Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arts News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/cat/bf7bedafac502d48/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 16:23:04 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:23:04 -0400 30 Jersey Boys and Les Miserables have been declared as shows performing free songs to the public, to mark 350 years of West End theatre. West End Live, which is the annual festival of musical and theatre, is now in its ninth year at it will be staged in Trafalgar Square on 22 and 23 June, the BBC reported. Sir Tim Rice's new musical 'From Here to Eternity' will be previewed during the show. The ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759047/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759047/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly promised to help soccer ace David Beckham become an actor. "Beckham has always wanted to be an action film star, and Cruise promised him a long time ago he can make those dreams come true," a source told National Enquirer magazine. Beckham, 38, announced he was retiring from football this month after playing the game for more than 20 years, reports ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214756451/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214756451/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Boxer Amir Khan has been focusing on his dancing skills ahead of his wedding to fiancee, Faryal Makhdoom, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The 26-year-old posted a picture of him and his friends, learning Bollywood dance steps to surprise his guests at next week's five-star wedding in New York City, the Sun reported. The Bolton-born ace tweeted: "I'm now on way to my gym. The boys are practicing a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753879/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753879/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mariah Carey suffered a wardrobe malfunction when her dress popped open on stage during the 'Good Morning America's' Summer Concert Series in Central Park on Saturday morning. The back of the singer's skin tight pink dress popped open while she was being interviewed by the show's host, Lara Spencer, the New York Post reported. She blurted out "my dress just popped" and quickly placed her hands ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753877/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:00:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753877/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Pop star Lady Gaga, who underwent a hip operation earlier this year, is likely to perform on stage at a Beyonce Knowles' show in New York in August. Gaga is said to be planning her live return at the said show. If the news turns out to be true, it will be her first major gig following an operation on her hip in February. The grapevine is abuzz after a reported email sent by concert listings ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748729/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:50:02 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748729/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) climbs aboard his plane, on April 26, 2013 in Bamako. Le Drian's visit came shortly after the beginning of a phased withdrawal of the 4,500-strong French contingency which will see just 1,000 troops left in Mali by the end of the year. (Martin Bureau /AFP/Getty ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762932/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:11:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762932/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A white poodle that plays the part of a blind pet owned by Liberace in the flamboyant biopic "Behind the Candelabra" scooped glory on Friday by winning the Palm Dog for canine talent at the Cannes Film Festival. The pedigree pooch plays Baby Boy, whose sight problems bring a teenage dog trainer (played by Matt Damon) into the orbit of a predatory Liberace (Michael Douglas). Eventually, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762933/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:03:29 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762933/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Giro d'Italia en route to what should be a convincing overall victory on Sunday in Brescia. The Tre Cime di Lavaredo finish on Saturday was planned to be an epic apotheosis, and it panned out that way after a certain amount of suspense over whether it would happen at all: Nibali's stage victory in a white-out 2,300m above sea level amid vast snowdrifts will be the abiding, if blurred, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762123/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:42:45 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762123/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fabio Ferrari/AP TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO, Italy (AP) -- Vincenzo Nibali nearly wrapped up the Giro d'Italia title with a dominating solo performance to win the penultimate stage Saturday, leaving behind his rivals under a blizzard of snow on the final climb. Nibali attacked with under 2 miles left on the steep ascent to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three-week race's highest ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762124/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:34:49 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214762124/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Snow falls close to the start area of the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, in the village of Ponte di Legno, northern Italy, Friday, May 24, 2013. Friday's 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was cancelled due to snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his lead ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761369/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:47:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761369/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Will Smith staged an impromptu 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' reunion during a U.K. TV interview by bringing on his former co-star Alfonso Ribeiro and longtime collaborator DJ Jazzy Jeff during the recording. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761371/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:30:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761371/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Yoko Ono's Meltdown Let's Start a Pussy Riot is a new collaborative art book curated by German-born performance artist Emely Neu. When three members of Pussy Riot were imprisoned last year, Neu staged a mini-festival to raise funds for the women, and started a blog for the public to submit artworks, which in turn evolved into a book. The first half provides an overview of Pussy Riot, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761373/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 12:23:44 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761373/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO, Italy ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761370/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:53:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214761370/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 COVINGTON, Ky. - Jennifer Mearns quips that she's going to win the Children's Law Center's Dancing with the Stars competition because she's going to embarrass herself the most."We selected (a dance) that's a little out there," Mearns says in a YouTube video promoting the May 30 event. "I'm going to embarrass