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Pastora Soler interpretará el tema ‘Quédate conmigo’ en la final de un festival de canciones que la España no gana desde 1969

A festival in San Francisco on Sunday will mark the Golden Gate Bridge's 75th anniversary.

Cosmopolis did not receive universal acclaim from critics after the screening Friday, although the love-it-or-hate-it reactions actually bode well at a festival which often rewards divisive films

The director Michael Haneke discusses “Amour,” a strong contender for a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Kristen Stewart couldn’t have looked happier for her man, Robert Pattinson, after his anxiously awaited film, ‘Cosmopolis,’ premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival May 25! It’s rare we see any sort of PDA from Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, which is just another reason this intimate photo is so special. In the pic, Kristen, [...]

Azerbaiyán, una dictadura, acoge el festival mientras Europa finge ignorarlo

La obra se llevó el tercer premio de la Cinefundación del Festival

Robert Pattinson wasn't talking "Twilight" at the Cannes Film Festival news conference for "Cosmopolis." The film's director, David Cronenberg, seemed to want to keep the blood-sucker talk to a minimum. 

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The 36th edition of the Spoleto Festival USA is open in Charleston.The festival got under way at noon Friday with a peal of church bells, a brass fanfare, confetti floating from the air and a round of speeches.Read More...

Louise and Martine, who are veterans of Amsterdam's famous Red Light District, star in the documentary Meet the Fokkens, set to make its debut at New York's Film Forum festival this summer.

We have some bad news for Alec Baldwin's love-crazed stalker! Rumor swirling around Cannes is… the 30 Rock star and his fiancé, Hilaria Thomas, are planning to elope after the festival!!! A source close to the pair confesses: “They’ve been telling people they’ll be spending time in Europe, and there’s speculation they’re going to get [...]

Sydney's annual Vivid Festival opened on Friday with a series of spectacular light displays on many of the city's iconic buildings. The event features over 50 light installations, including a display on the 'sails' of the Sydney Opera House.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The 36th edition of the Spoleto Festival USA is open in Charleston....

Nicole Kidman plays an "oversexed Barbie doll" in the hard-hitting murder drama "The Paperboy", premiering at the Cannes film festival and notable for arresting scenes of sex, violence and urination.

Spectacular light show illuminates the Sydney Opera House as part of Australia's Vivid Festival.

The award for the best canine performance in any film at Cannes Film Festival went to Smurf the terrier from the film Sightseers.

In addition to all the movies, the Cannes Film Festival is home to some of the hottest parties of the year. But one in particular on Thursday night was also for a very worthy...

"Bereiten Sie Ihre Kinder darauf vor, was sie zu sehen bekommen", warnen die Veranstalter des Festivals "Afrikaburn" in Südafrika. Dies wären Selbstdarstellung, Nacktheit und die Zerstörung von Kunstwerken - und vielleicht auch Außerirdische.

It was her big day to shine as she joined the rest of the Hollywood stars at the Cannes Film Festival.

Sydney's Vivid Festival has opened with a series of spectacular light projections on the 'sails' of the city's iconic Opera House.

Les artistes belges Balthazar, The Van Jets et Freaky Age seront présents sur la plaine de Kiewit (commune de Hasselt) à l’occasion du festival rock « Pukkelpop » q...lire la suitehistoires liées15:28 Foot : le Soudan, 209e membre de la FIFA15:22 Rallye de l’Acropole : Sébastien Loeb en tête, Thierry Neuville 8e15:32 Action de protestation de la CSC devant le magasin Nespresso à Bruxelles15:36 ...

Comme chaque année, la crème des VIP présents au Festival de Cannes avaient répondu présents au Gala de l'amfAR, la fondation initiée par Elizabeth Taylor pour lutter contre le SIDA. Sharon Stone n'assurant plus désormais la présentation de la soirée,...

