House where poet John Keats wrote ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ reopens after renovation

September 21st, 2009 Opera at Versailles reopensPARIS — The royal opera house at the palace of Versailles has reopened after two years of renovations to make the gilded hall more fireproof. The architectural gem with golden columns, elaborate moldings and dangling chandeliers was especially vulnerable to fire, as much of the interior is made of wood.

September 19th, 2009 Poet/performer Cohen recovering from collapseMADRID — Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday. The veteran poet and performer has been released from hospital after suffering from a stomach complaint, Doctor Music Concerts said in a statement.

September 16th, 2009 Cornish shines as Keats' love in 'Bright Star'LOS ANGELES — In telling the story of the final years in the brief life of poet John Keats, "Bright Star" very easily could have been a stuffy, period costume drama. Instead, writer-director Jane Campion has fashioned a fascinating mix of contradictions.

September 15th, 2009 Capsule reviews: 'Jennifer's Body' and othersCapsule reviews of films opening this week: "Bright Star" — In telling the story of the final years in the brief life of poet John Keats, this very easily could have been a stuffy, period costume drama. Instead, writer-director Jane Campion has fashioned a fascinating mix of contradictions.

September 13th, 2009 NYT: Jim Carroll, poet and punk rocker, dead at 60NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. He died from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan Friday, his ex-wife Rosemary Carroll told the New York Times.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has said that he feels blessed to have known former bandmate John Lennon who was murdered. McCartney and Lennon had a tumultuous relationship during the legendary group's later years, with their arguing often blamed for the band's eventual split in 1970.

August 30th, 2009 LONDON - Poet-playwright TS Eliot will be shown as a champion of lesbian fiction and compassionate father figure to struggling writers, when a new exhibition opens at the British Library next month. According to reports, letters written by him as a publisher at Faber and Faber suggest that he risked the wrath of the British authorities to bring out Nightwood, one of the first lesbian novels ever written.

August 9th, 2009 Gary Sinise headlines free concert in Denver parkDENVER —"CSI: New York" star Gary Sinise is headlining a free concert aimed at bringing attention to renovation efforts at Denver's Civic Center Park. Sinise says the recent renovation of Millennium Park in Chicago, where he is from, inspired him to want to play the concert Saturday for the nonprofit Civic Center Conservancy.

July 14th, 2009 Connelly, Bettany open film fest with Darwin tale TORONTO — Real-life couple Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival with the life story of Charles Darwin. Bettany stars as the theory-of-evolution pioneer and Connelly plays his wife in "Creation," which opens the festival Sept.

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June 3rd, 2009 Stage musical of 'Sister Act' gets mixed responseLONDON — "Sister Act" got a standing ovation on its opening night, but critics were less enthusiastic Wednesday about the nunnery stage musical based on the 1992 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. Goldberg is a producer of the show and was in the audience for Tuesday's opening night at the London Palladium, a razzle-dazzle event preceded by performers in nuns' habits rappelling down the building's facade.

May 9th, 2009 Trackers find trail of missing US poet in JapanTOKYO — A team of American trackers found the footprints Wednesday of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano.

May 9th, 2009 US team concludes island search for missing poetCHEYENNE, Wyo. — An American rescue team had no luck on its final day of searching for a Wyoming poet missing on a remote Japanese island, but a Japanese team will continue working, a rescuer said Friday.

May 5th, 2009 Search for US poet in Japan to be scaled downTOKYO — A team of American trackers picked up the trail of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano, his sister-in-law said Wednesday.

May 4th, 2009 Relative says search still on for missing poetCHEYENNE, Wyo. — A week has passed since a well-regarded poet disappeared on a Japanese island and his sister-in-law says the search will go on for at least one more day.