WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seventy-eight young pianists from 20 nations are taking part in the career-paving 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, its director said on the opening day Thursday.
Karrin Allyson, “Many A New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein” (Motema)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is kicking off its 10th season of live HD broadcasts this Saturday with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” starring — who else? — Anna Netrebko.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Calling all amateur filmmakers across India: Here’s your chance to capture a slice of your life that could end up on the big screen.
NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Owen was looking to do a play after a long time away from the stage. He just wanted the right one. The one he picked would make many other actors run screaming into Times Square.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The initial market testing on a handful of new songs from country singer Thomas Rhett, including his first single, “Crash and Burn,” wasn’t promising.
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Asia’s largest film festival opened its doors on Thursday for 10 days of screenings that will highlight the region’s young talent and its rich heritage.
LONDON (AP) — British Olympic diver Tom Daley and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black have announced their engagement.
NEW YORK (AP) — You’ve seen the images from Pluto. Now, the lead scientist of the historic NASA expedition is ready to tell the whole story.
Britain’s Turner Prize has long stirred debate in the art world with its unconventional choices, and this year may be no different with a song performance and an architecture collective among the contenders. An exhibition of the four finalists’ work begins in a room of modern chairs with fur coats sewn onto them, by London-based German artist Nicole Wermers. “Both projects are about crystallising fleeting social gestures — the placing