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REALITY show star flashes pins and cleavage as she steps up the glamour at Cannes Film Festival

En début de festival, j’ai posé la tête sur les épaules d’un gamin amoureux et décidé (le jeune héros de Moonrise kingdom), puis sur les épa...lire la suite

Le festival de Cannes n'est pas seulement un rendez-vous de stars. L'évènement attire chaque année des milliers de curieux et de cinéphiles de tous…

La cascade de quintes, à l'aube de la première séance de 8 h 30, lorsque fondent les lumières... Les odeurs de fauvesArticles en rapportL´opéra français a la cote aux États-Unis, tout comme les chefs d´orchestreAir France reconnaît son sureffectif, va réduire sa flotte et renforcer TransaviaMarée noire de l´« Erika » : verdict le 25 septembre pour la Cour de cassationRetour aux urnes pour élire...

The Pop & Hiss run-down of the weekend's top shows has returned. Plans can be resumed. Thursday-Monday •  Lightning in a Bottle Festival  @ Oak Canyon Ranch. This long-running dance event blows up the festival-within-a-festival that is the Do Lab's little bass-thumping pocket of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Over four days in Silver...

IF THIS year's Cannes film festival is remembered for one thing, it'll be the sight of Nicole re-enacting Rain Main. But in a bad way.

“CREATIVITY IS contagious; pass it on,” Einstein once said. Galway Arts Festival artistic director Paul Fahy has issued a similar edict.

El Teatro López de Ayala, el Salón Noble de la Diputación y el Convento de las Descalzas serán los escenarios. Mañana arranca el XXIX Festival Ibérico de Música de Badajoz con una amplia y variada oferta que tendrá en esta edición muy en cuenta las producciones extremeñas y portuguesas. La edición oficial de este certamen ofrece siete conciertos con protagonistas muy diversos.

A weeklong international film festival about folk and custom along the ancient Silk Road will be held from May 24 to 30 in Xi'an.

The annual creative event in the Karoo desert, South Africa, saw 5,000 revellers build, sing, dance, cook or play anything which took their fancy, building on this year's theme of 'Mirage'.

À un mois du festival, Werchter affiche complet. Pour voir The Stones Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cure ou encore Pearl Jam, il faudra passer son tour. ...lire la suite

Und wieder eine inoffizielle Bestätigung, dass Kristen Stewart und Robert Pattinson ein Paar sind: Die beiden wurden am Mittwoch beim Küssen auf dem Cannes Film Festival...

Cannes, France —Whether it’s the weather, the traffic or the movies, perhaps the best word to describe the Cannes Film Festival this year is “stuck.” From the outset, when organizers announced the directors competing for the festival’s top honor, Cannes seemed stalled in a past era: Of the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or this week, not one is directed by a woman, a nod to the mythical ima...

Kristen Stewart is under fire for appearing topless and in a threesome in her new movie, "On the Road," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. 

BAROMÈTRE - Les critiques du Figaro , du Figaro Magazine et de Madame Figaro notent le film du Mexicain Carlos Reygadas.

Bruce Willis war da. Oscar-Preisträgerin Marion Cotillard auch. Eva Longoria, Peter Doherty und Isabelle Huppert ebenso. Die Liste der Cannes-Stars auf dem Festival ist lang. Einer aber versetzte die Fotografen, Journalisten und Autogrammjäger wieder in fast hysterische Aufregung: Brad Pitt.

There are so many Nelson Mandela stories being produced that one can forgive the confusion at the Cannes Film Festival.

RACING:AIDAN O’BRIEN has twice before pulled off the Grade One hat-trick of the Curragh’s Guineas festival and bookmakers aren’t ruling out a similar feat this weekend.

The Yamato Drummers of Japan will open this year’s festival at the Hebrew University Amphitheater on Mount Scopus.

KYLIE Minogue arrived at the Cannes Film Festival as a movie star after saying that her successful battle against cancer made her feel ‘like a cat with several lives’. The 43-year-old who shot to fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours before succeeding in the music industry was promoting her new movie, Holy Motors. But it was her battle with the the disease which dominated a ...

Hier, mardi, les membres du Nouveau Centre Halluinois, conduit par Jean-Christophe Destailleur, ont décidé de soutenir la candidature de Christian Vanneste aux législatives.histoires liéesPour Wazemmes l´accordéon, la Caravane vanne de Lille à Baisieux (EN IMAGES)Accident de moto sur l´A1 : une femme dans un état sérieuxUn poids lourd se renverse à Lesquin : pas de blesséTourcoing : The Shoes e...

Le 40e Festival international Espoirs de Toulon débute ce mercredi...