myself for the good of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760843/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:45 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760843/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Anahita Ghazvinizadeh won $19,500 for her work on the 21-minute movie "Needle," about a sixth-grade girl torn between her divorcing parents, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. "Piano" director Jane Campion served as the jury president of the Cinefondation short film competition. Ghazvinizadeh had previously directed the short film "When the Kid Was a Kid" ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760956/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760956/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has returned to Twitter.com after her Thursday night arrest drama to proclaim her innocence and declare she needs "another nose job". The Hairspray star was booked on Thursday for marijuana possession and reckless endangerment, after allegedly throwing a bong out of the window of her 36th-storey apartment in Manhattan as police arrived following a report ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760844/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:30:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760844/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For Mount Royal University, it will be one less diploma program and fewer part-time instructors to pay.For Calgary's cultural community, it will create one gaping hole in a delicate ecosystem.And ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760845/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:30:17 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760845/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Some of Sydney's famous landmarks, such as the Opera House, Museum of Contemporary Art and the city's Circular Quay, are transformed into a spectacular canvas of light as Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark. Vivid Sydney is an annual event where immersive light installations and projections illuminate the city from 24 May until 10 June. In recent years the event has attracted ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760847/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760847/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Over the past decade, street art has begun to gain acceptance and respect in the art world, appearing not only outside the walls of our art institutions, but within them too. Works by Banksy, Haring and Blu have become must-haves for art collectors and celebrities. The first auction dedicated solely to this previously overlooked art form was at Bonhams in February 2008. The sale was a huge ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760848/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:22 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760848/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Silent Barn, which its Twitter page calls an "auto-didactic cooperative performance space," does attract the weird and the surprising: noise bands, 'zine librarians, urban agriculturists, piata sculptors, jellyfish experts, makers of digital art. But five months after taking over the former offices of George Cho Contractors and establishing itself in the mainstream and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760324/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:26:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760324/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Hong Kong International airport and spot two huge billboards heralding the Asian debut of the world's most prominent art fair, Art Basel. Amid a PR frenzy that drew the likes of supermodel Kate Moss and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, it seemed that even the torrential rain and 18,000 lightning strikes across the territory hours before the VIP preview on Wednesday were just part of the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760325/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:24:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214760325/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mr Bingo , referring to the vintage postcards he embellishes with insults and sends out. 'People order them for themselves or their loved ones: wives, girlfriends... sometimes even their mum.' Mr Bingo had the idea when he was 'feeling a bit naughty' one evening. He promised an offensive missive to the first person who responded to a tweet and was swamped. Comparing the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759755/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:23:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759755/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Four brutal climbs in the last 140km, although they are a bit shorter than the previous day's monsters. The penultimate climb, Passo Giau is the hardest, and a long-range attack here could win the stage. Lavaredo is the summit where Eddy Merckx won his first Giro in 1968, and if there are small time gaps at the top of the standings, it will witness an intense ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759148/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:37:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759148/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Canadian fans of The National have two reasons to rejoice. The Brooklyn-based indie rockers will release their sixth album, Trouble Will Find Me, on May 21 following that up with three dates in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. As an added bonus in Toronto ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759149/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:14 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759149/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 France began the first stage of a withdrawal from Mali Saturday in what it says is a plan to pull out most of its troops and equipment by the end of the year. A convoy carrying unneeded equipment and vehicles left a French base outside the capital, Bamako, headed for Abidjan ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759275/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 08:12:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759275/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 His statue may be a Theater District landmark now, but George M. Cohan caused no small amount of trouble for Actors' Equity early in its history. The union marks its 100th anniversary this ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758010/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758010/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Bulgaria's caretaker Culture Minister, Vladimir Penev, is opening Saturday the sixth edition of the Days of Bulgarian Cinema in Rome, Italy. The event will take place in the "Cinema Home" - Villa Borghese. The program will start with the showing ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214757965/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:34 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214757965/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 FORT WAYNE – In the face of a forced shutdown, Imagine Schools on Broadway held an emergency board meeting Friday to consider avenues for keeping the charter school open this fall, including reapplying for a charter through Ball State University.Ball State, which sponsors charter schools, decided this month not to renew the charters of three Fort Wayne schools – Imagine Schools on ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758011/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:34:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758011/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A visitor attends the "ArteBA 2013" art fair, in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on May 24, 2013. The fair is the most important contemporary art show in Argentina, with 82 galleries from Latin America, the US and Europe displaying 500 artists' works, according to the organizers. (Xinhua/Martin ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758015/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:31:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758015/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Italy Heavy snow forced Giro d'Italia organisers to call off the mountainous 19th stage from Ponte di Legno to Val Martello and the route for the next day's stage was re-designed.Saturday's stage includes far fewer descents to ensure another day of mountain racing is not lost but it will still finish on the Tre Cime di Lavaredo at 2,304 metres above sea level."Descents on ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:26:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758016/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It was a fall-off-your chair moment. Verne Harris, head of programming at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, had just said I could use a vast collection of Mandela's audiocassettes for free. Looking back to that moment in February 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa, I am reminded that journalism and filmmaking are 95 per cent grinding and frustration and five per cent breakthrough and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758017/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:55 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758017/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ISADORA OPEN: No one could question the dedication of Nicola Follows, who danced here with Paras Terezaki and Anna Wyman's troupes, owned her own Main Dance company, and headed a $4.3-million fundraiser that resulted in the Davie-at-Granville Dance Centre at Scotiabank Dance ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758018/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:22:17 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214758018/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 As an exhibition of Patrick Caulfield's work opens at Tate Britain, the playwright David Hare recalls his friendship with the painter whom he came to respect as the artists' ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755674/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:45:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755674/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 With the Turner-nominated artist, who died in 2005, the subject of a retrospective at Tate Britain in London, we've gathered together some of his most notable works for you. Many feature Caulfield's signature mode, which was to embed photorealist depiction within abstract or simplified ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755675/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:45:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755675/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tucson, AZ - After a long, cold winter for many east of the Mississippi, 23 teams soaked up sunshine and 80-degree weather to play in the 23rd annual Pro Imaging Golf Championship. This year the digital players traveled west to the magnificent Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort located in the Sonora Desert Terrain at the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The two-day ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:21 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 El Dorado Hills, CA March 15th, 2009--ClearBags announced the launch of a new product line of Airsafe Art Boxes that meet the stringent product protection requirements of the largest shipping carriers. "Ever have a customer tell you they buy your products for the packaging you use? Well at ClearBags, we hear it all the time! Many artistic professionals are so impressed with our outer ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755681/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755681/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As increasing digital camera model offerings challenge perceived product differentiation among consumers, only 26 percent of digital camera buyers say they would purchase the same camera brand in the future -- down from 35 percent in 2005, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Digital Camera Satisfaction Study(SM) released today. (Logo: ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755677/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755677/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), a world leader in hard drive storage for computing and consumer electronics applications, today announced that it has completed a $65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., a leading supplier of solid-state drives for the embedded systems market. Since its inception in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755680/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755680/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Dave Bias, co-founder of SavePolaroid.com, announces the formation of two new Polaroid Corp.-related companies -- PolaPremium and The Impossible Project. Bias partnered with Dr. Florian Kaps, the proprietor of unsaleable.com, which has been selling Polaroid film and cameras for the past three years out of Vienna, Austria. The first new company, PolaPremium, is a partnership with Polaroid to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755679/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:20 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755679/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 TOKYO, Japan, March 26, 2009 -- Phase One A/S and Mamiya Digital Imaging, Ltd. are proud to announce that Phase One is making a significant financial investment in Mamiya Digital Imaging, thus becoming a major shareholder in the company behind the Mamiya brand of medium format cameras and lenses. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The objective of Phase One's investment is to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755683/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755683/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mar. 27--The auction-like sale of Polaroid Corp. can proceed as scheduled next week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Kishel ruled Thursday that it's too late for the company's creditors to question company executives about the pending transaction and other financial matters. Kishel approved a motion by Polaroid's attorneys to quash recent subpoenas for the depositions of CEO ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755682/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755682/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 -- The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 11th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC International Professional Photographers Month luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on Thursday, May 7, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755678/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755678/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 March 26, 2009 -- Magazines, newspapers, even family scrapbooks are full of photographs of houses -- graphic examples of the American dream. But pictures by the 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman are in a league of their own, so