Zorro, the sword-wielding, black-clad avenger, is one of the most influential fictional characters of twentieth century literature. By day he was Don Diego, a respected nobleman of nineteenth century California. By night, however, he cut a much more...

Zorro is a fictional character who has been featured in American books, stories, films, and television series since 1919. Zorro (Spanish for Fox, and a by-word for cunning or devious) is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega (originally Don Diego...

Antonio Banderas returned to the southern Spain of his youth and found things much improved for "Summer Rain," his second film as a director."Summer Rain" is a coming-of-age tale set in Malaga in the late 1970s as Spain emerged from the decades-long dictatorship of Gen....

The audience loved Daisuke Takahashi's version of "Swan Lake." Its composer probably would have thrown the recording into the water. No matter. It was what the Japanese skater did to the hip-hop version of Tchaikovsky's classic that was most memorable at Skate America on Friday...

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2007. There are 82 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 10, 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Md.On this date:In 1813, composer Giuseppe Verdi was born in Le Roncole, Italy.In...

When he took office six months ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to overhaul France's ties with Africa, scrapping the colonial mentality that long has tainted dealings with the continent.But in his first major crisis in Africa, critics say Sarkozy has reverted quickly to the paternalistic...