Photographer sued over topless photo atop Empire State Building
(Reuters) – The management of the Empire State Building on Monday filed a $1 million lawsuit against a photographer who shot topless pictures of model...
Tag : Arts
Now, it’s Snowden: the book and, maybe, the film
(Reuters) – A tale that could rival any spy novel is about to be told by three writers who are working on potentially rival books...
Springsteen ‘Born to Run’ manuscript at NY auction
NEW YORK (AP) — Tramps like us, baby we were born to bid. A handwritten, working lyric sheet for Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 hit Born to...
French-born film artist Prouvost wins 2013 Turner Prize
(Reuters) – French-born film installation artist Laure Prouvost won Britain’s prestigious Turner Prize on Monday for a short film clip that in part tells the...
Study finds most US silent films have been lost
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of feature-length silent films made in America have been lost due to decay and neglect over the past 100...
Egypt’s top satirical poet dies at 84
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s best known satirical poet, Ahmed Fouad Negm, has died. He was 84. Negm died in the early hours of Tuesday, said...
First book printed in America sells for record $14.2 million
(Reuters) – The Bay Psalm Book, one of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America, sold for $14.2 million on Tuesday evening...
Authors James McBride, George Packer win National Book Awards
(Reuters) – Writers James McBride and George Packer won National Book Awards, among the most prestigious literary prizes in U.S. publishing, at a gala dinner...
Keanu Reeves film based on true Japanese story
TOKYO (AP) — The director of the Keanu Reeves 3-D film “47 Ronin” says he hopes his adaptation of a true Japanese story becomes a...