For years, Dumbo the Flying Elephant hung from his living room ceiling, a Mr. Toad Wild Ride car was parked in his library and Bashful’s cart from Snow White’s Scary …
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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
Ink And Needles: New York Holds Its Annual Tattoo Expo
It was three days of needles, containers of ink and thousands of striking designs that attracted hordes of tattoo enthusiasts and artists to New York’s annual Empire State Tattoo Expo …
your ads here!Gloria Estefan Awarded Spain’s Gold Medal for the Arts
Gloria Estefan, the Cuban-American pop star who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s, was honored by the Spanish government on Monday for her contribution to the arts. Accompanied by her …
your ads here!Taylor Swift Gets Surprise as ‘Fearless’ Hits Diamond Status
Taylor Swift’s sophomore album, which won album of the year at the 2010 Grammys, has been certified diamond. Big Machine Label Group President and CEO Scott Borchetta surprised the …
your ads here!Bowie’s First Recording to Go on Auction
The first-known recording by David Bowie, when he was the 16-year-old singer of a band called The Konrads, is going up for auction. Omega Auctions in northwestern England said Monday …
your ads here!International Musicians Create Harmony Through Music Program
Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have gathered in California to train and perform this month in an international program called iPalpiti, from the Italian word for heartbeats. The …
your ads here!Fostering International Harmony Through Music
Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have gathered in California to train and perform this month. As VOA’s Mike O’Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the international program called iPalpiti, …
your ads here!Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Food Critic, Dies
Jonathan Gold, who became the first restaurant critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, has died. He was 57. The Los Angeles Times, where Gold most recently worked, reported …
your ads here!Amputee Soccer Team Trains with Hope of International Competition
A group of 15 amputees has overcome physical challenges to form a soccer team in the Gaza Strip. A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council has organized what he calls …
your ads here!Unusual Pop-up Museum Promises to Keep Visit Sweet
An unusual pop-up museum in Lisbon is delighting social media-focused visitors with colorful and dreamy displays of giant ice creams, marshmallow pools and all things sweet. As VOA’s Mariama Diallo …
your ads here!Some US Colleges Now Offering Scholarships to Gamers
Not so long ago, someone playing video games into the early morning hours might have been seen as a slacker, someone lacking in ambition. But perceptions are changing with the …
your ads here!Rapper Common Goes Back to School to Help Teachers
Rapper Common has won three Grammys, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award but a recent visit to a New York City school was “humbling” – mainly because many of …
your ads here!Armed Forces DJ Cronauer of ‘Good Morning, Vietnam’ Fame Dies at 79
Adrian Cronauer, the U.S. military radio disc jockey immortalized by Robin Williams in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam, has died at 79. Cronauer was a U.S. Air Force sergeant who …
your ads here!Archaeologists Find Ancient Pottery Workshop in Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery manufacturing workshop dating to more than 4,000 years ago. Thursday’s statement by the Antiquities Ministry says the workshop is situated close to …
your ads here!Bruce Springsteen Surprises Audience at Billy Joel Concert
Bruce Springsteen propped himself on top of Billy Joel’s piano to sing a duet with The Piano Man, who was celebrating his 100th concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday …
your ads here!Artist Captures War as Seen by Children — Toys Included
Brian McCarty is a war photographer. But his pictures are not of bombed-out buildings or mangled bodies. His images show the horrors of war through the eyes of children and …
your ads here!Accordion Group Celebrating 80 Years, Sees Resurgence of Instrument
The American Accordionists’ Association celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, gathering in Alexandria, Virginia, to showcase performers of all ages and abilities. From Alexandria, VOA’s Jill Craig has more. …
your ads here!Museum of Natural History Provides a Glimpse of New Dinosaur Display
The fossilized skeleton of a ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur will be on exhibit next year in the new fossil hall at the Museum of Natural History in Washington. Excavated in …
your ads here!‘McQueen’ Examines Career of Brilliant, Troubled Designer
The London fashion world didn’t know quite what hit it when Alexander McQueen’s disheveled models staggered down the runway at his 1995 “Highland Rape” show, their Scottish-inspired clothing ripped to …
your ads here!Grandson Shares Mandela’s Life Lessons in New Book
An entire generation has been born since Nelson Mandela’s 1990 release from a South African prison, where he spent almost three decades for his anti-apartheid activism. Ndaba Mandela wants to …
your ads here!Universal Music Group to Open Nigeria Division
Vivendi’s Universal Music Group (UMG) will launch a new division in Nigeria as part of efforts by the world’s largest music label to expand into Africa’s most populous nation and …
your ads here!Kurt Cobain’s Daughter: Time for US to Get Over Mental Health Taboo
Kurt Cobain’s daughter said on Tuesday the United States should overcome its taboo about mental health and addiction, almost a quarter of a century after her rock-star father took his …
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