Week two of Cannes film festival gets off to explosive start
(Reuters) – Japanese director Takashi Miike got the final week of the Cannes film festival off to an explosive start on Monday, with big budget...
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Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift big winners at Billboard Awards
(Reuters) – Pop stars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift won the big prizes on Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards, which also honored legendary performers...
Christie’s art sale ‘highest in auction history’
A contemporary art sale at Christie’s in New York has made $495m (£325m), the highest total in auction history. The sale included works by Jackson...
Angelina Jolie caps journey from wild child to doting mother
(Reuters) – As a tattooed wild child wearing her husband’s blood in a locket and luring Brad Pitt away from Hollywood rival Jennifer Aniston, Angelina...
‘Great Gatsby’ stars dazzle despite damp Cannes opening
(Reuters) – The Cannes film festival conjured up the “Roaring Twenties” on Wednesday with a glamorous opening night premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”,...
PBS says rapper Diddy will not appear on ‘Downton Abbey’
(Reuters) – Music mogul and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs will not be appearing in British period TV drama “Downtown Abbey,” U.S. broadcaster PBS said on...
Singer Shakira will leave NBC’s ‘The Voice’ after season
(Reuters) – Pop singer Shakira will leave NBC’s television singing competition program “The Voice” after only one season as a judge in order to spend...
Music’s Dr. Dre, Iovine give $70 million to USC academic program
(Reuters) – Rapper Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have donated $70 million to establish an entrepreneurial undergraduate program at the University of Southern...
DiCaprio’s wildlife charity auction brings in $38.8 million
(Reuters) – Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Christie’s auction house raised $38.8 million through a charity art auction and donations, Christie’s said on Tuesday, with proceeds...
TV psychologist Joyce Brothers dies at age 85
(Reuters) – U.S. psychologist Joyce Brothers, who parlayed her 1955 victory on the TV game show “The $64,000 Question” into a nearly six-decade career as...