Arts
Plus-size models get "Bare" at NY's Fashion Week
NEW YORK - In the middle of New York Fashion Week, typically filled with skinny models in slender garments, it was a celebration of the full figured and fabulous when lingerie maker Bare Necessities launched Bare Plus -- a new line catering to the rising numbers of plus-size women. | Video
Uggie is top dog at the Golden Collar Awards - of course
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A number of the world's most accomplished dogs went head-to-head on Monday, competing in the most prestigious and acclaimed competition that the canine world has to offer. | Video
"Home Front" debuts at top of Bestsellers List
NEW YORK - "Home Front" soared straight to the spot of the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list on Thursday.
Georgian National Ballet a family dance with history
TBILISI - It has survived communist oppression, the Cold War, the break-up of the Soviet Union and counted Josef Stalin and Elvis Presley among its admirers, but at its heart the Georgian National Ballet has always been a bit of a family business.
Records tumble at Christie's art sale
LONDON - Christie's on Tuesday kicked off a fortnight of major London art sales with a bang, hitting or exceeding the most optimistic pre-sale expectations and extending 2011's record-breaking run into the new year.
Some top lots stumble at mixed Sotheby's sale
LONDON - Sotheby's struggled to sell two of its top lots at a London auction of impressionist and modern art on Wednesday, taking some of the gloss off the art market after rival Christie's set a series of records the day before.
Seven decades of Lucian Freud on show in London
LONDON - Britain's National Portrait Gallery launched a major show of the late figurative painter Lucian Freud's work Wednesday, showcasing the fleshy portraits which made him one of the world's most revered artists in his lifetime.
Internet titan Peter Norton sells more of art collection
NEW YORK - Works by Damien Hirst, Ed Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein are among Post-War and Contemporary art that will be sold by Christie's at an auction next month that will also feature 45 works from the collection of Silicon Valley pioneer Peter Norton.
St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.
Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth is throwing a star-studded party for him at Buckingham Palace and in Buenos Aires, leading cultural figures will gather in an old orphanage to read from his works.
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Oscar-nominated "Chico & Rita" a lost opportunity
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Over the last 25 years, there's been a real boom in feature animation, from Disney's re-emergence with "The Little Mermaid" to the rise of Pixar and Studio Ghibli to the mainstream distribution of adult-targeted films like "Persepolis" and "Waltz with Bashir."
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