A long-awaited film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road is screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.

Several dancers at this year’s Dublin Dance Festival are exploring the no-man’s-land between where they come from and where they call home

Both professionals and students will be competing for top prize at the Galilee Short Film Festival.

Brad Pitt may have put a ring on it, but he and Angelina Jolie haven't yet firmed up plans for their big day. "We actually, really and truly, have no date," Pitt told reporters at an event during the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday.

The sunlight and the stars returned to the Cannes Film Festival after it was hit by un-Hollywood levels of rain and darkness.>

Those hoping that Queen Latifah would roll onto the stage at the 29th Annual Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival in a Home Depot shopping cart while proudly waving her strap-on in the air were totally disappointed. Queen Latifah made her pride debut this past Saturday night and she didn't exactly scream that she loves chocha from the top of the amps. But Big Daddy Dana (©...

Directed by Xavier Dolan, Laurence Anyways tells the story of a man who starts cross-dressing and the impact his decision has on his doting girlfriend.

"We have no date at all right now - there is no date," he says while at the Cannes Film Festival

PM's Chris Vallance visits the UK Slot Car Festival 2012

"9 ELEVEN", a Bollywood-style film by an Indian American director, has won the Best Feature Film award at the Peoples Film Festival (TPFF) here

Tallinn, Estonia (ots/PRNewswire) - Brussels Airport was announced as the overall winner of the third heat of this year's Routes Airport Marketing Awards last night at a spectacular networking evening at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn. Almost 900 aviation professionals, and the …

Commissioned by Mediamatic for the New Order festival, Netherlands-based DUS Architects' "Mind Igloo" is a temporary art/architecture installation, made of two decommissioned hot air ballons, that explores the symbiosis of creative spaces and collective thinking. More »

Un froid. En remettant en cause, depuis le Festival du cinéma de Cannes, le principe du Centre national de la musique (CNM), Aurélie Filippetti a jeté un certain trouble dans la filière. Pour elle, le CNM, tel qu'il est prévu, pose des problèmes de financement et de gouvernance. Il risque aussi...

LONDON — Britain’s phone hacking scandal truly is the gift that keeps on giving. On Sunday, news broke from the Cannes Film Festival that “Rebekah Brooks: The Movie” will be coming soon to a theater near you. Read full article >>

In dieser Woche wählt Ägypten seinen neuen Präsidenten. Nach 60 Jahren Diktatur verlaufen die Debatten im Wahlkampf so frei wie nie zuvor. Von Martin Gehlen, Kairo

At the 24th Visa pour l'image international photojournalism festival, which will be held in the French city of Perpignan from 1 to 16 September 2012, the ICRC will award the second Humanitarian Visa d'or photojournalism prize.

Utl.: Ab 22. Mai im Kultur- und Informations-Spartenkanal des ORF = Wien (OTS) - Wenn ORF III Kultur und Information am Dienstag, dem 22. Mai 2012, Schriftstellerin Bettina Balàka, Autor und Essayist Franz Schuh und Schauspieler Miguel Herz-Kestranek in Heinz Sichrovskys Bücherwelt …

CHELSEA players were left close to tears BEFORE their Champions League triumph

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act provide a unique insight into changing patterns of drug use at British music festivalsOn the Isle of Wight it's been largely about cocaine and ecstasy, at Glastonbury the hauls of ketamine have been creeping up, while the drug of choice for heavy metal fans would seem to be Jack Daniels and other booze.As a tens of thousands of young (and no...

CHELSEA players were left close to tears BEFORE their Champions League triumph

Ça chauffe sur la Croisette ! Cela fait quatre jours que le 65e festival de Cannes a démarré, et déjà, la Croisette a été le théâtre de...

The red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival has been dominated by dresses featuring a dramatic fishtail silhouette – figure-hugging around the bodice, waist and hips but flared out from the knee and finishing with a flowing train.

Add Griffith Observatory and the Greek Theater to Los Angeles' traffic woes on Sunday -- the same day as the partial solar eclipse.

Political rivalries flared and money flowed—but it was more like a rock festival than what we'll see in London, writes Neil Faulkner.

A ship moored in Bristol as a visitor attraction is "floated" in a sea of neon-green jelly as part of a cultural festival.

