Tag: Arts and Entertainment
Acting community mourns Priestley's death
The Australian acting community is mourning the death of All Saints star Mark Priestley.[MORE]
Magazine with 'too thin' models pulled
A Quebec publisher apologised on Thursday for promoting scrawny female forms in a young women's magazine, which he also pulled from stores amid a public outcry.[MORE]
Solid gold Moss sculpture unveiled
A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth 1.5 million pounds ($3.1 million) has been unveiled in London.[MORE]
Director of Edinburgh Fringe quits
The director of the Edinburgh Fringe arts festival has quit after just 18 months in charge.[MORE]
Museum defies Pope over crucified frog
An Italian museum has defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as blasphemous.[MORE]
Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower
The Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th Century building, in the northern Dutch town of Bedum, as Europe's most steeply leaning tower.[MORE]
Gillard mocks Costello's 'book with a spine'
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used literacy week to belittle former treasurer Peter Costello, who is releasing a book next month.[MORE]
Blogger arrested for Guns 'N' Roses leak
US federal police have arrested a blogger for posting songs from a yet-to-be released Guns 'N' Roses album titled Chinese Democracy online without the rock band's permission.[MORE]
Coming soon: Facebook the movie
Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, is about to get a whole lot of friends on Facebook.[MORE]
Cubist masterwork goes missing
An elite women's liberal arts college outside Boston has lost a painting by early 20th century French cubist Fernand Leger, whose work has sold for tens of millions of dollars.[MORE]
Some sex assault charges dropped against designer
Los Angeles prosecutors dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, as jury selection got underway for his trial in California.[MORE]
Kylie confirms Sydney, Melbourne dates
Pop princess Kylie Minogue will perform in Sydney and Melbourne in December.[MORE]
Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight charged with assault
Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested on charges of assault and domestic violence on Wednesday after punching his girlfriend and pulling a knife on her during an argument, Las Vegas police said.[MORE]
Warner Bros backs Chanel biopic
Warner Brothers will produce and distribute the French-language Audrey Tautou-starring biopic Coco Before Chanel.[MORE]
Bianca Jagger loses $343k ring
Bianca Jagger reportedly lost a 200,000 euro ($343,000) ring over the weekend in Salzburg, Austria, while attending an annual music festival.[MORE]
'Raspy' Diamond offers audience refund
Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is offering audiences of a recent Ohio concert a refund and asking for their forgiveness after he performed with a raspy voice.[MORE]
Toronto to screen Dead Men despite legal threat
Despite a legal threat from the spy drama's main subject, the world premiere of Kari Skogland's Fifty Dead Men Walking at the Toronto International Film Festival will go ahead as planned.[MORE]
McCartney to play Israel concert
Paul McCartney to play in Tel Aviv - 43 years after being banned from performing there.[MORE]
Labor promises $1 million for local music
The Labor Party says it will inject more than $1 million extra funding into the local contemporary music industry if it is elected next month.[MORE]
Snoop Dogg to undergo character test
Australian immigration officials say they will carry out a full character assessment of US rap star Snoop Dogg before deciding whether to allow him to visit the country later this year.[MORE]
YouTube to screen No End doco
Filmmaker Charles Ferguson is bringing his documentary No End In Sight to YouTube.[MORE]
Spielberg still directing first Tintin
Despite the rumours, Steven Spielberg is still slated to direct the first Tintin movie.[MORE]
Film version of German Office planned
Stromberg, the German adaptation of the BBC hit TV series The Office, is being adapted as a feature film.[MORE]
Coen brothers bring Pitt-Clooney crime comedy to Venice
Coen brothers' madcap comdey Burn After Reading opens Venice Film Festival.[MORE]
