Sunday, May 19, 2013
 
 

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Denmark won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, winning with the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums.

The 20-year-old won with the song "Only Teardrops", competing against 25 other countries in a final held in Malmo in southern Sweden.

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(Reuters) - Malmo in Sweden was hosting the grand final of the 58th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday.

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* The first contest took place in 1956. It was originally conceived in Monaco by Marcel Bezencon and based on the Italian Sa...   [READ MORE]
 
By Mia Shanley

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Singers from 26 countries began battling it out on Saturday night for the crown of glitzy pop in the Eurovision Song Contest, returning this year to the homeland of ABBA, the Swedish band it propelled to global superstardom.

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By Josie Cox

LONDON (Reuters) - Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's La Donna Del Lago is the challenge of a lifetime.

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By Belinda Goldsmith

CANNES (Reuters) - Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation.

Upham features in Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, focused on the relationshi...   [READ MORE]
 
By Alexei Oreskovic

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its Glass wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, wh...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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