distinctive that they are consulted by movie designers, collected by museums and cherished by homeowners who commission them. [See link below for a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755684/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755684/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The firefighter crawled on his stomach through the pitch-black apartment, the smoke so thick he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Somewhere inside was a baby and he had to find her.A window broke, light filled the room, and he saw her lying in her crib, dressed only in a diaper, unconscious. Soot covered her tiny nose. She wasn't breathing and had no pulse.He grabbed her and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755685/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:35:19 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214755685/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Source: Photosport Up-and-coming shot putter Tom Walsh hopes some mentoring from Olympic and world champion Valerie Adams will see him qualify for the world championships in August. The Timaru 21-year-old has seen his chances increase with significant strength gains in the last six months. To be truly world class at this event, you have to be a bit of a beast. "We're talking between ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754405/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754405/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 This picture of my parents was taken in 1963, a year before they got married. It intrigues me, in the circumstances, that they managed to pose for a studio photograph like some confident, conventional, middle-class couple.Mum was very shy - though she ended up as an infant school deputy headteacher - and her background could hardly have been less middle-class. Her own mother slept 10-in-a-bed ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754449/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:29:44 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754449/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 19th stage of the Giro ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754447/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:54:33 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214754447/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Court documents showed Grant Davies' wife Lisa Ricketts became suspicious after he became "secretive" and put a security lock on his phone and computer, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Davies, 39, operated RG Dance Studio in Chiswick in the city's inner west for almost a decade and was allegedly taking photos of naked students, some as young as six, for almost the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753799/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:51:41 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753799/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 MILWAUKEE, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The hugely popular musical had a San Francisco tryout in 2003 and had its official opening there at the Curran Theatre. On Broadway, it opened at Gershwin Theatre on October 30, where it is still playing today. Touring productions are occurring at different locations across the U.S. and elsewhere. SuperbTicketsOnline.com has reduced the prices of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:41:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Now everyone with a smartphone has the potential to be a video news reporter, how do we know who to trust? Claire Wardle from social news agency Storyful offers some advice on how to ensure your footage is findable, traceable and (hopefully) ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753801/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:24:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753801/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Woodward Avenue faade of the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit's unelected emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr, has asked for an appraisal of the collection held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to determine whether the city could sell off the art works to help pay off Detroit's $15 billion in long-term debt. This outright provocation comes in the wake of Orr's ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214752966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:08 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214752966/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It was a dream come true for 13-year-old Alyssa Bartlett as she twirled in the hand of her dance partner, Steve Craft. The smile on her face was unmistakable. She was having the time of her ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753019/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 PARIS ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753798/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:17:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214753798/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world's oldest public museums, launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its founding in 1683.The exhibition will run from Saturday to August 18, bringing together 70 pieces of works on paper, including those from Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt and Turner, among others."Looking closely at drawings is an intimate ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214752304/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214752304/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The creepy, kooky "Addams Family" dance their dark family dynamics into the Tennessee Theatre May 31-June 1. The musical starring Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Lurch, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandma is the last of the theater's 2012-13 Broadway at the Tennessee ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750780/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750780/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 * Wayward Productions and Chicago Fusion Theatre's "Sons of Anarchy"-inspired production of Shakespeare's "Richard III" gets a remount at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Director Carlo Lorenzo Garcia imagines the Rose Wars as a fight between two outlaw motorcycle gangs in this production, which was a hit earlier this year at The Underground Wonder ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750786/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:11:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750786/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Drowsy Chaperone -- the last production of the season for Regina's Globe Theatre -- is impressive and entertaining, and seemed to delight the opening Thursday night audience.The Globe's version of the Tony-award-winning Broadway musical involves a strong cast with many talents and some creative adaptations for the theatre-in-the-round setting. Before the show, Globe artistic ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:00:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214750787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 It's impossible to picture the Pacific Northwest without the image of a totem pole. Considered by many as the emblem of the native people of North ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749816/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:43 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749816/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 With comic-book stores, indie cinema, live