Respected casting director who oversaw the choice of the three young leads for the Harry Potter films Susie Figgis, who has died of cancer aged 77, was one of Britain’s most respected screen casting ...

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects. People gather around the Mona Lisa painting in ...

Lesley Walker, the BAFTA-nominated British film editor who worked on films including “Mona Lisa” and “Mamma Mia!,” died on Dec. 2. She was 80. Walker began her career as an assistant film editor in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Mona Lisa Restaurant — an Italian diner that has served as a staple for almost 50 years in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood, is “forever” closing its doors, according to ...

North Beach’s premier destination for eating cacio e pepe under rainbow chandeliers is closing. Mona Lisa Restaurant, the iconic Italian spot on Columbus Avenue, will serve its final ravioli on Friday ...

Ah, Paris - the city of lights, love, and apparently, low-effort museum break-ins. In a dazzling display of what can only be described as “Ocean’s 11 meets Home Depot,” a gang of thieves robbed the ...

Many stolen treasures from the Paris museum have never been recovered. The Sunday theft from the Louvre Museum of eight priceless pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife has ...

Weekends are a popular time for tourists to visit museums. The Louvre also happens to be the most popular museum on earth. To pull off a heist at the world’s busiest museum is no easy feat, but doing ...

At the Mona Lisa Restaurant in North Beach, Andrea Bocelli croons over the loudspeakers as diners feast on cacio e pepe, lobster ravioli and Neapolitan pizza. The 46-year-old restaurant is a sensory ...

On this day 114 years ago, a handyman walked into the Louvre Museum in Paris and walked out with the most famous painting in the world. That's right, the Mona Lisa was stolen on Aug. 21, 1911, so ...

Without a good backstory, many of the most famous and valuable collectibles would be little more than forgotten knickknacks. That T206 Honus Wagner card worth millions? If it wasn’t for its legendary ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The owner of Mona Lisa, a longtime Italian restaurant in the French Quarter, says the eatery is no longer facing eviction and will remain open. Farrow Stephenson said last week he ...