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Inventions, practical and oddball, showcased at Geneva fair

April 10, 2013 23:16
The impeccably-dressed South Korean flipped a tyre sideways, and with a deft sweep snapped a curious, pastel-shaded device onto the hub. "Fitted in seconds," he said with a flourish, drawing nods of approval from Swiss onlookers all too used to their annual battle to preserve their fingers as they fix snow chains during the Alpine winter. Welcome to the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva which bills itself as the biggest of its kind in the world.

Producers, ousted director of Broadway's "Spider-Man" settle dispute

April 10, 2013 18:00
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have reached a settlement with Julie Taymor, the musical's ousted director and co-author, in a copyright dispute stemming from the show's troubled debut, the parties said on Wednesday. The terms of the settlement in the long-running dispute were not made public, according to spokesmen for Taymor and the producers.

Easter crowd opens eyes, ears to Jars of Clay

April 6, 2013 05:52
“What a long flight we had to Manila. It was, like, roughly eight years,” so did the good-natured Dan Haseltine, lead vocalist of Jars of Clay, say in jest to the crowd of around 3,000 gathered around the open-air Bonifacio Global City High Street Walkway the night of Easter Sunday. In fact, that remark had a ring of truth to it.

Depardieu due back in court on drink-driving charge

April 4, 2013 23:00
Gerard Depardieu was due in a Paris court Friday to face a drink-driving charge but it was unclear whether the eccentric French actor would show up after skipping a previous court date. Depardieu, who has sparked controversy in recent months by moving to Belgium and taking Russian citizenship amid a tax row with French authorities, failed to appear for a previous hearing in January. The 64-year-old is expected to admit to the charge and escape with a fine and penalty points to his driving licence.

Brazil's Daniela Mercury goes public with lesbian relationship

April 4, 2013 11:46
Rio de Janeiro, Apr 4 (EFE).- Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury, one of her country's most popular female musical artists, revealed that she is in a lesbian relationship with journalist Malu Verçosa. "Malu is now my spouse, my family and my inspiration for singing," the 47-year-old star said on Instagram in a post including photographs of the couple. Both women are wearing wedding rings in one of the images. Mercury, the mother of two grown children, got a divorce late last year from her second husband, Italian publicist Marco Scabia.

Warhol Museum prohibited from exhibiting Mao paintings in China

March 27, 2013 11:46
Beijing, Mar 27 (EFE).- An exhibition of the work of Andy Warhol, the father of Pop Art, on tour in Asia will not be allowed to show the late artist's celebrated portraits of Mao Zedong during its Beijing and Shanghai stops, the Andy Warhol Museum said. The exhibition's curators had hoped to show eight of the portraits, which were done in 1972, but the museum "understands that certain images can still not be shown in China," the Pittsburgh-based museum's director, Eric Shiner, said in a statement.

Pop art, rock or Nintendo: "Clouds" gather at Vienna museum

March 27, 2013 00:16
Super Mario video games, the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Pink Floyd's music and Belgian artist Rene Magritte: who would have thought these had anything in common? But Vienna's Leopold Museum demonstrates there is a link in its new exhibit "Clouds. Fleeting Worlds," which draws from the most unexpected sources -- not just 18th-century paintings but Nintendo games, album covers and floating silver pillows -- to pay tribute to this airy phenomenon.

Salma Hayek in 3rd "Got Milk?" campaign

March 15, 2013 11:32
Miami, Mar 15 (EFE).- Mexican actress, director and producer Salma Hayek is participating for the third straight year in the "Got Milk?" campaign. In a commercial to promote consumption of cow's milk, the "Frida" star serves breakfast to her young daughter Valentina while wearing a bath robe and curlers in her hair. The 46-year-old actress and wife of French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault touts the nutritional value of milk and says it is important that her family starts the day with a good breakfast.

New pope's views, from tango, to art, to gay marriage

March 14, 2013 13:30
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio surprised the world on Wednesday when he ended a run of nearly 1,300 years of European popes and greeted St. Peter's Square for the first time as Pope Francis. Here is a selection of the 76-year-old Jesuit's opinions on topics ranging from unmarried mothers, gay marriage, globalisation and his own interests and life experience:

Liza Minnelli, Alan Cumming turn friendship into hit show

March 14, 2013 02:15
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - By merely striding onto a stage, Liza Minnelli transformed a Manhattan concert hall into a cabaret on Wednesday, as the legendary entertainer teamed up with Broadway veteran Alan Cumming for the first night of a two-night gig reprising a show the pair put on last summer at a Fire Island nightclub. "Liza coming to Fire Island - can you imagine? It was like a papal visit," Cumming said, recalling the friends' two shows that spawned the sold out shows at Town Hall on Wednesday and Thursday.
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