Arts

Arts and entertainment news. Arts encompass a wide range of human creative activities that express imaginative, conceptual, or technical skill. This includes visual arts like painting, sculpture, and photography, performing arts like music, theater and dance, as well as literary arts such as writing and poetry. The arts serve not only as a reflection of culture and society but also as a medium for personal expression and emotional exploration

North Korea Mass Games a Hit, Run Extended in Pyongyang

North Korea has extended the run of its iconic mass games, which it revived last month to mark the country’s 70th birthday. Despite a travel ban blocking tourists from the …

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Meghan’s Wedding Gown on Exhibit at Windsor Castle

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has described how she worked with designer Clare Waight Keller of Givenchy to create a “timeless” wedding gown for her wedding to Prince Harry earlier …

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Ice-T Arrested After Failing to Pay Bridge Toll

Police have arrested Ice-T after he failed to pay a toll at the George Washington Bridge. Authorities say the actor and rapper was ticketed for theft of services Wednesday when …

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Award-Winning Film Casts Light on ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Sex Trafficking

An award-winning film about a Nigerian woman trapped in the sex trade in Austria aims to shine a light on the cycle of abuse and poverty fueling sexual slavery, the …

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The Embracelet Embraces Refugees

A young man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has set out to do something about the global refugee crisis even if it has only a modest impact. He started a fashion company …

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Broadway Musical ‘Anatasia’ Begins Word Tour, Skips Russia

A Broadway musical about a woman who may be the last surviving member of Russian royalty is starting its tour around the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Ironically, …

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Taylor Swift Donates to Fan Struggling with Medical Bills

Taylor Swift has donated $15,500 to a GoFundMe account of a fan whose family is struggling with medical bills.   Sadie Bartell’s mother has been in a coma for three …

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Nuñez Home Run Leads Red Sox to World Series Game One Win

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts played the percentages Tuesday night with his team down by one run to the Boston Red Sox in the seventh inning of the opening …

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Readers Pick America’s Best-loved Novel in Nationwide Vote

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overcame wizards and time travelers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nationwide. The 1961 book by Harper …

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Cosby Judge Rejects New Trial Bid; Camille Cosby Sees Bias

A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husband. …

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Diddy Pledges $1M to New Bronx Charter School

Sean “Diddy” Combs has pledged $1 million to a network of charter schools for a new location in the Bronx.   Capital Preparatory Schools has been approved to open in …

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Vandalism, Neglect Haunt Libya’s Ancient Heritage Sites

Graffiti covers the ruins of Cyrene in eastern Libya, a city founded by Greeks more than 2,600 years ago that once attracted tourists but is now neglected and the target …

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French Film Star Catherine Deneuve Receives Japanese Award

French film star Catherine Deneuve received Japan’s most prestigious art award on Tuesday at a ceremony in Tokyo, where she was greeted by Emperor Akihito. Deneuve received the Praemium Imperiale …

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Trump Presidency Inspires Wave of Books on Impeachment

More than 40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case. This time, it’s with a book: “The Case for …

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Bible Museum Admits Some of Its Dead Sea Scrolls Are Fake

When Washington’s $500 million Museum of the Bible held its grand opening in November 2017, attended by Vice President Mike Pence, there were questions even then about the authenticity of …

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Easter Islanders Hope to Swap a Copy for Iconic Statue in UK museum

For 150 years, the British Museum has housed one of the iconic, heavy-browed stone figures that Chile’s Easter Island is famous for. Now the islanders are hoping desperately to get …

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An Art Mecca in Cleveland Warehouse

78th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, has been transformed from an industrial area into an art mecca. Once home to a car manufacturer, its old metal doors and freight elevators serve …

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Depression-Era ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ a Symbol of American Optimism

It’s been a mystery in the United States since the Great Depression: Who are the 11 men pictured in a famous photograph called “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”? In the 1932 …

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New York Museum Celebrates Frankenstein at 200

Halloween may still be a few weeks away, but New York City is getting ready to be frightened. The Morgan Library and Museum is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary …

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America’s Oldest Restaurant Serves Seafood and History

There are more than 650,000 restaurants in the United States, enough to satisfy the pickiest eater. New venues open every day, yet staying in business with such tremendous competition is …

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New York Witches to Aim Hex at Justice Kavanaugh

Melissa Madara was not surprised to receive death threats Friday as her Brooklyn witchcraft store prepared to host a public hexing of newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh …

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Bali Beauty Pageant Signals Renewed Anti-LGBT Crackdown

Majority-Hindu Bali has long been considered more tolerant of different sexual identities compared with other parts of Indonesia, especially amid recent anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) crackdowns in the …

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