JOHANNESBURG - South African police have arrested two people for vandalizing a controversial portrait of President Jacob Zuma. The men, who were recorded by a local television station, are seen taking turns using paint to deface the portrait, which s
Heejun Han has become the highest ranked Korean American ever to appear on the popular reality TV singing competition, American Idol. He finished ninth out of hundreds who tried out for the show.  Calling himeself "a cool Korean American who l
In her first movie, "Caramel," Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki took viewers to a Beirut beauty parlor where women tried to deal with unending war. Her new film takes the theme to a dusty village, where Christian and Muslim women try to stop their men fro
While the SpaceX rocket launched Tuesday takes supplies to the International Space Station, it also released samples of the remains of some 300 people, including an astronaut and a man who played a space traveler on television and in movies. Astronaut
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich sounds the alarm on the world's water crisis in the documentary "Last Call at the Oasis," by Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu. The film highlights water pollution, depletion and potential wars over vanishing water r
Price of Everything and The Value of Nothing by Animesh Roy artist on artflute.com Art Today.. in India The other day I received an email inviting me to give few of my paintings in a 'c
British singer Robin Gibb, an iconic voice of the disco era of the 1970s, died Sunday in London after a long fight against cancer. He was 62 years old. Â Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice formed their band, appropriately named the Bee Gees,
'Creeky' Creekmore, 95, makes Guinness Book of World Records
BALTIMORE, MD - The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore recently graduated more than 400 young artists, awarding them a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Before graduation, the students displayed their final art projects in a campus-wide exhibit.
Shivan Sarna WASHINGTON - Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the renowned Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar, explores the unlikely pairing of the rapturous songs of India and the fervid rhythms of Spanish flamenco in her latest
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