A new NBA star, Jeremy Lin becomes a bankable name NEW YORK (Reuters) - Less than two weeks ago anyone looking to buy a ticket to watch the New York Knicks play the Dallas Mavericks this weekend could expect to pay around $270. Today, the same ticket would cost about twice that. Call it Linflation. Jeremy Lin's surprising basketball heroics have made the 23-year-old point guard a sports sensation and media darling nearly overnight, and there are ...
Flowers, gifts and a kiss for Streep in Berlin BERLIN (Reuters) - Meryl Streep was given a bouquet of flowers, a gift and a kiss at the Berlin film festival on Valentine's Day, and they weren't from her husband. The 62-year-old actress was at the annual cinema showcase on Tuesday to receive a lifetime achievement Golden Bear. At a packed press conference following a screening of her latest movie "The Iron Lady", Streep reflected on the price ...
For Houston mourners, a dearth of places to grieve In Whitney Houston's hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died, there's not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for fans to pile flowers. So for the legion of music lovers mourning a global superstar, where do broken hearts go?
A Minute With: Reese Witherspoon on going to "War" LOS ANGELES, Feb 15 (Reuters.com) - In her new romantic comedy "This Means War" Reese Witherspoon portrays a woman who returns to dating after a failed relationship only to find herself torn between two men, who happen to be friends and CIA operatives. The film, which opens in theaters on Friday, tucks some dating drama in between a lot of action as the two men, played by Chris Pine and Tom ...
2012 souvenir prices a 'rip off' A consumer watchdog says retailers are ripping off the public by charging three times the recommended price for London 2012 Olympics merchandise.
Featherweight songbird is a long-distance champ A tiny songbird weighing just two tablespoons of sugar migrates from the Arctic to Africa and back, a distance of up to 29,000 kilometres (18,000 miles), scientists reported on Wednesday.
Review: 'Bullhead' marks a fierce debut "Bullhead," the Academy Award-nominated foreign-language film from Belgium, is a dark, haunting and wholly original exploration of what it means to be a man.
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