American soprano, Ukrainian pianist win $50K first prizes in international music competitionLOS ANGELES — An American soprano singer and a Ukrainian pianist have won top honors at a competition that combines elements of “American Idol” and classical music. Hermitage museum opening offshoot in Amsterdam where Russian art collection began 300 yrs agoAMSTERDAM — The Hermitage is exhibiting czarist opulence at a new satellite museum in Amsterdam, the city where Peter the Great started Russia’s fabulous state art collection 300 years ago and which inspired the design for his own capital, St. Petersburg. Movie Review: Title is all that’s clever in the hackneyed romantic comedy ‘My Life in Ruins’LOS ANGELES — As we learn from “My Life in Ruins,” the Greek word for mojo — or zest for life — is “kefi.” Nia Vardalos’ character has lost hers and needs to get it back. In new book, Polish priest says steamy sex life brings married couples closer to GodWARSAW, Poland — The Rev. Ksawery Knotz has a message for all married Catholic couples out there: there’s nothing wrong with a steamy sex life. Unmanned cargo craft docks with international space station: Russian state media reportsMOSCOW — An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked at the international space station Tuesday. Czech artist to take controversial but crowd-pleasing art work down at EU HQ in protestBRUSSELS — An art work that created controversy by making fun of nations across Europe will be removed from EU headquarters by the Czech artist to protest the political upheaval in his own country. |