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22 Films Vie for Top Honors at Cannes Festival
22 films vie for Cannes top honors, including Eastwood's 'Changeling,' Cantet's 'The Class'
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Kuching gallery to showcase signature items
KUCHING: Plans are underway to set up a gallery in the city specially to exhibit the state’s signature food, arts and craft like the famous home baked layered cakes ‘Kek Lapis Sarawak’ as a means to better promote them to visitors.
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Lineup pairs traditional, contemporary
By CHRIS SHULL As this year's Fort Worth Opera Festival cranked into high gear Saturday with the opening of Turandot at Bass Hall, the company announced its plans for next year. The 2009 Fort Worth Opera Festival will feature Bizet's Carmen , Rossini's Cinderella and Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking, a contemporary rumination on the death penalty. The third annual festival will run April ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Basque exhibit goes on display despite rain
Friends and strangers shared bread at the dedication Saturday of the Basque Camp at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park's Great Basin Adventure.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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Art on the Lake gets kicks off today at Children's Harbor
Art on the Lake will be celebrating its third annual show and sale on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. at Children's Harbor Lake Martin Campus. The artwork will come from about 36 local and regional artist, and the money from the sale of their items will go to Children's Harbor.
The Alexander City Outlook |
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De Niro sends up Hollywood and Cannes in new film
Robert De Niro plays a movie producer whose professional and personal life lurches from crisis to crisis in a new comedy on the cut-throat world of Hollywood and its relationship with the Cannes film festival.
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Eastwood, Jolie in running for Cannes prizes
Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Muzi |
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Art show celebrates natural human form
Surrounded by drawings, photos and sculptures celebrating the beauty of the naked human body, Vallejo art lovers were out Saturday night supporting the city's newest downtown art exhibit. "There are so many great artists in this community and I wanted to feature them
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Eastwood, Jolie in running for Cannes prizes
Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Among critical favorites at the 12-day festival, which presented some solid entries though no obvious standouts, was Eastwood's "Changeling," starring Jolie in the true-life story of a ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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L.E.S. Arts Festival Enters Final Day
The three-day Lower East Side Festival of the Arts wraps up tonight. The line-up of events includes celebrities, artists, poets, puppeteers, filmmakers, and more than 100 performing arts organizations.
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Car customizer in Ohio is taking artwork outside the body shop
DAYTON, Ohio - In a business that's attracting older car buffs and creating new fans with the young, Don Boeke is among the masters.
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'Priceless' gold pieces by Bill Reid stolen from UBC museum
About 10 gold pieces by late Haida native artist Bill Reid have been stolen from the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Finding an audience for films on the sidelines
Cinetic Media is rolling out a new business that seeks not exhibition in theaters but rather distribution via the Internet and other growing delivery routes like cable on-demand services.
International Herald Tribune |
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Harvesting Pahiyas
More than just a fiesta, Pahiyas is a riot of colors and an agricultural fertility celebration with roots that may go well before the advent of Christianity in the Philippines. “Pahiyas festival is staged in honor of San Isidro as a form of thanksgiving,” explains Vice Mayor Mando Abutal.
The Manila Times |
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Gritty Wolverine wraps
Marvel's Kevin Feige told IESB that ' X-Men Origins: Wolverine ' has just wrapped principal photography in Australia and that there are only a couple of weeks left for some pick up shots second unit will be taking care of.
Comics2Film |
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Art briefs
Arroyo Grande Pen and ink prints and watercolor paintings by Don Drake are on exhibit through the month of June at Talley Vineyards Tasting Room, 3031 Lopez Drive. Daily tasting room hours are 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. 547-1940. Cambria
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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GROUNDED IN HER ART: Paso artist uses material found under her feet
For Marcia Harvey, finding the inspiration for a good painting is sometimes as simple as looking down. Ground-bound objects—dirt, rocks, twigs, leaves and pine cones, to name a few—are among the things the Paso Robles artist considers most beautiful and that serve as the focal point of her work. The beauty, she said, is in their simplicity as well as their story — like the granite stone ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Edwards places Everyman at front
VietNamNet Bridge - The statue of the sad-faced man may be small in stature, but it still captured the attention of visitors to the capital’s Ryllega Gallery last Thursday night.
Vietnam Net |
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Naomi Campbell - Campbell To Stand 30 Feet Tall In Giant Artworks
Supermodel NAOMI CAMPBELL is to be immortalised in a set of giant sculptures by British photographer NICK KNIGHT. The catwalk beauty - who Knight has described as "one of ...
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New England artists survey showing
Zullo Art Gallery will host a survey of New England artists from 1860 - 1985, from May 17 to July 6 at its 456A Main St. location.
Medfield Press |
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$9.7 million painting breaks contemporary Chinese art record
When Zeng Fanzhi's "Mask Series 1996 No. 6" sold at the Christie's auction in Hong Kong for $9.7 million, it broke a record for Chinese contemporary art.
International Herald Tribune |
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Nude kids pic search goes global
POLICE could go overseas to interview models from Bill Henson's art exhibition featuring naked kids after it was revealed the snaps may have been taken in Europe.
Daily Telegraph |
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Beautiful, edgy and not for banning
VISITORS to the contemporary wing of the Art Gallery of NSW, where two Bill Henson works hang, yesterday defended the artist.
The Australian |
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Defiance as gallery tests boundaries
AUSTRALIA'S artistic community voiced its support for photographer Bill Henson yesterday as another minister criticised his work.
The Australian |
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ONLINE EXTRAS
CANNES, France (AP) -- Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
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