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Japan's Haruki Murakami withdraws from consideration for alternative Nobel award
Japanese author Haruki Murakami asks that his nomination for an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature be withdrawn as he wants to concentrate on writing.
Do-it-yourself colonoscopy wins Japanese doctor one of 10 2018 Ig Nobels
A Japanese doctor was recognized Thursday with an Ig Nobel prize, which honor comical but practical scientific studies, for devising the most comfortable colonoscopy technique by using himself as a test subject. Akira Horiuchi, a 57-year-old head of the digestive disease center at Showa Inan ...
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain wins posthumous Emmys for 'Parts Unknown'
U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in June at age 61, posthumously earned a pair of Emmy Awards on Sunday for his work on the popular CNN food-and-travel show he hosted, "Parts Unknown." Bourdain was awarded one of the Emmys, the U.S. television ...
Japanese violinist wins second prize in prestigious Brahms contest in Austria
Maine Nishiyama of Japan won second prize in the violin category of the annual International Johannes Brahms Competition held Friday in Poertschach, Austria. Nishiyama, 18, is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She said after the competition that it is ...
The Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended three people be designated as living national treasures. They are kimono fabric dyer Yasumasa Komiya, 62, noh drummer Takashi Kakihara, 77, and chinkin (gold-inlay lacquerware) artisan Kazuo Yamagishi, 64. The council made the recommendation Friday to Yoshimasa Hayashi, the ...
Former New Zealand sex worker given award in U.K. queen's birthday honors list
Catherine Healy, a former New Zealand sex worker-turned-women's rights activist who successfully campaigned to decriminalize prostitution in the country, was awarded the title of dame to mark the official birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. New Zealand awards such honors twice a year ...
Pop singer Namie Amuro's accomplishments honored by home prefecture of Okinawa
Pop singer Namie Amuro was honored Wednesday by her home prefecture of Okinawa for her achievements and for inspiring the local population. "I am very happy to be honored is such a prestigious way," the pop diva said after receiving a certificate from Gov. Takeshi ...
Satire 'Get Out' earns top honor at Independent Spirit Awards
"Get Out," a horror thriller that examines U.S. race relations, won the top honor at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, independent film's biggest prize and the final awards ceremony ahead of the Oscars. Jordan Peele, a comedian who wrote and directed the film, also ...
"120 Beats per Minute" ("120 battements par minute") won best film on Friday night at the "French Oscars" — the Cesars — where many attendees wore white ribbons in protest at violence against women. The Robin Campillo film, which tells the story of French AIDS ...
Oscar best-picture race is an unprecedented nail-biter
Even supposing the right envelope is read at the end of Sunday night's Oscars, the night's final moment should be one of high drama. Usually by now, a consensus favorite has emerged after months of other awards — or at least a front-runner along with ...
Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji wins U.S. award for 'Darkest Hour'
Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji on Saturday shared a Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild award with two colleagues in Los Angeles for their work on the film "Darkest Hour" about British wartime leader Winston Churchill. Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, who transformed actor ...
"Touch Me Not," a film about intimacy and sex that shocked some viewers with explicit scenes, won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday. Romanian director Adina Pintilie said she had not expected to win the ...
