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Japan author, “spooky” science up for cut-price Nobels

YoopyaOct 7, 20120

(Reuters) – A Japanese author who writes of love and isolation, researchers into “spooky” quantum physics and experts on economic inequality have all been tipped

Using his own blood, New York artist paints “Resurrection” exhibit

YoopyaOct 5, 20120

(Reuters) – Many artists claim to put their blood, sweat and tears into their work, but Vincent Castiglia means it: he paints with his own

Ang Lee’s 3D ‘Life of Pi’ opens NY film festival

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Once considered impossible to make, the big-screen 3D adaptation of the bestselling novel “Life of Pi” opened the 50th New York Film Festival

Rushdie says writers losing influence in West

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Salman Rushdie believes literature has lost much of its influence in the West, and movie stars like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have

Signed JK Rowling ‘Casual Vacancy’ Books Sold For £1000 Online

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

Opportunists flog ‘The Casual Vacancy’ on eBay Signed copies of JK Rowling’s new novel ‘The Casual Vacancy’ are being flogged for up to £1,000 online.

Rowling “obsessed” with death, reads reviews later

YoopyaSep 28, 20120

(Reuters) – What does the author of the most eagerly awaited book of the year do on publication day? If you are J.K. Rowling, whose

“Original Mona Lisa” given Geneva launch

YoopyaSep 28, 20120

(Reuters) – A Swiss-based art foundation on Thursday unveiled what it argues is Leonardo da Vinci’s original “Mona Lisa”, backing its claim with evidence from

Rowling’s adult novel lacks magic, some critics say

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

(Reuters) – J.K. Rowling’s first foray into adult fiction was bound to be compared to her wildly successful Harry Potter series, and, while “The Casual

Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

YoopyaAug 22, 20120

An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco. Ecce Homo (Behold the

Christie’s posts record $3.5 billion first-half art sales

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Christie’s announced record first-half art sales of 2.2 billion pounds ($3.5 billion) on Tuesday, a rise of 13 percent over the same period