West End marks 350 years of theatre

Jersey Boys and Les Miserables have been declared as shows performing free songs to the public, to mark 350 years of West End theatre. West End Live, which is the annual festival of musical and theatre, is now in its ninth year at it will be staged in Trafalgar Square on 22 and 23 June, the BBC reported. Sir Tim Rice's new musical 'From Here to Eternity' will be previewed during the show. The ...

Tom Cruise to help David Beckham with acting career

Actor Tom Cruise has reportedly promised to help soccer ace David Beckham become an actor. "Beckham has always wanted to be an action film star, and Cruise promised him a long time ago he can make those dreams come true," a source told National Enquirer magazine. Beckham, 38, announced he was retiring from football this month after playing the game for more than 20 years, reports ...

Prehistoric cave art in the Dordogne

Dordogne 's Vzre valley. Once in its deepest recess, they lay on their backs and, in flickering candlelight, started painting on the rock ceiling 3ft above them. More than 60 images of mammoths, horses and ibex were outlined, each animal depicted in simple, confident lines that reveal startling artistic talent.This is the Great Ceiling of Rouffignac, one of the world's oldest and most ...

Woman’s culinary arts degree was 39 years in the making

On Thursday, Hill walked across the stage during graduation ceremonies at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell after securing what in her view was 39 years in the making: an associate degree in culinary ...

Rotating stage sends MSOE graduates out into world

Unlike most commencements, this one involved a seemingly complicated engineering problem: How do you get 427 graduates up six stairways and across a circular stage that does one full rotation every 20 minutes? "The reality is it works well," said Nick Seidler, after the Milwaukee School of Engineering class of 2013 had all received their diplomas. Most of the students traveled up ...