The Second International Festival "The Meeting of UNESCO Masterpieces on Olonkho Land" will take place in Yakutsk, the capital of the Republic of Yakutia, on July 10-16

ON the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, a member of the jury broke ranks to lament the absence of any female directors.

AT this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East - but no women.

no comment : Préparatifs au lancement du 65eme Festival de Cannes

The Cannes film festival kicked off today with a quirky Wes Anderson comedy exploring childhood and young love centred around two 12-year-olds who run away together.

Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt und 1200 Tonnen Extra-Abfall: Wenn die Welt zur Eröffnung der Festspiele ihre Augen auf Cannes richtet, wollen auch Öko-Aktivisten protestieren. Ein passendes Umfeld für Fatih Akin, der auf dem Festival seine kämpferische Doku "Der Müll im Garten Eden" zeigt.

Mit der Komödie "Moonrise Kingdom" des US-Regisseurs Wes Anderson starten am Abend die Filmfestspiele in Cannes. 22 Filme ringen um den Hauptpreis - die Goldene Palme. Am Abend wird das Festival mit einer Gala eröffnet: ein Augenschmaus für Fotografen, viele Stars in tollen Kleidern.

Bookmaker Paddy Power has fallen foul of the UK's Advertising Standards Authority over an advert for Ladies' Day at the Cheltenham Festival which featured transgender individuals.

Die Experimentierfreude ist dahin. Kaum dass wieder viel Geld fürs Filmemachen da ist, gerät das Festival von Cannes zum Stelldichein europäischer und amerikanischer Regie-Altmeister.

Festival-goers will be able to load up a wristband and spend up to £20 in each go using contactless technology.

*Strange, but apparently true. http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/waltham/2012/05/steampunk_festival_in_waltham_1.html

The Indian entourage at this year’s Cannes Film Festival will be a mix of glamour and cinema. About four Indian films will be premiered and three beauty queens from Bollywood will be walking the red carpet.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like The sentencing of a rapper on May 11, 2012 to one year in prison for “insulting the police” shows the gap between the strong free-expression language in Morocco’s 2011 constitution and the continuing intolerance for those who criticize state institutions. The sentence was handed down one week before the opening of the internation...

This year’s Cambridge series at the Hay Festival will include a debate about how we make “good tragedy” today.

This weekend, during the final of Britain's Got Talent, the first Shazam-enabled adverts will run on ITV, offering viewers the chance to win prizes such as music festival passes and London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony tickets.

LONDON (Reuters) - Rising stars will compete against established Hollywood names for the limelight at this year's Cannes film festival, with Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Kristen Stewart and Shia LaBeouf all appearing in highly anticipated movies.

International festival had been a fundraiser for the Playhouse Theatre for 34 years

You've probably heard that rapper Tupac Shakur's hologram was a hit at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, but you may not know that the company that created the virtual image has been around for more than 20 years.

<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/jpeg-14815400C8889429-20120510-img_36466790_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>Leipzig (dpa) - Johann Sebastian Bach und der 800 Jahre alte Thomanerchor sind die Stars der Musikstadt Leipzig. Der barocke Komponist wird alle Jahre mit einem Festival geehrt. Und die Thomaner trag...

Media designer Scott Snibbe creates software apps and interactive science-museum installations, and was executive producer of the 2011 Biophilia project by singer–songwriter Björk. As he prepares to lecture at the Sónar International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art in São Paulo, Brazil — where his visuals will accompany Björk's performance of Biophilia — he talks about provoking wo...

Fashion's freshest event attracts worldwide attention and top professionals - - This July 26-28, 2012 will see the world's top fashion film professionals come together for 3 days of screenings, after parties, press receptions, seminars & panels...

Utl.: Zentrum für VisualistInnen eröffnet am 11. Mai 2012 mit Superstars der VJ- und DJ-Szene = Wien (OTS) - Das "6th Viennese Soulfood Festival", "Digital", das "Moozak Festival 2012", die "Pecha Kucha Night", Liegekino, visualisierte Poesie und jede Menge andere Events haben …

It is finished. My grading, I mean. Over the last few days I have graded roughly one thousand math problems, some of which were even done correctly. But that's all finished now. Except for graduation tomorrow, the semester is now over! Yay! So what better way to celebrate than with a little Joss Whedon film festival? For the clueless ones among you, Whedon is responsible for Buffy the...

