Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Entertainment

  • Radio DJ, Vic Davies dies of lung cancer

    Sydney radio personality Vic Davies, who co-hosted the long-running Club Veg show, has died after a short battle with lung cancer.

    10 minutes ago
  • Hilton threatens to sue over billboard

    Paris Hilton is threatening legal action against a New Zealand company that used her picture on a billboard with the word "vacant" written across it.

    1 hour, 19 minutes ago
  • Pope a fan of sports -- but not doping athletes

    VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday.

    November 8, 2009, 7:37 am
  • "A Prophet" nominated for six European film awards

    MADRID (Reuters) -The French film "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

    November 8, 2009, 7:15 am
  • "A Prophet" nominated for six European film awards

    MADRID (Reuters) -The French film "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

    November 8, 2009, 7:13 am
  • Pakistan launches first fashion week

    Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week.

    November 8, 2009, 6:34 am
  • Rihanna recounts beating by Chris Brown

    Rihanna has described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February.

    November 8, 2009, 6:18 am
  • Nabokov's unfinished -- and unburned -- novel reappears

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but "The Original of Laura" survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is about to be published for the first time.

    November 8, 2009, 6:06 am
  • Usher's divorce from wife finalised

    R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final.

    November 8, 2009, 5:59 am
  • Taiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutes

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's constitutional court said Saturday it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.

    November 8, 2009, 5:53 am
  • Bruni saw shrink for eight years

    During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.

    November 8, 2009, 5:51 am
  • LA celebrity burglaries led by teenager

    A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewellery, an informant has told police.

    November 8, 2009, 5:35 am
  • Defiant Communists mark Russian Revolution anniversary

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Communists on Saturday turned out in Russia to mark the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, shrugging off the Kremlin's cancellation of the day as a national holiday.

    November 8, 2009, 5:28 am
  • Father seeks stipend from Jackson estate

    Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $US15,000 ($A16,460) a month, court documents show.

    November 8, 2009, 2:31 am
  • Fans walk out on Britney's lip-synching

    Lip-synching didn't cut it for Perth fans who walked out on Britney Spears after only three songs at her first Australian concert on Friday night.

    November 7, 2009, 7:36 pm
  • Morrow stands firm on Chaser's sick kid sketch

    The Chaser's Julian Morrow says he is sorry a sketch on the show hurt people whose children have terminal illness - but he does not apologise for causing offence to others.

    ABC - November 7, 2009, 5:05 pm
  • Bluebeat to battle over Beatles songs

    US online music service Bluebeat says it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.

    November 7, 2009, 4:25 pm
  • Rihanna describes night of attack by Chris Brown

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna broke her silence on Friday about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her, saying he had bitten her, put her in a headlock and left her bleeding and swollen.

    November 7, 2009, 3:12 pm
  • No holding back for Alicia Keys on "Freedom"

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - An unseasonal gust of wind greets Alicia Keys as she steps out of a doorway behind a Beverly Hills hotel on a late October afternoon.

    November 7, 2009, 2:25 pm

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