LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pitch-perfect teen country singer Danielle Bradbery won TV singing contest “The Voice” on Tuesday, scoring a contract with Universal Music Group and a $100,000 cash prize.
Amitav Ghosh among 12 vying for international writing prize
LONDON (Reuters) – Six awarding-winning writers including India’s Amitav Ghosh are among a group of 12 poets, authors and academics vying for the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing with themes ranging from the Australian war effort in France to opium selle…
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Twelve writers vie for 2013 international writing prize
LONDON (Reuters) – Six awarding-winning writers are among a group of 12 poets, authors and academics vying for the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing with themes ranging from the Australian war effort in France to opium sellers in 19th century India.
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Kandinsky work auctioned for $21 million but misses the mark
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky’s expressionist masterpiece “Studie zu Improvisation 3, 1909″ was the highlight and leading indicator for a flat Christie’s London Impressionist and modern art sale on Tuesday.
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Kanye West wins over critics with ‘daring’ new album ‘Yeezus’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Kanye West pushes the boundaries of hip hop with his latest album “Yeezus,” using aggressive electro-dance music beats to channel his anger and win over critics, who have called the record “daring” and “ambitious.”
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking
REUTERS – A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since the scandal broke two years ago.
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Crystal, Goodman head back to school in ‘Monsters University’
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One-eyed green monster Mike Wazowski and his giant blue, furry friend James P. “Sully” Sullivan go back in time as “scaring” students in “Monsters University,” as Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar Animation Studios pins its hopes for a b…
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Justin Bieber hits photographer in Los Angeles car scrape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Teen pop star Justin Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari sports car while driving away from a comedy club in Los Angeles on Monday night, but the accident was not considered a hit-and-run, police said.
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Rizzle Kicks call for end to racism
Jordan “Rizzle” Stephens, one half of Rizzle Kicks, has spoken about his hopes for an end to racism. The singer spoke about his own personal experience of racism at a launch event at Abbey Road Studios for a concert marking 20 years since teenager Stephen Lawrence was murdered. Jordan, who will be performing with Rizzle [...]
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Golfing in Iceland’s midnight sun: lava beds, angry birds, winds
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – The names of the world’s greatest golf venues roll off the tongue like a putt rolling toward the cup. Pebble Beach. St. Andrews. Valderrama.