INTERVIEW - L'acteur américain, fondateur du festival et de la chaîne de télé Sundance, explique les enjeux du cinéma.

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" thanks to unseasonably warm weather that brought out blooming flowers earlier than usual this year....

You heard about Tupac Shakur’s appearance at last month’s Coachella music festival? The deceased rapper appeared on stage thanks to some techno-wizardry, which immediately set the music industry abuzz. Read full article >>

Thousands of hijras and their admirers gather in a Tamil Nadu town.

A RAPPER, who left a NSW music festival $55,000 out of pocket, served a damages claim - via Facebook.

En un dramático choque por la Serie A, el Bolonia dejó muy 'tocado' al equipo rossoblù, que sigue acosado por la sombra de un posible descenso en el Calcio

Racing:Rank outsider China Rock made a swift reappearance pay as he triumphed in Punchestown Gold Cup this afternoon. Mouse Morris’s nine-year-old was making his second appearance at the Festival meeting after finishing fourth in the two-mile Champion Chase at the track on Tuesday.

Ukraine's preparations for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament have been plagued by problems. Now a series of bombings has added to concerns just six weeks from kick-off.

MLOVE is a European mobile conference with a difference. If a mobile conference was crossed with TED and a music festival, that's vaguely like MLove. Its big annual event is in an old East German castle 200 miles outside of Berlin. Yes, it's as exotic as it sounds. But this week it took the plunge and brought its special atmosphere to Monterey. Amid the excellent speeches about the future of m...

Gujarat is all set to be showcased at the Cannes film festival.This will be the maiden attempt of the state tourism department to woo international filmmakers to the state.

He's nothing if not brave. With boos and heckles ringing around the Royal Festival Hall, Bob Diamond risked a joke. "You seem to be very well informed," he breezed to one shareholder. "Are you looking for some work here?"

Racing:Tofino Bay handled the desperate conditions best as he made just about every yard of the running in the Stephens Green Hibernian Club Hurdle, the opening race on day three of the Punchestown Festival.

LONDON (Reuters) - The final line-up for the London 2012 festival was announced on Thursday, with around 12,000 events happening across Britain in a major cultural celebration organized to coincide with the summer Olympic Games.

TELEPRINTER: BULMERS IS back on the bill as sponsor of Dublin’s Forbidden Fruit Festival, which returns for its sophomore year on the June bank holiday weekend.

In his 32 years in charge the Festival has gone from a parochial, three-day affair to a global sporting event.

(Photo Credit: Reuters) Susan Sarandon was denied security clearance to visit the White House, the actress said during a Tribeca Film Festival discussion with filmmaker Michael Moore on Sunday, according to the Daily Beast: “We know we were under surveillance,” Sarandon said in answer to a question from the audience during a Q&A with Moore. “I’ve had my phone tapped,” she went on, noting...

Auf dem Vintage Computer Festival Europa in München kommen am Wochenende wieder Liebhaber von historischer Rechentechnik zusammen, um etwa ins Innere der Zork-Maschine zu blicken.

Jewish people of Iranian origin celebrate the religious festival of Passover in Israel

A belly dance festival which was to have been held in the southern Moroccan city of Marrakesh was cancelled Friday over fears for its Israeli dancers, the organiser said.

Vor einigen Tagen durften sich die Besucher des Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2012 über einen Auftritt des verstorbenen Sängers 2Pac freuen - als Hologramm. Ein richtiges Hologramm war die Gestalt allerdings nicht, sondern lediglich eine moderne Aufbereitung des aus den 50er Jahren bekannten Tricks „Pepper’s Ghost“. mehr...

AMERICAN rocker Jack White will headline Australia's leading winter music festival Splendour In The Grass for its return to Byron Bay in July.

JACK White will headline the Splendour in the Grass festival this July, which has moved back to Byron Bay for the first time in three years.

Digital Domain's shares rose 17% following the Coachella music festival, where the company's technology helped "reunite" Tupac Shakur, who was shot to death in 1996, with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

The biggest buzz at Sunday's Coachella music festival in California wasn't for a hot new DJ or indie-rock band. It was for Tupac Shakur, the rapper who died more than 15 years ago and "performed" Sunday night alongside Snoop Dogg and producer Dr. Dre.