gigs, theatre, cutting-edge galleries - and great coffee of course - Portland punches way above its weight for a city of its ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749817/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The original series of the American Guide provided a written and visual record of the US in the 1930s and 40s. Its social media-driven revival hopes to deliver an equally powerful ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:40 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214749818/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Tom Cruise has reportedly dropped out of the movie adaptation of cult TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The actor was slated to portray American agent Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer in director Guy Ritchie’s film, but according the The Hollywood Reporter, his deal was never closed and now he has walked away from the project. Hammer is still onboard to play Solo’s Soviet ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:45:46 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748901/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 I was on the phone, listening to the actor and director John Malkovich talk about his latest projects, and trying to come up with a description that does his purring voice justice. He speaks lightly, quietly. He metes out his syllables slowly, but also slides them into one another, from word to word and from sentence to sentence. He sounds partly bored and partly amused, like he's whispering ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747771/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 franchise is still going strong. To borrow a bit of stunt-car parlance made famous by Quentin Tarantino, we might say that the brand is Death Proof. How else to explain the presence in Justin Lin's film of Michelle Rodriguez, last seen taking a fatal bullet two sequels ago? The sudden resurrection of a fallen heroine- and the fact that she's been saddled with a convenient case of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747787/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The bass, at least, was unstoppable. Intestine-jiggling stuff. Face-vibrating stuff. Consciousness-destabilizing ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748858/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:39:44 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748858/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Even the number in the title is a hint of what's to come. This movie is loud and proud. Number 6. Dealt with it. If you don't remember why, we'll drum it into your heads with a montage over the opening credits. Dominic (Vin Diesel) and his crew of street racers are facing off against a new master criminal Shaw, which forces them to work with Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson, the only ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747788/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Leonardo DiCaprio adjusts his bow tie on May 15, 2013 as he arrives for the screening of the film "The Great Gatsby" ahead of the opening of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (AFP PHOTO/ALBERTO ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:47 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747789/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Prof. Evans Yonson (seated, second from right) with his performers and staff And then the unthinkable happened--a new mayor was elected in Cagayan de Oro City, replacing someone entrenched in power for 15 years. But for those who attended or were behind the pre-election musical theater event at Centrio, the Ayala Mall in Northern Mindanao, four nights before election day, this was a no-brainer. ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747790/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 You probably ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748857/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:17:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214748857/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:57 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747796/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The 50th UJA-Federation of New ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747795/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:22 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747795/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:04:28 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747686/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 In Darrell ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:01:38 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747794/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Among ensembles that champion new music, many trumpet the wide diversity of the composers they perform. Yet there is much to be said for a group that builds long-term associations with favored composers. This has been a defining attribute of the New Amsterdam Singers, a skilled 70-voice choir, which ended its 45th season with a concert on Thursday night at St. Ignatius of Antioch ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747741/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747741/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Midway through her show on Wednesday night at the Café Carlyle, the Filipina singer Lea Salonga recalled being told not to bother auditioning for the role of Eliza Doolittle in a revival of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747740/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:52 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747740/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 French special forces and local troops raided an army base Friday in northern Niger, ending a hostage seizure by Islamist fighters who had staged twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746326/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:34:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746326/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 During sunset on Saturday, three planets will form a bright cluster in the western sky known as the Dance of the Planets. Venus, Jupiter and Mars -- the brightest planets visible on Earth -- will move into a triangle only three degrees wide. The triple conjunction of planets is fairly rare. The last time the three bright planets aligned in that formation was on May 9, 2011. According to NASA, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746557/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746557/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Well over a decade has passed since the sultry pop-jazz singer Jane Monheit, then in her early 20s, was greeted with the ecstatic hyperbole often accorded to vocal wunderkinder. My memories of Ms Monheit in the early 2000s are of a phenomenally well-equipped singer wielding an instrument that made a wonderful sound but that left much to be desired when it came to interpreting lyrics. The beauty ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747739/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:15 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747739/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Henri ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747793/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747793/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Meet Conrad Tao. A composer, concert pianist and award-winning violinist, he also runs a festival in Brooklyn, Unplay, which starts on June 11. He will turn 19 that day. His Wikipedia page features a