Arts & Culture
Japan’s Beethoven Mamoru Samuragochi admits he can hear
"Japan's Beethoven" Mamoru Samuragochi has admitted he is not totally deaf, amid an ongoing scandal over his use of a ghostwriter. Composer Mamoru Samuragochi said...
Sleepwalker: Lifelike statue draws mixed reaction at Wellesley College
Sleepwalker – a lifelike sculpture of a man walking in snow - has drawn a mixed reaction from students at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. The...
Mamoru Samuragochi fraud: Ghostwriter Takashi Niigaki admits being Japanese Beethoven’s accomplice
Takashi Niigaki has come forward to admit being part of Japan’s Beethoven fraud. The ghostwriter for the man dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" has admitted being his...
Lipinski Strad theft: Three people arrested in rare Stradivarius theft
Wisconsin authorities have arrested three people in connection with the theft of a three-century-old Stradivarius violin valued at $5 million. The rare Stradivarius was stolen...
Mamoru Samuragochi: Japan’s Beethoven admits hiring someone else to write his music
Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer who has been dubbed "Japan's Beethoven", has admitted hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades. Mamoru...
Jose Emilio Pacheco dies at 74 after hurting his head in a fall
Novelist and poet Jose Emilio Pacheco has died at the age of 74, a day after hurting his head in a fall. The poet’s daughter,...
Brokeback Mountain opera to premiere at Teatro Real in Madrid
A Brokeback Mountain opera version is to premiere at the Teatro Real in Madrid later this month. The libretto has been written by the book's...
Claudio Abbado dies at the age of 80
Former musical director of La Scala, Claudio Abbado, has died at the age of 80. Italian conductor died in Bologna after a long illness, said...
Poet Juan Gelman dies in Mexico City aged 83
Argentinean poet and political critic Juan Gelman has died aged 83 in Mexico City. Juan Gelman, the son of Jewish immigrants to Argentina from Ukraine,...
Amiri Baraka dies in New Jersey hospital at 79
Poet Amiri Baraka died in New Jersey on Thursday at the age of 79. Amiri Baraka died in hospital - where he had been since...
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 rules. Chris Gossage, a partner...
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 Polish pianist and composer died...
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 Francois Hollande. Attilio Maggiulli, 67,...
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 Austin had sued Ryan O'Neal,...
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 in an online charity...
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 author Stieg Larsson, its...
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 Beligan was born on December...
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. East Wind Over Weehawken, a...
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 a piece of American...
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 Sergei Filin. Two fellow defendants...
Elvis Presley record player to be auctioned at Penzance Auction House on December 12
A record player once belonging to Elvis Presley is expected to fetch up to £2,000 ($3,000) at a Cornwall auction in the UK. Elvis Presley...
JD Salinger Three Stories: Unpublished works leaked online
Scanned copies of three short stories by JD Salinger, which the reclusive author did not want published, have been leaked online. The Ocean Full Of...
Bay Psalm Book becomes world’s most expensive printed book
The tiny Bay Psalm Book has become the world's most expensive printed book as it was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York for $14.2...
Gerald Laing’s Lincoln Convertible: JFK assassination painting on display at Tate Britain
Gerald Laing’s Lincoln Convertible, the only known contemporary painting of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has gone on display at Tate Britain. Gerald...
Rossetti’s Proserpine sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s in London
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Proserpine has sold for £3,274,500 ($5,275,000) at Sotheby’s in London, setting a new record for the artist. Sotheby's said a fierce round...
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