Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday named Catalin Predoiu as the country's acting prime minister after Emil Boc stepped down from the post while announcing his cabinet's resignation.

The...

Russia has successfully completed the first stage of clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, an official said Monday.

The State Research Centre for Virology and Biotechnology, Vektor, completed the first...

Madonna delivered a spectacular show at Half Time at the Super Bowl on Sunday, as she wowed the audience with her fiery performance.

It started with her being escorted to the stage at Indianapolis's...

FEW people ever win an Australian title, much less claim national championships in two different sports.Sugar Valley member Maree Evans joined an exclusive club when she won the women's...

Sisters Kate, right, and Laura Mulleavy are designers for Rodarte and are set to design costumes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic production of Mozart's "Don...

Berlin, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) After winning the 2009 Golden Bear Award, Peruvian moviemaker Claudia Llosa will come back on Friday to the Berlin International Film Festival with the short film...

Is there good music that somehow isn't getting through to you? Sure, the internet has made musical generalists out of us all, with everything from...

. Founded in 2006 on the campus of Syracuse University, Ra Ra Riot quickly earned a loyal following on the strength of its innovative combination of energetic alt-rock and melodic chamber pop. After...

FILE - In a Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 file photo, Tony Danza attends a special screening of "Haywire" hosted by the Cinema Society at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York. Tony Danza is...

TORONTO -; "The Book of Mormon" -- the smash Broadway musical from the creators of "South Park" -- is coming to Toronto next year. The show is part of Mirvish Productions'...

The Turing Test, developed by mathematician and legendary wartime codebreaker Alan Turing to test a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour, is the subject of an opera by Scottish...

Former Soviet paratroopers perform a song lambasting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a massive protest against Putin's rule in Moscow on Saturday. The song became an instant hit and got...

Our Lady Peace are getting back to the grind. The veteran Canadian rockers will return to the road next month on their Urban Grind Tour, hitting clubs in 10 Canadian cities along with several...

Noel Gallagher is convinced the adulation heaped on fellow British star Adele will be short-lived, insisting female singers have no "shelf life" in the music industry. Someone Like You...

Rosie O’Donnell’s new U.S. talk show has already taken a blow after 30 employees were reportedly axed. The comic/actress was hired by Oprah Winfrey to front her own chat show on the TV...

British singer Seal has postponed his upcoming Australian tour dates so he can film reality TV show The Voice. The Kiss from a Rose hitmaker, who split from wife Heidi Klum last month, joins Keith...

Rapper/actor Bow Wow is officially on the run from the law after a Georgia judge released an order for cops to arrest the star on sight. In 2009, the hitmaker, real name Shad Moss, was ordered to...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, scheduled to open this Friday at the Rio Theatre, is being moved to Denman Cinemas in Vancouver's west end due to the Rio's...

"He said, 'you won Best of Show,'" Napoli said. "I said, 'quit kidding me.'" Napoli thought the artist was pulling her leg because she won the top prize, worth...

Cecil Beaton to thank him for a book he had sent of photographs of the royal family."I find it nostalgic looking through the pages," she wrote. "The years telescope, and I suddenly...

Looking for something to uplift your body and soul?Whether you’d like to meetartists who arephysically adroit or want to learn how to be one yourself, visit a dance studioaround San...

PAUL MCCARTNEY


Kisses on the Bottom
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The music on Paul McCartney's first "standards" album "Kisses on the Bottom" floats over you like a light mist on a cool spring...

March marks the start of spring acting classes at the Rubicon Theatre (1006 E. Main St., Ventura). The courses are taught by working theater professionals and are offered to students ranging in age...

Katy Perry played her first U.S. concert since splitting from husband Russell Brand on Saturday when she took to the stage at a DIRECTV Super Bowl eve party in Indianapolis. The I Kissed a Girl...

A Russian documentary about St. Petersburg is following Peter Jackson's Hobbit in revolutionizing film. The new production is just the second ever to be shot at 48 frames per second, offering...

Canada Reads 2012 panellists and authors (from left): Marina Nemat, Arlene Dickinson, Dave Bidini, Stacey McKenzie, host Jian Ghomeshi, Alan Thicke, Anne-France Goldwater, Ken Dryden, Carmen Aguirre...

Madonna performs during the halftime show with Nicki Minaj (L) and M.I.A. in the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike...

Peter Lely was a rollicking sensation of an artist. He got rich and he had a good time - or that is the impression his art gives off, both his own paintings and the treasures he owned. In...

The Lexington Venture Club recently celebrated some of its members' successes, including expanded funding and growing revenue at Lexington-based startup...

Tucson, AZ - After a long, cold winter for many east of the Mississippi, 23 teams soaked up sunshine and 80-degree weather to play in the 23rd annual Pro Imaging Golf Championship. This year the...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As increasing digital camera model offerings challenge perceived product differentiation among consumers, only 26 percent of digital camera buyers...

Dave Bias, co-founder of SavePolaroid.com, announces the formation of two new Polaroid Corp.-related companies -- PolaPremium and The Impossible Project. Bias partnered with Dr. Florian Kaps, the...

LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), a world leader in hard drive storage for computing and consumer electronics applications, today announced...

El Dorado Hills, CA March 15th, 2009--ClearBags announced the launch of a new product line of Airsafe Art Boxes that meet the stringent product protection requirements of the largest shipping...

Mar. 27--The auction-like sale of Polaroid Corp. can proceed as scheduled next week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Kishel ruled Thursday that it's too late for the company's creditors...

TOKYO, Japan, March 26, 2009 -- Phase One A/S and Mamiya Digital Imaging, Ltd. are proud to announce that Phase One is making a significant financial investment in Mamiya Digital Imaging, thus...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 -- The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 11th annual IPC...

March 26, 2009 -- Magazines, newspapers, even family scrapbooks are full of photographs of houses -- graphic examples of the American dream. But pictures by the 98-year-old architectural photographer...

The firefighter crawled on his stomach through the pitch-black apartment, the smoke so thick he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Somewhere inside was a baby and he had to find her.A...

Being human, homosexual acts, dance, good form and good hygiene, part 2 Editorial, 3/25/2010 Note: This article was added much later as a follow up to the previous article on this subject and to...

Rekindled flames from an earlier fire damaged a house Sunday afternoon in Fort Wayne, according to the city fire department.Fire crews were dispatched at 12:53 p.m. to 1415 Eagle St. They encountered...

Carey Mulligan owes much of her acting success to Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes because he gave her the encouragement to chase her drama dreams. The actress reveals the writer came to her...

Using a QR code in the design of a movie poster risks allowing it to date fast - but then adverts for films are not principally designed with posterity in...

The Finborough Theatre was the big winner at this year's Off West End Theatre Awards. The Earl's Court fringe venue won five prizes, including three for Emlyn Williams' 1950 drama...

Caller-Times file Amir Hormozi teaches ballroom dancing for fun at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The business professor offers free dance lessons before dances hosted by Revelaires Dance...

David Miliband said he had not taken a vow of silence after losing the Labour leadership election to his brother Ed. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty...

Belgian Tom Boonen of team Omega Pharma-Quick Step sprints to the finish line to win the 133.5 kilometer first stage of the Tour of Qatar cycling race between Barzan Towers and Doha Golf Club in the...

dance with others. Police said that the family members feared that Beleem, who was in drunken state, would create trouble for them affecting the smooth conduct of the marriage. So they locked him in...