Arts & Culture

JK Rowling’s lawyer Chris Gossage fined for breaching privacy rules

JK Rowling’s lawyer, who revealed she is actually crime writer Robert Galbraith, has been fined £1,000 ($1,500) for breaching privacy…

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Composer Wojciech Kilar dies in Katowice at 81

Wojciech Kilar, who was BAFTA-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist, has died aged 81. The…

10 years ago

Theatre director Attilio Maggiulli drives car into Elysee Palace rear gate

Attilio Maggiulli has driven his car into the rear gate of the Elysee Palace, the Paris residence of French President…

10 years ago

Ryan O’Neal wins trial over Andy Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett portrait

Andy Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett portrait belongs to actor Ryan O'Neal, a California jury has decided. The University of Texas at…

10 years ago

Jeffrey Gonano wins $1 million painting by Pablo Picasso at charity raffle

American Jeffrey Gonano has won a $1 million painting by Pablo Picasso after paying just 100 euros for a ticket…

10 years ago

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fourth novel to be written by David Lagercrantz

Writer David Lagercrantz has been hired to pen the fourth installment of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series by…

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Radu Beligan becomes world’s oldest active professional theatre actor

Romanian actor Radu Beligan has been named the world’s oldest active professional theatre actor by the Guinness World Records. Radu…

10 years ago

Edward Hopper’s East Wind Over Weehawken sells for $40 million at Christie’s auction

Edward Hopper’s painting East Wind Over Weehawken has sold for $40 million, setting an auction record for the US artist.…

10 years ago

Norman Rockwell’s Saying Grace sells for record $46 million in New York

Norman Rockwell’s painting Saying Grace has been sold for $46 million at Sotheby’s in New York, a new record for…

10 years ago

Pavel Dmitrichenko jailed for acid attack on Sergei Filin

Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko has been jailed for six years for organizing an acid attack on company's artistic director…

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