Google's free online map service on Wednesday began letting people explore portions of the Amazon Basin from the comfort of their homes.

A bare-chested Vladimir Putin strokes the bottom of an Olympic gymnast and overdoses on Botox as his wife Lyudmila takes refuge in a monastery — in a new staging of a play at a Moscow theater.

Director Julie Taymor has hit back at her former creative partners in “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” arguing in court papers that she was the victim of a conspiracy to unfairly push her out of the production.

Each year at the Oscars ceremony, Hollywood says goodbye to stars and filmmakers who've passed away. This year, the award show will bid adieu to the Kodak Theatre.

Hong Kong's last dedicated Cantonese opera theatre is holding its final performances before it closes this week, in what some art lovers see as another nail in the coffin of a 300-year-old tradition.

The annual Taipei International Festival of Arts (TIFA) is kicking off next Thursday with an air of Valentine's Day as “Shadows of Love” (人間影) is followed by a Shakespearian classic in authentic Russian panache in “The Tempest” (暴風雨).

Washington National Opera, which recently merged with the Kennedy Center after struggling financially for years, announced an ambitious long-term agenda Tuesday, including plans to stage Wagner's complete “Ring” cycle in 2016.

Do you have any plans for Christmas? What about attending a night mass at your local church? Or indulging in a big meal to compensate this year's hard work? Before you go, consider stopping by the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂) square to appreciate the open-air performance offered by Greenway Theatre Company (綠光劇團).

Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國), director of the Contemporary Legend Theater (CLT, 當代傳奇劇場) has played the lead in Macbeth, King Lear and other adaptations of classical Western literature works in the style of Beijing opera.

J.R. Ewing has returned to Dallas.