photo of him with Hillary Rodham Clinton from when he was named a Davidson Fellow ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:33 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214747738/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ashley Brown and John Cudia starred in in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of "Oklahoma!". The just-concluded run of the classic American musical "Oklahoma!" was uncharted territory for the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago. It was the first time the opera company had produced an extended engagement of a musical separate from its regular season ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:52:30 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746419/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Catherine Cuellar, executive director of Dallas Arts District. It may not be a sexy issue, but safety in the Dallas Arts District will be one of Catherine Cuellar's top goals as executive director of the district, she told me in a recent interview. Cuellar, who started her new job on April 15, said without a safe environment, nothing else matters. That refers to both crime and to the tension ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746460/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:34:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214746460/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 First lady Michelle Obama and actress Kerry Washington smile as they arrive for a performance at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:33:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745253/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24, 2013 The folk group brings a fresh sense of wonder to classic bluegrass sounds. Hear three songs from Overmountain Men, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745254/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:42 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745254/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Amanda Bynes, seen here at an awards show in 2011, was arrested at a Manhattan apartment after a building official complained that she was smoking marijuana, police say. (Chris Pizzello/Associated ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745255/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:41 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745255/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards of British rock band The Rolling Stones perform during their "50 & Counting" worldwide tour in Anaheim, California, May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mike ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:36 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Move along, people. Nothing to see here. Someone, God willing, has finally put a net under Amanda Bynes, halting the actress' emotional free fall of almost a year's duration. Despite her arrest in New York on Thursday night -- fright wig and all -- Bynes may finally get the help she has so obviously needed for a long time. The arresting officers took the actress to hospital for a ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745256/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15:35 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745256/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 ROME – Italy’s newly-installed Minister of Culture said his priorities in office will include strengthening government funding for the arts, including a renewal of the cinema tax credit industry players have been calling ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745173/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745173/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A construction-starting ceremony for the site of the EuroBasket 2015 European Basketball Championship in Kiev, Ukraine, included the burying of a time capsule. Group stage matches in the 24-team tournament will be played in Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov and Lvov. Playoff games will be played in Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk, and Kiev will host the title game. The ceremony Friday in the capital, which ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745117/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Holly Brown, general manager of the Palace Theatre. A fundraiser generated $58,000 for The Palace Theatre in Albany, NY, officials said. The May 9 fundraiser, called Salute to the Palace, featured a live performance by Sandy Hacketts Rat Pack Show. The fundraiser is an important event for the non-profit theater, which is on track to finishing its second consecutive season with a surplus after ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745210/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:28 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214745210/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 will receive a star on the STL Walk of Fame on June 11.Landesman is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and just finished a term as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.He is the son ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743923/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743923/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 NASHVILLE ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759754/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214759754/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 , a Festival TransAmriques show featuring dozens of dogs impersonating members of the United Nations. The event is the brainchild of Bennett Miller, an Australian visual artist, who expanded the idea after premiering it at a theatre festival in Melbourne. Miller auditioned scores of local weiner dogs to see if they would make the cut. The artist says he choose dachshunds to represent global ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743945/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743945/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Musician Justin Bieber accepts the 'Milestone Award' onstage during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Steve ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743946/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:16 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743946/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Early in "Behind the Candelabra", Scott Thorson, played by Matt Damon, tells his step-mother, "My eyes are open, I promise." But how could they have been? Scott, after all, was becoming Liberace's lover. Could anyone's eyes be open enough? Behind The Candelabra, which debuts Sunday on HBO Canada, chronicles the real-life romantic relationship between famous ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743947/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:04:16 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743947/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 How would you sum up Manchester in a single photograph? Is there a place, a building, a view or a person that represents the city at its best? Throughout the Manchester International Festival we'll be inviting readers to submit their favourite images celebrating the city via GuardianWitness. To show us your best shot, either use the 'contribute to this article' links above and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743949/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:11 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743949/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 exhibiting works on paper by some of the greatest artists of all time , from Raphael to Da Vinci, Michelangelo to