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The 67th Edinburgh International Festival draws to a close tonight with the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert gathering approximately 250,000 Edinburgh residents and visitors across the city to share in the annual spectacular performed live by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Pyrovision.

Hailing from Alaska, America's 'last frontier,' the thrilling mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux continues to earn accolades from audiences and critics alike for her enthralling performances on the world's greatest stages, praise focusing on both the unique beauty of her voice and the astounding brilliance of her technique, which combine to create unforgettable portraits of some of the most engaging characters in opera. Consistently lauded as one of the pre-eminent interpreters of Baroque and bel canto music, she continues to explore new avenues in these repertories.

In her first interview since being cast as the mysterious woman who will eventually become Ted's wife on CBS's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Broadway vet Cristin Milioti spoke with Entertainment Weekly about joining the cast of the hit comedy.

In honor of 'John Williams: Maestro of the Movies' concerts at the Hollywood Bowl on August 30 and August 31, The Hollywood Museum is showcasing a special exhibit tying John Williams' ever popular music scores with costumes, props, posters, and photos from his blockbuster movies

Poets often take it unto themselves to bring their art into street level-harnessing the inchoate yearning of Everyman to reach out and connect to those things that are considered poetry's own: lofty thoughts, great meaning and rare evocative moments. The poet Asty, who has come through to an enviable level of poetic sense, invokes the poet's right for a Promethean moment. Thus, the new collection Poetry on Fire is aptly named, aided and abetted by the poet's early training in French, his Creole daily life and higher education in the United States.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, which has earned $321.5 million worldwide, will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download today, August 27.

A biopic and stage play about the great American film director and choreographer Busby Berkeley is underway.

In a free-wheeling conversation with BroadwayWorld, Baz Luhrmann spoke passionately about adapting the “unfilmable” classic (and what critics thought of his efforts), the best review he received, and his new project, a stage musical adaptation of his 1992 film STRICTLY BALLROOM. I spoke to Luhrmann shortly after he found out that China was going to allow the release of THE GREAT GATSBY in the country, and just hours before he boarded a flight to Beijing opening.

Ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is inspiring its guests to relax, refresh and recharge with a new Mind, Body & Spirit-themed exotic cruise through some of the most exquisite waters in the world.Crystal Symphony's first voyage of the year, a 12-day "Southern Seas Soliloquy" itinerary, begins January 8, 2014 in Valparaiso, Chile, and sails across the southern Pacific to the Society/Tahitian, Easter, and Pitcairn Islands (the latter of Mutiny on the Bounty fame).On the roster are a guest yoga instructor, extreme athlete, health and wellness expert, and ZUMBA teacher, as well as a repertoire of active excursions and a host of complimentary fitness classes. As a special bonus, cruise fares start at just $247 per person per day, all inclusive, if booked by August 30, 2013.

Desde el sabado 7 de septiembre, En El Cubo, Todos los sabados y domingos a las 17 horas, Rita Terranova y Hector Giovine, en El jardin de los cerezos de Anton Chejov, con direccion general de Nicolas Perez Costa, y un elenco integrado por Damian Iglesias, Juan Guilera, Alejandro Cupito, Christian Alladio, Leonardo Odierna, Iara Sarmiento, Renata Marrone, Natalia Biasin, Agustin Perez Costa, Cecilia Barlesi, y Valeria Ruggiero.

It's almost September, which means ¡Globalquerque! is just around the corner! Scroll down for more details about the lineup, and visit www.ampconcerts.org for more information.

'Learn with Mind Maps - How to Enhance Memory, Take Better Notes, Boost Your Creativity and Gain an Edge in Work or School - Easily,' inspired Michelle Mapman to adopt and share the learning secrets of Leonardo DaVinci and Albert Einstein.

Wonderwheel Recordings has announced Tremor's new album PROA -- out on September 3rd. The first single 'Huella' has already been making waves and the full-length will not dissapoint. Check out a brand-new teaser trailer for PROA below!

The Germ: Where Did That Idea Come From and Some Trickster Visual. Early Christo Communist Coverings, Kelly's Camouflage days, Serra Ship Structures a Son Sees? Noguchi Drawn in by “The Leonardo.” What is the germination of an artistic idea and where does it spring from? Often these trails are left off the tour of art history.

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will present 30 Americans, an exhibition surveying works by many of the nation's leading African American artists working since the mid-1970s. Often provocative and challenging, the exhibition explores how artists relate their own sense of self to ideas within history, popular culture and contemporary mass media central to American society. 30 Americans will be on view in the Center's Ingram Gallery from Oct. 11, 2013 through Jan. 12, 2014.

The actress joins Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, and Melisa Leo for the new event series, slated for a premiere in 2014. Based on the best-selling novel 'Pines' by Blake Crouch and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan ('The Sixth Sense,' 'Signs'), WAYWARD PINES is the intense new mind-bending event thriller evocative of the classic cult hit 'Twin Peaks.'

One of Italy's greatest treasures, Leonardo da Vinci's 'Codex on the Flight of Birds,' will be exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., for 40 days this fall, from Sept. 13 until Oct. 22. The extraordinary document, created ca. 1505, shows da Vinci's interest in human flight by exploring bird flight and behavior. It includes sketches and descriptions of devices and aerodynamic principles related to mechanical flight that predate the invention of the airplane by 400 years.

The 2013 Edinburgh International Festival invites you to embark upon a journey inspired by the way technology seizes and shifts our perceptions of a world, translated by such visionaries as J S Bach, Samuel Beckett or Richard Burton, John Cage, Jean Cocteau or Francois Couperin, Leonardo da Vinci or Allen Ginsberg, Sergei Prokofiev or Nam June Paik, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis or Frank Zappa. Click below to watch a trailer for this year's festival!

The 2013 Edinburgh International Festival invites you to embark upon a journey inspired by the way technology seizes and shifts our perceptions of a world, translated by such visionaries as J S Bach, Samuel Beckett or Richard Burton, John Cage, Jean Cocteau or Francois Couperin, Leonardo da Vinci or Allen Ginsberg, Sergei Prokofiev or Nam June Paik, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis or Frank Zappa. Scroll down for a sneak peek at some of the shows and artists that are a part of the 2013 festival!

Two-time BAFTA-winning actress Olivia Colman (The Iron Lady, Twenty Twelve) and Emmy-winning actor David Tennant (Doctor Who, Spies of Warsaw) star in the new gripping drama Broadchurch, created and written by Chris Chibnall (Law & Order: UK, Torchwood). The new series centers on a quiet seaside town following the shocking murder of a young boy and the impact it has on the tight-knit community when everyone becomes a suspect. Broadchurch is the most tweeted UK drama ever. Broadchurch premieres tonight, August 7, 10:00pm ET/PT as part of Dramaville.