Arts and Entertainment Archives

MUSIC-USA: Selena – More than ‘Photos and Memories’

The outpouring of grief earlier this year over the killing of young Texan singer Selena Qunitanilla Perez at the hands of one of her fans surprised many in the world of music.

CAMEROON-CULTURE: New Cause for Bad School Grades

By IPS Correspondents

Philippe Amougou, like any other proud father, rejoiced at the scholastic progress of his 12-year-old son Philippe Jnr.

ENTERTAINMENT-THAILAND: Talk Show – Thai Style

By IPS Correspondents

At first sight, a television talk show in Thailand may appear similar to those aired elsewhere in the world - for example, the United States or Australia.

SOUTHERN AFRICA-CINEMA: Film Makers Aim at Regional Market

By IPS Correspondents

TV fanatics, who lap up the trials and tribulations of the stars of their favorite sitcom or soap-opera, have a lot in common with the movie buffs who fill the cinemas in southern Africa.

CINEMA: Film Makers See Africa As New Frontier to Conquer

By IPS Correspondents

Hollywood movie producers, quick to spot a trend - that some U.S.-made films generate more money abroad than they do at home - are gearing to enter the African market in a big way.

LITERATURE: Africa’s Writers Discuss Language

By IPS Correspondents

"I don't know how to withstand so much outside interference. I don't know how to withstand so many subversions. I don't know how to negotiate the constraints and adjust myself to them."

CULTURE-EL SALVADOR: Museum of Words

By IPS Correspondents

The revolutionary rhetoric of yesteryear lives on in El Salvador where visitors to the 'Museo de la Palabra' ('Museum of the Word') can hear recordings of broadcasts from the 12-year-long civil war which ended in 1992.

ENTERTAINMENT-USA: Clinton’s Favourite Detective Hits the Screen

By Farhan Haq

Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins, the favorite fictional detective of President Bill Clinton, is not your typical "private eye".

CINEMA: For Mexican Film Makers, the Grass is Greener in Hollywood

By IPS Correspondents

A group of Mexican actors, movie directors and technicians is triumphing in Hollywood.

ARTS-HAITI: Portray of a ‘Crucified Country’

By IPS Correspondents

The painting portrays a woman dressed in the national flag of Haiti, nailed to a cross, surrounded by helpless villagers and an anonymous army.

ARTS-CHINA: Fledgling Art Market Grows in China

By IPS Correspondents

Chinese artists, struggling for patrons without the benefit of agents or dealers, are at last entering the world of market forces through the annual China Arts Exposition.

CULTURE-SPAIN: Books, Art Come Alive in Interactive Museum

By Tito Drago

Rare and valuable books and paintings by Spanish masters come alive for visitors to a new interactive museum opening in Madrid this week (Oct. 17).

CULTURE: Presenting Today’s Japan

By IPS Correspondents

Toronto's artistic centre Harbour front is presently hosting a large festival featuring the work of more than 200 Japanese artists.

LIFESTYLE-USA: What You See May Be What You Buy

By Farhan Haq

Movie-goers who see a film starring Sean Connery are likely to buy women's hair care products afterward. Those who who see a Kevin Costner film go out and purchase men's hair care products.

TRAVEL-INDIA: Revelling in Regalia

By IPS Correspondents

Tourists seeking that holiday with a difference have the chance of a 'royal experience' in India by staying at one of the 18th and 19th palaces in the western state of Rajasthan that have been transformed into hotels.

LITERATURE: The Poet Who Never Wanted to be a Spokesman

By IPS Correspondents

James Joyce, the most famous Irish writer never to win a Nobel Prize, said that the three creative traps to be avoided by writers in Ireland were language, nationality and religion.

CULTURE-URUGUAY: Antiques are New Rage in Uruguay

By IPS Correspondents

Retired carpenter Augustin Romanio couldn't believe his luck when he was offered 200 dollars for his his old work bench.

CINEMA-LAOS: Sad Saga of Loatian Cinema

By IPS Correspondents

Like many of the now famous movie directors around the world, Som Ock Southiphounh began his career by accident.

MUSIC-TURKEY: Oriental Rap Hits Back

By IPS Correspondents

Until recently, rap did not enjoy much popularity in Turkey. But now a group of young German Turks is conquering the nation with what they describe as "oriental rap".