RIHANNA and Katy Perry left little to the imagination as they dressed to impress at the Coachella festival, both wearing equally revealing outfits.

Flo Rida has been ordered to cough up $80,000 to a concert promoter in Australia for mysteriously bailing on a 2011 show at the last minute. Flo came under some serious fire when he failed to appear at the Fat as Butter music festival in Newscastle…

Have we now turned into a nation where each citizen bears the right to ridicule another’s sentiment in an open festival of its culinary preferences? Are we now a country that uses animals as a bait to score brownie points over one’s religion in the most provocative manner? Is fossilizing all regard for another’s belief our way of indicating forward thinking and progress? Has this land been conv...

Das Festival Movimentos in Wolfsburg wird zehn Jahre alt. Eines der Highlights ist das Gastspiel der Danza Contemporánea. S. Luzina hat die kubanischen Compagnie besucht.

Celebrating new year in Thailand and Myanmar with water fights.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare 15th century festival prayer book written in Hebrew and estimated to be worth up to $800,000 will be exhibited in New York next week ahead of its sale at Christie's Books...

AINTREE, England (AP) -- Big Buck's became the first horse to win 17 straight British jump races when he cruised to an easy victory Thursday on the opening day of the Aintree Festival, which was marred by the death of a horse....

This week, the Mail On Sunday's Travel Editor advises on a cheap city break in London and how to enjoy some cut-price glitz at the Cannes Film Festival.

FOOTBALL - Les Londoniens qui menaient au score se sont offert une grosse frayeur en fin de match face à Benfica (2-1) avant de valider leur rendez-vous avec Barcelone en demi-finales de la Ligue des champions. » Festival du Real face à Nicosie

Three months ago, U2 frontman Bono made a surprise appearance at a popular music festival in the dunes outside Timbuktu. Today, the tourists are long gone and ominous black flags planted by jihadists flap in the city whose heyday as an ancient trading hub and intellectual centre has suddenly been supplanted with a new identity as the centre of a chaotic rebellion

As far as I know, the number of street performers has been dwindling over the past decades. Now such traditional street performances can only be enjoyed in temple fairs during Spring Festival holidays.

Kühtai (TP/OTS) - Beim einzigartigen Skibergsteig-Kriterium im Kühtai wollen am 30. März 2012 Weltklasseathleten und Amateure hoch hinaus; während am 31. März ein Erlebnistag rund um den Ski- und Bergsport das Festival abrundet. "Zahlreiche Top-Athleten und Amateure aus der ...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Tidal Basin Washington, D.C. 11:22 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you.  Thank you so much, it is a true pleasure to be here on this beautiful, little chilly day.  (Laughter.)  We planned it.  This is the only cold day of the week, and we are here.  But I am pleased to be here. I want to...

27e journée Le leader Dortmund, sous la houlette de son maestro japonais Shinji Kagawa, a réalisé un festival offensif dimanche à Cologne, 1-6, pour...lire la suite

Why the United States needs to rethink its whole Middle East policy.

LAHORE - Mela Chiraghan, the festival of lights that marks the birth of the sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, began with its traditional fervor at Baghbanpura today. Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanuddin Qureshi inaugurated the festival. The provincial minister while talking on the occasion urged religious figures to play their role to build a society based on harmony, tolerance and equity. “As ... ...

LAHORE - Mela Chiraghan, the festival of lights that marks the birth of the sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, began with its traditional fervor at Baghbanpura today. Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanuddin Qureshi inaugurated the festival. The provincial minister while talking on the occasion urged religious figures to play their role to build a society based on harmony, tolerance and equity. “As ...

LAHORE - Mela Chiraghan, the festival of lights that marks the birth of the sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, began with its traditional fervor at Baghbanpura today. Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanuddin Qureshi inaugurated the festival. The provincial minister while talking on the occasion urged religious figures to play their role to build a society based on harmony, tolerance and equity. “As ...

Découvrez, en vidéo, un festival de buts ayant pris place lors de la rencontre entre Persépolis et Al Shabab (6-1).

President Obama's poll numbers might be on the rise. But the big question at the WonderCon 2012 film festival in Anaheim this weekend -- can ...

