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MUSIC-USA: ‘Kansas City’ Soundtrack Revisits Early Jazz
When U.S. director Robert Altman presented his new film, 'Kansas City', at the Cannes Film Festival last month, the verdict was nearly unanimous: lousy movie, great soundtrack.MUSIC: Musician’s Body Disturbs Some But The Music Sells
By no stretch of the imagination can Cameroon be called a puritanical society, but its most popular singer has gone a bit too far for some people's liking with his latest album.MUSIC-USA: ‘Kansas City’ Soundtrack Revisits Early Jazz
When U.S. director Robert Altman presented his new film, 'Kansas City', at the Cannes Film Festival last month, the verdict was nearly unanimous: lousy movie, great soundtrack.MUSIC: Musician’s Body Disturbs Some But The Music Sells
By no stretch of the imagination can Cameroon be called a puritanical society, but its most popular singer has gone a bit too far for some people's liking with his latest album.ART-INDIA: Popular Entertainment Weds Art
Can Hollywood's Marylin Monroe or Bollywood's Meena Kumari be part of an artist's vision and means to interpret the world around them?ARTS: Berlin Hosts Major Exhibit of South African Contemporary Art
An exhibit currently on display at Berlin's House of World Cultures reflects the dynamics of South African contemporary art.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 02)
Beautiful women -- especially if they fit the blond and thin stereotype set by the media -- have all the luck. That, at least, is the premise of 'The Truth about Cats and Dogs', a delightful romantic comedy which has been a hit in U.S. cinemas since it opened earlier this month.PHOTOGRAPHY: Humanity and Genius in the Works of Eve Arnold
London's illustrious Barbican gallery is currently hosting a comprehensive tribute to the work of Eve Arnold, one of the world's most acclaimed photographers. Containing more than 200 photographs, the exhibit highlights both her genius and her humanity.JAMAICA-MUSIC: Reggae Returns to its “Roots”
"Conscious" lyrics are back in vogue in Jamaica as the island's reggae artistes make a sudden U-turn from an excursion into raunch that had won new audiences but caused confusion among diehards.FILM-AUSTRALIA: Ethnic Moviemakers Create Own Space
Australia's film industry, resurgent after sinking into financial doldrums during the 1980s, scored more success this week with the screening of two features and three shorts films at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival in France.NIGERIA-MUSIC: New Kid Off the Old Block
Femi is more than just an average popular, emerging Nigerian artiste. As the son of Nigeria's best known singer, he bears the burdens and reaps the benefits imposed by that status.FASHION-BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Made In Sarajevo
For 26-year-old Amna Kunovac, the world of fashion is far from a glamorous one.CULTURE: Writing Styles in the Computer Era
The "writing instrument" has come a long way since the days when Balzac used a goose-quill pen and Hemingway pounded his typewriter.BOOKS: ‘Where the Body Meets Memory’ Tackles Japanese Angst
There are several common stereotypes for Asian Americans: good at school, clever, repressed, asexual. Japanese-American poet and author David Mura seeks to challenge all of them.BOOKS-JAMAICA: Compassionate Poems about a Young Country
'It Takes A Mighty Fire', a collection of poems by Hugh Doston Carberry, exposes the soul of a people through the eyes of one who views with compassion and great love the struggles and achievements of his compatriots.CULTURE-EAST AFRICA: They Call it The ‘Jennette Cut’
Cisca Nana was born here, but after she completed primary school, her parents sent her to their country of origin, Rwanda, to continue her education there.ART-ECUADOR: Mammoth Art Work Nears Completion
Local artist Oswaldo Guayasamin is racing against time to complete the nation's most ambitious cultural project by the end of the century - the 'Chapel of Humanity' on which he has spent five years labouring with with palette and brush.CINEMA: China to Spend More on Film Industry
Judging by the international success of many a Chinese movie in the 1990's one would think that the film industry here is having a field day.BOOKS-VIETNAM: U.S. Bigot Goes ‘Sparring with Charlie’ in Hanoi
Send an idealistic, thirtyish U.S. journalist and former comedian to Vietnam to explore how that nation has changed since U.S. troops left, and you might expect a whimsical, perhaps even wise, work.MUSIC-CARIBBEAN: St. Kitts Joins Festival Bandwagon
From Barbados in the east to Jamaica in the north the Caribbean musical beat can be heard almost year long as more and more island states jump onto the festival bandwagon.This week’s Arts and Entertainment series, designed for use in the weekend May 11/12, includes: – MUSIC-CARIBBEAN
From Barbados in the east to Jamaica in the north the Caribbean musical beat can be heard almost year long as more and more island states jump onto the festival bandwagon.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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