Rembrandt. Below is a selection of the finest, including a desolate landscape from Caspar David Friedrich and a vision of Dante by William ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743950/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:10 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743950/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ashmolean museum in Oxford to compensate for some distinctly second rate paintings, is going on display to celebrate the 330th birthday of one of the oldest ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:56:09 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214743951/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri May 24, 2013 1:00pm EDT * Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor belts up metal chutes towards the centre of an atrium before thudding down and splattering like entrails, in a monumental ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214744257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214744257/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Celebrated Canadian nature artist Robert Bateman is opening a new gallery in Victoria this weekend, but the artist says the aim is to do much more than showcase his work. The Robert Bateman centre, whose doors open on his 83rd birthday, will display the largest exhibit of original works by the popular wildlife artist. There will be 10 galleries in the centre, including one devoted to his ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742414/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Cawthra Park Secondary School Chamber Choir has been recruited to provide the chorus for the song. The Stones selects one choir to sing with them in each city they visit. Choir director Bob Anderson said someone at University of Toronto had recommended the choir after being approached by the Stones' management. "I got an email from a lady in London who's been asked by the Stones ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742339/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742339/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Some Canadian buskers jump through fire as part of their act, but the uncertainties of street-performance are the unseen hoops that many of them worry about leaping through. (Photo: ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742415/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:51:06 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742415/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Through most of human history, career choice was never an agonizing concern. Basically, you did what your parents did -- whether they were princes or peons. It's why people still have jobs for names -- Taylor, Cooper, Barber, Baker, Gardner, Miller, Potter and, um, Smith. Which brings us to Will and Jaden Smith. By the tradition of pre-industrial societies, Will would be teaching his son ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742416/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:59 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742416/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Ken Jeong arrives for the European premiere of the film The Hangover Part III at the Empire Cinema in central London May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Luke ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742418/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742418/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Mariah Carey suffered a major wardrobe malfunction on live TV on Friday morning after her dress popped open as she prepared to perform on Good Morning America. The hitmaker donned a sequin Versace frock for her appearance on as part of the program's summer concert series in Central Park, but the zipper to her form-fitting gown split down Carey's back as she spoke with anchor Lara ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742417/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50:58 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742417/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 sudden death of his young assistant earlier this year.The 75-year-old artist told the Guardian that he had stopped working for a while following the shock death in March of Dominic Elliott, 23, whose family said he was like a son to Hockney. Grieving and "very upset", Hockney put on hold plans to document the seasons in the east Yorkshire wolds in 2013 - a ritual he has carried out ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:27 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742676/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Inition , it feels like you have entered the gadget-strewn lair of James Bond's Q branch. Its bright white walls are lined with cameras and screens, egg-shaped experience pods and glowing motion-capture units. A 3D-printed brain stands to one side, while across the room a holographic image of a watch spins in front of a monitor. Violent grinding noises erupt from behind a door in the corner ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742422/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742422/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 For two decades, maverick art movement Do It has been issuing surreal, witty instructions. As a new exhibition opens at MIF, Sarah Lucas and Hans-Ulrich Obrist explain its ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742424/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742424/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 This modern, stone-clad house was, before its renovation, an unprepossessing 60s box in a village outside Bristol, built into the side of a steep hill with views over an abandoned wildlife park. It needed some TLC: a glass bay window was sagging and a70s extension had confused the layout.The kitchen was cold, dark and claustrophobic. For owners Peter Flach and Lisa Lloyd-Flach, the contrast with ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742423/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:04 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742423/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is Michel Huneault's Water ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742425/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:03 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742425/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 He shot his first Vogue story when he was 25, and has photographed everyone from Tilda Swinton to Kate Moss. But Tim Walker has never been interested in clothes. We talk to him about making his dreams ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742426/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:03 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742426/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 From dogs to egrets: your best pictures on this week's theme, shimmerThe next topic is cycle (to appear June 8). Email a hi-res image (one per entry), plus a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742427/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:43:01 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742427/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BERLIN ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:08:12 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214742420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Kerala News: HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a new set of stamps, depicting 50 iconic film personalities, to be released by India Post to commemmorate the centenary of Indian cinema, Prem Nazir will be the lone Malayalam celebrity to ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740242/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:26 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740242/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24--Andrew Varela admits there have been times during "Les Miserables" when he wondered, "Who Am I?" The veteran Broadway actor knows how easy it is to stumble into the wrong lyrics -- and the wrong ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740358/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:53 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740358/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 May 24--MODESTO -- Modesto Performing Arts will present the musical extravaganza "42nd Street" from Aug. 10 to 18 in the Foster Family Theater at the Gallo Center for the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740378/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:28 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740378/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 DANIEL DAL ZENNARO/EPA PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy (AP) -- The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was canceled Friday due to snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his lead. On Friday, organizers said there were "adverse weather conditions and, in particular, snow on ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740379/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:40 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740379/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 An arrest warrant has been issued for veteran rapper Tim Dog - three months after his alleged death. The New York native, real name Timothy Blair, was a longtime diabetes sufferer and was widely reported to have passed away on February 14, following a seizure. However, Mississippi prosecutor Steven Jubera claims he has yet to receive any proof confirming the 46 year old’s death, so he has ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740381/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740381/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Rocky Horror Picture Show star Tim Curry has reportedly suffered a stroke. The 67-year-old British actor is recovering after collapsing at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday. His longtime agent Marcia Hurwitz has refuted speculation Curry is struggling to speak after falling ill, telling Britain's Daily Mail, "Tim is doing great. He absolutely can speak and is recovering at this time ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740380/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:35:05 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740380/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- At the Nitehawk Cinema in New York's Williamsburg neighborhood, all the meals are served and eaten in the dark, lit only by the flickering images on the screen. Menu items like mussels, owner Matthew Viragh learned, don't go over so well in the dim lighting. But finger foods? A huge hit. The Nitehawk has been open for less than two years, but already the dine-in ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:18 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740244/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883 linking the two New York boroughs of Manhattan and ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:00 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740383/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Dateline Dalarna, Sweden: Sometimes truly extraordinary events occur, events which impact an entire nation's people, though, the word 'surreal' perhaps fits better than 'extraordinary' in describing events here during the last third of April. Of course, too much has too long been overblown, the strongest of adjectives too frequently employed to mask the weakest of ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:24 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214740384/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 wrote about the lawsuit against EA Sports, which creates avatars of college athletes that closely match their physical appearance and performances in games, but changes their names so they don’t have to pay up the way they normally would if they were benefiting from their use of a real person’s image. Now, Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart has won an appeal against EA, after a 2011 ruling ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739287/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:44:56 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739287/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739288/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:43:07 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739288/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Mount Cashel Orphanage, seen in 1989 when a scandal broke about systemic sexual abuse at the instution, was demolished three years later. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739289/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:50 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739289/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Everyone wonders about their old girlfriends and boyfriends. Are they in love? Where are they now? What are they doing? Similarly, it's hard not to ask the same questions about all the Bachelors and Bachelorettes we've come to know during the past decade. And with The Bachelorette returning for Season 9 Monday, one thing is for certain: even if they've given up on love, ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739290/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739290/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April. However, even at 15.1%, asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739292/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:32:23 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214739292/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The Stampede's free Coca-Cola Stage will once again be stacked with an eclectic array of national talent this year -- including some, as usual, that's homegrown. Organizers announced the lineup Thursday night during the Covert Concert event at Flames Central, which featured surprise performances from Dean Brody and Down With Webster.Taking the stage this year are artists that run the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:28 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738231/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 The seven-year game of Bluth or Consequences finally has come to an end. Arrested Development, which follows the shenanigans of the Bluth family, is back with 15 new episodes, available exclusively via the internet on Netflix. All 15 instalments will be there for you to watch starting Sunday. Who would have predicted seven years ago that if Arrested Development ever did come back, it would not ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738420/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Actress/director Lena Dunham has spoken out against plans to make a porn parody of her hit TV show GIRLS, insisting the video goes against the series' feminist ideology. Executives at Hustler have commissioned an adult film version of the show called This Ain't Girls XXX, with porn stars taking on the characters made famous by Dunham and her castmates. However, Dunham, who created the ... http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738421/scat/bf7bedafac502d48 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:46:25 -0400 http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/sid/214738421/scat/bf7bedafac502d48