Valencia's 'Las Fallas' fiesta centered on burning elaborate papier-mache, wood figures, where only one survivesVIDEO: Festival of Fire

Le Bayern Munich est allé étriller le Hertha Berlin (6-0) grâce...

A stable lad at trainer Nicky Henderson’s yard is understood to have won £1million on a five-horse accumulator bet on the stable’s record-breaking winners at Cheltenham.

WASHINGTON D.C. - As Washington cherry blossoms get ready to burst, many metro-area hotels expect they'll be busier than last year.

BRAINBOX TV star Carol Vorderman shows great form yesterday as she places a bot, sorry bet, on Ladies' Day at the Cheltenham Festival

Les Belges de la Webmission ont fêté l'award reçu de Storify au festival interactif South by Southwest (SxSW) dans la catégorie Social media. La suite ...lire la suite

Charlie Brooks should have been spending Tuesday at Cheltenham Festival with his wife Rebekah enjoying "the happiest moment of my year", as the racehorse trainer described it.

The agreements, which were announced at the South by Southwest festival, allow the service to leave the legal gray zone it had been operating under and expand into international markets.

Article Culture et Communication Présenté le 23 février dernier à Frédéric Mitterrand, le projet architectural de la FabricA sera construit à Avignon entre mai 2012 et juin 2013. Ce lieu de répétitions, de représentation et de résidence permettra au Festival de mieux accompagner les artistes dans leurs créations et d’accueillir de grands spectacl...

The Spaniard has promised his teammates a 'mad festival' should they win the Premier League and has highlighted their upcoming fixture with Manchester United as key

Everything is bigger in Texas, and the South by Southwest interactive, film and music festival is no different.

Voici revenu le temps de Zoom arrière, l'excellent festival de la...

A documentary about life and struggles of women in India and a gay man living in Israel will open the film competitions at the Tribeca Film Festival, one of the largest film festivals in the United States.

Chef Derek Dammann and ingredient specialist Alex Cruz will present sagamité, a Canadian aboriginal dish, at an elite food festival this summer

The annual TED festival in California unleashes another collection of ideas, from how to transform medicine to why we should learn to be alone.

Darf der nächste Eurovision Song Contest in Aserbaidschan ausgetragen werden? Thomas Schreiber, bei der ARD für das Festival verantwortlich, sagt Ja. mehr...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Smithsonian Institution plans a four-day festival with NASA to welcome space shuttle Discovery into its collection in April....

THE OCCUPY Dame Street protest group camped outside the Central Bank in Dublin has been asked by the Garda to vacate the site before the St Patrick’s Festival.

[[368803]] BAGDAD (AFP) : L'Irak accueille cette semaine son tout premier festival de cinéma consacré aux droits de l'Homme avec pour ambition d'éduquer et de mobiliser les citoyens, au moment où le gouvernement est accusé de revenir sur les acquis démocratiques réalisés depuis la chute de Saddam...

Hier trällern Urviecher wie neu: In Karlsruhe kann man erfahren, wie modern die Alte Musik ist. Auch an diesem Wochenende setzt das klug durchdachte Festival noch manchen Akzent.

With Passover just a month away a new app aims to help consumers keep kosher throughout the eight-day Jewish festival and to stay up to date on kosher products throughout the rest of the year.  

NIGEL Dawson will join a select group of Australian judges at the Cannes Festival of Creativity later this year.

In einer Welt der Hektik und Beschleunigung strahlt die Berlinale Ruhe und Souveränität aus. Sie liefert verschiedene Blickwinkel auf neue und alte Themen - das macht das Prinzip Festival so wertvoll.

Die Veranstalter ließen ihm freie Hand: Für das Plakat des Montreux Jazz Festival lichtete der US-Starfotograf Greg Gorman daraufhin den Skateboarder und Graffiti-Künstler Jordan Miles ab - und zwar im Adamskostüm.

Capital’s first ice festival starts on March six.

[[362797]] BERLIN (AFP) : L'actrice américaine Meryl Streep qui recevait mardi au 62e festival de cinéma de Berlin un Ours d'or d'honneur pour l'ensemble de sa carrière, a accepté l'hommage tout en estimant disproportionnés les honneurs qui lui sont faits. "Oui, bien sûr, bien sûr", a-t-elle...

