & Lifestyle News

December 08, 2018

Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of 'Into the Wild'

Author Jon Krakauer has filed suit over a musical adaptation of his 1996 book "Into the Wild." The Boulder Daily Camera ...

December 08, 2018

Ex-Miss Kentucky charged with sending nude photos to student

A former Miss Kentucky who is a teacher in West Virginia has been charged with sending nude pictures to a 15-year-old former ...

December 07, 2018

Yale Review selects Meghan O'Rourke as new editor

The Yale Review, one of the world's oldest literary publications, has a new editor. The Review announced Thursday that it had ...

December 06, 2018

'Black Panther' stars stun at THR Women in Entertainment breakfast

"Black Panther" stars, plus Viola Davis, Lena Dunham and more arrive at The Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment ...

December 05, 2018

Sea reefs and sunsets: Living Coral is color of the year

It's the color of underwater reefs hanging on for dear life. The sky at dusk. Some of the latest iPhones and the latest looks ...

December 05, 2018

Uffizi aims to slash tourist crowds, stop ticket scalpers

The Uffizi Galleries have turned to algorithm experts in hopes of slashing crowds bunching up in front of the likes of ...

December 05, 2018

Apollo Theater plans to build new performance spaces

New York City's Apollo Theater plans to build two new performance spaces to incubate works by up-and-coming artists.

December 05, 2018

2019 Pirelli calendar puts lens on women's ambition

Photographer Albert Watson is keeping the Pirelli calendar on its arc away from its pinup origins, portraying four women ...

December 05, 2018

Getty museum says it has right to keep prized Greek statue

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has vowed to assert its right to keep an important Greek statue after Italy's highest ...

December 05, 2018

Revamped museum takes new look at Belgium's colonial past

For decades, Belgian schoolchildren had come to the Africa Museum near Brussels to marvel at the stuffed animals, drums, ...

December 05, 2018

Turkey seeks actor's arrest for links to Gezi Park protests

A Turkish court is seeking the arrest of an actor for his involvement in mass anti-government protests in 2013.

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December 05, 2018

Spanish museum, California family in court over disputed art

The great-grandson of a Jewish woman who surrendered her priceless Camille Pissarro painting to escape the Holocaust watched ...

December 04, 2018

The Latest: Testimony ends in trial over disputed Nazi art

The Latest on a trial over disputed Nazi art (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Testimony has ended in a Los Angeles trial to ...

December 04, 2018

Charlotte Prodger wins Turner art prize for smartphone video

British artist Charlotte Prodger has won the prestigious Turner Prize for art with a video shot on an iPhone. Prodger was ...

December 04, 2018

The top 10 books on Apple's iBooks-US

iBook charts for week ending December 2, 2018: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher : iBooks US Bestseller List ...

December 04, 2018

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 2, 2018: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, ...

December 04, 2018

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending November 30: Fiction 1. Have a Nice Day by Billy Crystal & Quinton Peeples, narrated ...

December 04, 2018

'Nutcracker' prince proposes to stunned Dewdrop Fairy

The prince in the "Nutcracker" had a special present for his favorite ballerina during a performance of the holiday classic ...

December 04, 2018

'Broken Ground' gives new insight to Scotland's role in war

"Broken Ground" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Val McDermid The past is always in the present for Edinburgh Detective Chief ...