'Custody,' the debut feature from French director Xavier Legrand, whose Oscar-nominated short also explored post-divorce domestic strife, bowed in competition at the Venice Film Festival. By Boyd van ...

In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed the Alps en route from Rome to Burgundy.

Actor Keke Palmer, who captivated audiences as national spelling bee champion Akeelah Anderson in the film “Akeelah and the Bee,” has joined thousands in celebrating Zaila Avant-garde, who recently ...

Scripps National Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde has been busy since her victory on July 8. Already, the 14-year-old eighth-grader has been celebrated by the likes of Barack and Michelle Obama, ...