An expanded field of 10 movies are vying for honours on Sunday at the Oscars, where a complex new voting system will be used to determine the winner of the coveted best picture prize.
In a move designed to boost television ratings for the Academy Awards, organizers last year doubled the best picture race from five [...]

An iconic sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti smashed the world record for an art work sold at auction when it fetched £65 million (US$104.3 million) on Wednesday.
L’homme Qui Marche I a life-size bronze statue of a man, was expected to be go for up to £18 million at the London sale – but an [...]

Michael Jackson’s doctor is ready to surrender to authorities in Los Angeles if they file charges against him over the pop icon’s death, lawyers confirmed.
Investigators are mulling possible manslaughter charges against Conrad Murray, the personal physician who treated Jackson in his final hours and administered powerful prescription drugs to the star.
Murray arrived in Los Angeles [...]

Producers were putting the final touches this week to a remake of We Are the World with stars such as Barbra Streisand, Wyclef Jean and Celine Dion lending their support for Haiti’s quake victims.
It was 25 years ago that Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen joined others at the famed A&M Studios in Hollywood [...]

Art as a Question: A work in the new Ganesha exhibition opening on February 4.
Lombok-born artist Karyana began his career as a self-taught realist, but his penchant for fleeting impressions has recently led him to a moody space that borders on the abstract.
While some of his scenes, traditional fishing boats mirrored in the waters, are [...]