OGIDI, Nigeria - Writer Chinua Achebe is being remembered in Nigeria as a fearless writer who bowed to no political pressure.
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Chinua Achebe, remembered as fearless writer in uncertain times in Nigeria, feted in hometown
OGIDI, Nigeria - Writer Chinua Achebe is being remembered in Nigeria as a fearless writer who bowed to no political pressure.
Milan's famed La Scala theatre scales back on opera productions in response to crisis
MILAN - La Scala's manager says the 2013-14 season will have three fewer operas than usual due to the economic crisis.
At the Cannes Film Festival: A tired Ang Lee withdraws from project; director gets starstruck
CANNES, France - Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Debbie Reynolds: Liberace should be remembered as great entertainer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances.
Georges Moustaki, composer and crooner who penned for Edith Piaf, dies at 79
PARIS - Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other French stars, has died at age 79.
Paul McCartney writes letters to Russian official in support of imprisoned Pussy Riot members
MOSCOW - Beatles frontman Paul McCartney has asked a Russian judge to release members of the Pussy Riot punk group from prison.
Manila officials hounding Dan Brown for calling city 'gates of hell' in latest novel
MANILA, Philippines - Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.
Emails: Top AEG lawyers described Michael Jackson as 'freak' before tour contract signed
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed.
Obama celebrates Carole King, 1st woman to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama saluted Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, calling her a "living legend."
'Candelabra,' starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, sheds light on a steamy showbiz affair
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself.
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