Chocolates, flowers and breakups ’Tis the season. Hide under the bed and pull up the covers, New Yorkers. A day I dread more than pedestrian malls, the neighbors’ brats or a Madonna concert is creeping up fast. The season of crisis begins roughly around Christmas, and it ends with a gigantic stake in the...
Streep and 'The Artist' triumph at Britain's BAFTA awards Silent movie "The Artist" and US actress Meryl Streep continued their march towards Oscar glory on Sunday after scooping top awards at the BAFTAs, the biggest night of the British film industry.
Victims and hostages bond in Philippine kidnap film BERLIN (Reuters) - Boundaries between kidnappers and hostages are blurred in Philippine drama "Captive," which stars French actress Isabelle Huppert and premiered at the Berlin film festival on Sunday. Directed by Filipino Brillante Mendoza and shot with a hand-held camera, the film is loosely based on real life events and tells the story of a group of holiday makers and missionaries kidnapped ...
Fond farewells and comebacks mark Grammy Awards show LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adele's distinctive voice was born again and Whitney Houston was mourned on Sunday in a Grammy Awards show packed with triumphant comebacks and fond farewells. Katy Perry, sporting blue hair and metallic body armour, stormed back defiantly in her first big public performance after husband Russell Brand filed for divorce in December, and country singer Glen Campbell, 75 ...
Liverpool and United focus on game not handshake MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United and Liverpool played down the racism subplot to their Premier League meeting this weekend by saying on Friday they were thinking only about the football. Matches between England's two most successful teams are always highly charged and Saturday's game has the added bite of a possible first meeting between Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez since the ...
US to raise trade, rights, and Syria with China VP The United States said it would raise concerns about trade, human rights and Syria during a closely watched visit by China's likely next leader next week, despite hopes to improve ties.
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