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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The 77 people killed by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway last year have been commemorated in a display of specially commissioned jewellery which opened on Friday at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Curator Rose Watban said 16 established or up-and-coming jewellers in Sweden, Norway, Iceland, …

Danny DeVito has been talking about his excitement at making his West End debut in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys.

Taylor Swift is donating four million dollars to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in the US to make sure education continues.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's biggest political scandal in two decades is likely to have dashed playwright David Henry Hwang's hopes of bringing his Broadway play "Chinglish" to mainland China anytime soon. In a case of life imitating art, the comedy has so many similarities to events surrounding deposed Chinese politician …

Cannes Film Festival kicked off in spectacular style yesterday with gorgeous gowns aplenty. Eva Longoria and Diane Kruger stole the show on the first day of the Cannes Film Festival thanks to the huge trains of their dresses yesterday. [Related …

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Barnes collection, with more than 4,000 works of art including paintings by Renoir, Van Gogh and Cezanne, opens at its new home on Saturday in Philadelphia's cultural center. The opening in the modern $150 million (94.2 million pounds) facility on a 4.5-acre (1.8-hectare) site comes after a …

LONDON (Reuters) - A decadent gown made from feathers and a printed lace latex dress designed by some of fashion's luminaries will go on display as part of a new exhibition to celebrate the glitz and glamour of Britain's ball gowns. Ball gowns: British Glamour Since 1950, on at London's Victoria and Albert Museum from May …

Rita Ora is no stranger to Rihanna comparisons— not only does she possesses the same fearless poise and striking vocals but the singer is equally as experimental with her fashion. To celebrate hitting the number one spot with R.I.P featuring …

Britain's Got Talent winner Ashleigh Butler believes her victorious dog Pudsey would be perfect for Hollywood roles like the one played by Uggie in Oscar-winning film The Artist.

With Alesha Dixon joining Amanda Holden on the Britain's Got Talent panel this year for the first time, all eyes were on what fashion spectacles the pair would pull out. And just as the past week of BGT semi-finals has …

Veteran stage and screen actor John Woodvine is in a stable condition in hospital after collapsing while performing in a musical.

Pop-opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte have admitted they were ready to split up and go it alone when they first appeared on Britain's Got Talent.

LONDON (Reuters) - Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor said on Friday that Britons would grow to love his spiralling red tower on London's Olympic Park, just as people had come to appreciate other structures initially loathed, including the Eiffel Tower. The 115-metre tall structure, higher than London's Big Ben and …

MILAN (Reuters) - Will Italians be the best-dressed squad of the London 2012 Olympic Games? The Italy team is pinning its hopes of striking gold in the style stakes on fashion guru Giorgio Armani, and his 50-piece Olympic collection. Yet, prevailing in the fashion arena may be just as hard as winning medals on the running …

LONDON (Reuters) - Rats "stream like hot metal, to the rim of the world" and children, lured by the music of a Pied Piper-like exterminator, disappear into a hillside in British composer George Benjamin's eerie 2006 mini-opera "Into the Little Hill". Benjamin claims they're still alive, and perhaps better off, inside that …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roy Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl" sold for nearly $45 million (27.8 million pounds) on Wednesday, setting a record for the pop artist at Sotheby's $267 million auction of postwar and contemporary art. The 1964 canvas, executed in the artist's signature, commercially influenced comic-book style, made …

SUMIRAGO, Italy (Reuters) - Mention the name Missoni, and most think of a fashion empire that revolutionised textile patterns, spawned the no-bra look on the catwalks, and is now a global brand that designs everything from sweaters to sheets to hotels. But none of it would have happened had it not been for the 1948 London …

Apprentice reject Laura Hogg slammed the modern art featured in the show as a "monstrosity" and blamed it for getting her fired by Lord Sugar.

LONDON (Reuters) - The Jaguar E-type, an LED dress and Concorde lead visitors through the last 60 years of British design in this summer's flagship exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Delving deep into its collection, the museum has put on display examples of British innovation, some of which have never been shown …

A painting by US artist Mark Rothko has set a record for a contemporary work of art, selling for \$86.9m (£53.8m) at auction in New York.

The business brains in The Apprentice have to brush up on their selling skills when Lord Sugar challenges them to sell modern art.

Fashionista Sarah Jessica Parker has attended New York's Met gala, admitting on the red carpet it is the most "terrifying" of events due to its status as 'fashion's Oscars'.

Beyonce flaunted her post-baby body in a sheer, figure-hugging gown at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Benefit Gala in New York.

Pop-opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte have won the public vote in the latest Britain's Got Talent semi-final to book their place in the final.

The Met Gala on Monday brought a range of trends to the red carpet, but both Kristen Stewart and Florence Welch stood out for their original outfits at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Big trends at the Schiaparelli and Prada …

Plenty of flesh was on display at the Met Gala on Monday, but most of it was bare backs as celebrities embrace the backless trend at the Costume Institute Gala at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last night at the …

There were sparkles galore at the Met Gala on Monday, with metallic dresses the biggest trend of the night at the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Light was bouncing off all the …

The Met Gala saw the A-list don their very best red carpet style in New York City on Monday, and feathers were a big trend to fly into the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Schiaparelli …

Damon Albarn has spoken to Sky News about why he created a new opera about an obscure 16th century physicist and philosopher.

Tulisa celebrated reaching Number One tonight by taking to the Britain's Got Talent stage during the live semi-final tonight to perform her new single. But instead of listening to her hot new single 'Young' - which topped the charts this …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian singer Gotye has conquered the United States with his heartfelt pop tune "Somebody That I Used To Know," but even as it hits No. 1 on singles charts, he is eager to become someone fans will always know for his "peculiar" sound. Gotye has enjoyed a rapid rise in fame, not just in the U.S. …

LONDON (Reuters) - New York's contemporary art scene is undergoing a major shake-up this year, with Britain's hugely successful Frieze Art Fair opening its inaugural U.S. edition on Friday just weeks after the established Armory Show closed its doors. Organisers of both events sought to play down the element of competition, …

The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch has become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction after being bought for $119.9m (£74m).

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Helsinki rejected a proposal to build a 140 million euro (113.7 million pounds) Guggenheim museum on the Finnish capital's waterfront, a notice on the city's website said on Wednesday. The Helsinki City Board, a vetting committee of 15 municipal politicians selected to consider proposals for the Helsinki …

(Reuters) - When Hollywood rolls out the red carpet in 2013 for filmdom's Academy Awards, the venue will be the same but it will be called The Dolby Theatre. Audio company Dolby Laboratories said on Tuesday that it had purchased naming rights for the 3,400-seat Theatre that up until this year had carried the name of iconic …