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A 26-year-old hot-air balloon pilot, killed in an accident at a Quebec festival on the weekend, may have died trying to help another pilot land his balloon. More...

A flurry of Rob Ford sightings late Friday night at Toronto's Taste of the Danforth Festival is renewing questions about the mayor's behaviour. More...

One of the best times to visit Kerala travel destinations is during festival time. The festivals celebrated here depict the rich culture of the state. The tourists are held spell bound by the spectacle of the festivals that are celebrated with great pomp. One of the great festivals in Kerala is...

<div>American indie folk band Bright Eyes and venerable crossover artists Levon Helm, Bruce Hornsby and Steve Earle will headline this year's Ottawa Folk Festival. Its the first year since the larger Ottawa Bluesfest took over the festival, rescuing it from financial straights. The lineup...

NEWPORT, R.I. – Indie folk rockers The Decemberists will join singer-songwriters including Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch for a weekend of music at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. The 52nd annual festival's lineup, announced Wednesday, also includes Elvis Costello performing an acoustic set...

BOULDER, Colo. – Director Oliver Stone has been awarded a "Master of Cinema" award by the Boulder International Film Festival. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the award was presented on Sunday, the last night of the festival. Stone's films have been nominated for 31 Academy Awards, and he has...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A reunited Buffalo Springfield will play its only festival date this year at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, joining Eminem, Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, Lil Wayne, The Black Keys and Robert Plant in celebrating 10 years down on the farm. Bonnaroo will be held June...

British rock band Coldplay will headline the Glastonbury music festival this year, appearing on the main Pyramid stage for the Saturday night slot, organizers said on Tuesday. They added that U.S. singer Beyonce would also appear at the event, one of the biggest outdoor music festivals in the...

BERLIN – A German filmmaker says a final cut of his documentary on the fate of jailed oil tycoon turned Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been stolen only days ahead of its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. Director Cyril Tuschi says Friday's burglary into his Berlin...

Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, dubbed the world's greatest by the Financial Times, will perform at London's Royal Festival Hall in October with his acclaimed Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The rare appearance by the 77-year-old, who has recovered from stomach cancer, is billed as a highlight of...

6 mins ago PARIS – US actor Robert De Niro will chair the jury of this year's Cannes film festival, which opens May 11 on the French Riviera, organisers announced Thursday. De Niro, 67, will the third American in four years to head the jury of the world's most prestigious film festival, after...

The death and injury toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival continued to rise Tuesday as families mourned. The number of deaths is now at 375 and the number of injured is up to 755, the country's official news agency said Tuesday. Cambodia has declared Thursday a national day of mourning...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/11/22/exp.nr.cambodia.stampede.cnn The death toll from a stampede at a Cambodian festival has risen to 345, the country's official news agency said Tuesday. In addition to the deaths, another 391 people were injured at the annual Water Festival in...

By The Associated Press, cbc.ca, Updated: November 22, 2010 2:43 PM Cambodia festival stampede kills 339 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday 339 people have been killed in a stampede during a water festival in Phnom Penh. Thousands of Cambodians celebrating a water festival by the...

the annual Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay, CA today. This festival draws thousands of people over the two day event. One of the highlights for visitors, is seeing the largest pumpkin of the season - this year weighing in at 1,535 lbs - pictured in the attached photo.

BETHLEHEM, Ind. -- Thousands of people are expected to flock to Bethlehem this weekend for the annual Autumn on the River festival. This year, a new exhibit is raising some eyebrows days before the event even starts. A pair of 10 pound, 10-week-old tiger cubs are at the center of this...

Texas teen literary festival canceled HUMBLE, Texas, -- A teen literary festival in Humble, Texas, was canceled after writers protested the removal of best-selling author Ellen Hopkins from the event. "My books are in libraries and bookstores in Humble," Hopkins, who writes "graphic...

Mulligan-Knightley movie to open film fest LONDON, The big-screen adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel "Never Let Me Go" is to open this year's BFI London Film Festival, organizers said. Directed by Mark Romanek, the drama stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. The film...

Thieves return replica of Roman statue BUFFALO, N.Y., A statue stolen from Buffalo's replica of the Roman Trevi Fountain was returned intact in time for the city's annual Italian Heritage Festival, officials said. Pranksters took off with the 6-foot, 150-pound statue of Oceanus, the Titan...

'Make Believe' top doc at LA Film Festival LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- J. Clay Tweel's "Make Believe" was picked the best documentary at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. Tweel's film follows six young magicians from Japan, South African and the United States as they prepare to compete in the...