George Clooney’s Hollywood career spans more than three decades, with memorable roles including fighting vampires, playing Batman and drifting through space in “Gravity.” But Clooney’s other accomplishments, including directing, screenwriting …
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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
Artist Christo Floats Tomb of Barrels in London’s Hyde Park
A 20-meter (22-yard) high sculpture of an ancient Egyptian tomb, made from 7,506 red, white and mauve barrels, has taken temporary residence amid the aquatic wildlife on a lake in …
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Seven-year-old Montannah Kenney has become the youngest girl to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Climbing Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters, was Montannah’s project during a school …
your ads here!For Egypt Fans, World Cup Excitement Can Come Cheap
Many football fans in Egypt cannot afford cable sports subscriptions or travel to Russia, but that does not mean they are missing out on World Cup action. Hamada Elrasam shows …
your ads here!Refugee Crisis Prompts Student Art Project
Discarded life jackets on a beach in Greece inspired artwork by a teenager who wanted to learn more about the refugee crisis. Achilleas Souras, the 17-year-old creator of the artwork, …
your ads here!Baseball Making Inroads Into Myanmar
In Myanmar, the most popular sport is football. But baseball, which is American’s national pastime, has carved a small niche for itself thanks to a man from Japan. Dave Grunebaum …
your ads here!Palestinian from Gaza Turns Israeli Tear Gas Canisters into Art
A Palestinian man from Gaza turns tear gas canisters used by Israeli forces into flower pots and prayer beads to commemorate often-violent border protests for future generations. Arash Arabasadi reports. …
your ads here!How a Puerto Rican From the Bronx Became the King of Ukrainian Dance
A Puerto Rican from the Bronx, Orlando Pagan fell in love with Ukrainian folklore when he was a teenager. He used to dance in the Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, and …
your ads here!Guggenheim Museum Opens Giacometti Exhibition
A Swiss born artist who got his first big break in 1955 in the United States, is back in the city of his first museum exhibit, New York. Sculptor, painter, …
your ads here!Yoga Practitioners Bring Mats to the Lawn of US Capitol
Several hundred yoga practitioners unrolled their mats on the lawn of the United States Capitol on Saturday to celebrate the International Day of Yoga, which takes place June 21. From …
your ads here!Juneteenth: Another Independence Day
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves free.” That proclamation, June 19, 1865, was the spark …
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Following a red carpet arrival Saturday at the New Orleans Museum of Art, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain enjoyed music by a jazz group and a cultural …
your ads here!Fire Again Devastates Scotland’s Mackintosh Building
A major fire has torn through one of Scotland’s architectural gems, the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, for the second time in four years. More than 120 …
your ads here!At UN, World Cup Reminder of Role of Sport in Peace
World Cup fever hit the United Nations Thursday as ambassadors and staffers gathered to watch the opening match and celebrate the link between peace and sport. Our U.N. Correspondent Margaret …
your ads here!Members of Congress Take to Baseball Field Year After Shooting
Republican and Democratic lawmakers took to the field Thursday night for the annual congressional charity baseball game. It fell on the first anniversary of a shooting spree at a practice …
your ads here!Football Fever Sweeping Russia as Fans Arrive From Around World
As soccer’s top stars arrive in Russia to chase World Cup glory, their fans from around the world have also made their way there to participate in the fun and …
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Most international visitors to New Zealand will have to pay a little more to see Middle Earth. Starting next year, tourists will pay between $23 and $33 to enter the …
your ads here!Rare Audubon ‘Birds of America’ Sells for $9.6 Million in New York
A first edition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, one of the most celebrated books of natural history, sold for $9.65 million at auction Thursday in New York, …
your ads here!US Muslims Celebrate Ramadan in Different Ways
Much like the rest of the world, Muslims in America are in the midst of the holy month of Ramadan — praying, fasting, giving to charity and breaking their monthlong …
your ads here!Concerns About Racism, Violence as African, Latin American Fans Attend Russia’s World Cup
Up to a million football fans from around the world are expected to travel to Russia over the coming weeks for the World Cup, which kicks off Thursday. They include …
your ads here!Indian Chess Player Quits Iran Tournament Over Headscarf Rule
An Indian chess champion announced she will not be participating in a tournament in Iran, as the country’s law requiring women to wear headscarves is a violation of her human …
your ads here!Comcast Challenges Disney with $65B Bid for 21st Century Fox
Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox’s entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. The bid comes just a day after …
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