Mugg and Bean management says three workers have been seriously injured in a gas explosion at the Festival Mall in Kempton Park.

Photos of China's technicolor frozen wonderland.

C'est au Festival Automobile International, en partenariat avec Eurosport, qu'a été dévoilé mercredi soir le nom de la Plus Belle Voiture de l'Année 2011.

Organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival say they had no choice but to cancel a video broadcast by the controversial author amid threats of violence

Salman Rushdie planned to attend the event, but called off the trip after learning of a possible assassination threat against him

Novelist Salman Rushdie has been denied permission to address the Jaipur Literature Festival through a video link, festival organizers announced, citing security concerns.

Das erste Festival unter der neuen Direktorin Seraina Rohrer

Blog post by Christian PouligoCall for Artists : ArtShow Cannes § AVIFF, Art Video Film Festival - Cannes 2012 . During the Cannes Film Festival on May The Art Show Cannes is a Contemporary Art Event, entirely devoted to contemporary photography and video art and is set in a privileged place 4 days in the period of the Cannes Film Festival in May.Rules § Registration : gallery@artshow-cannes....

Wunderhengst Totilas und sein Reiter Matthias Rath müssen ihren Jahresauftakt verschieben. Rath hat den Start beim Global Dressage Festival in Wellington/Florida abgesagt.

White supremacist groups plan 2012 festival for undisclosed location in Brisbane.

Der Streit über die Zukunft der Digitalsender von ARD und ZDF eskaliert: RTL fordert die Aufgabe von Sendern wie ZDF Neo, Eins Extra oder Eins Festival. Die Begründung dürfte so manchem Zuschauer einleuchten.

A mother of two bought the rights to Frozen Dead Guy Days, a festival in Nederland, Colo., inspired by a corpse that has been kept on ice for going on 20 years.

MTI graduate student Yushiro Okamoto explains the idea behind IceWall, which he and fellow architecture graduate student Kian Hiu-Lan Yam designed as part of the MIT150 Festival of Art, Science, and Technology.

THE self-designated guardians of our culture are sapping the festival of its spirit.

The former president of Lehman Brothers also financed the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco.

Le grand prix du festival international de cinéma de Marrakech est revenu cette année au film danois "Out of the bounds" de la réalisatrice…

Ils sont considérés comme le "nouveau souffle du jazz". Deux artistes majeurs ont enflammé la soirée de clôture du Monte Carlo Jazz festival. Le…

Suicide bombing targets crowd of hundreds gathered at riverside shrine in heart of old Kabul for festival of Ashura

Considered one of the game’s brightest young coaches, Argos’ new head coach Scott Milanovich has a big job ahead of him before next year’s Grey Cup festival in Toronto

Avec un triplé pour Marit Björgen et un doublé de Petter Northug, la Norvège...

Scientists wrap up their two months studying island birds in Papua New Guinea with a stop at an annual canoe festival that brings together hundreds of islanders.Presented By: Chicago Booth Business Forecast   Ads by Pheedo

Thousands gather at Haas Promenade to pray for community's return to J'lem in festival which has been observed for centuries.

The International Festival of Creativity – Cannes Lions – has announced the addition of Mobile as a new awards section for the 2012 Festival. Tom Eslinger, Digital Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, will preside over the Mobile Lions jury in its inaugural year.

Headline Title:  Taleban orders to reduce civilian casualties “hypocritical" 08 November 2011 Claims from Afghanistan’s Taleban leadership that the movement is trying to minimise civilian casualties do not match the group’s actions, Amnesty International said today.In a messag...

The former German colony of Togo holds its own version of the Oktoberfest beer festival.

At this year's Sundance Film Festival Like Crazy came out of nowhere to capture top jury honors and a Best Actress prize for newcomer Felicity Jones No argument here Director and co-writer Drake Doremus (Douchebag) has crafted a crazily inventive and totally irresistible tale of first love that makes the...

If I could have been two places at once I would have loved to have been in Munich, Germany last week for Domainerwiesn ("Domainer Oktoberfest"). That event, held right in the middle of the world famous Oktoberfest beer festival, was a crowd-pleasing affair filled with fun, networking and, of course, LOTS of beer!