Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Entertainment

  • Moss slammed for skinny feels good motto

    British supermodel Kate Moss has been accused of giving the wrong message to teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat.

    November 20, 2009, 6:25 am
  • Creator defends Packed To The Rafters

    Packed To the Rafters creator and writer Bevan Lee admits he was depressed over the "stupid" reaction by some viewers to a masturbation scene.

    November 20, 2009, 5:44 am
  • Judge asked to seal Jackson records

    A police detective has asked a judge to keep warrant documents in the Michael Jackson death investigation sealed until January 18.

    November 20, 2009, 5:44 am
  • Werner Herzog to head Berlin film festival jury

    BERLIN, Nov 19 (Reuters) - German director Werner Herzog
    will head the jury at the 2010 Berlin film festival, organizers
    said on Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 4:39 am
  • Indian billionaires bounce back: Forbes

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • China tightens supervision of online games

    BEIJING (AFP) - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • Glam challenge: 96 competitors in Paris stiletto race

    PARIS (AFP) - The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres (three inches) high -- the prize is boxes and boxes of shoes.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • North Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy

    SEOUL (AFP) - State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • Exhibit of China's terracotta warriors in US capital

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A group of China's famed terracotta warriors are going on display at the National Geographic Society in Washington, on the last stop of a four-city US tour.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • Beaujolais nouveau hot in Japan - literally

    HAKONE, Japan (AFP) - Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine.

    November 20, 2009, 4:21 am
  • Teen idol Zac Efron stars in Orson Welles tale

    LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. actor Zac Efron takes
    another step away from the world of high school musicals that
    made him famous with a part in "Me and Orson Welles," which
    also features British newcomer Christian McKay in the title
    role.

    November 20, 2009, 4:12 am
  • Taiwan director plans Chen Shui-bian assassination movie

    TAIPEI (AFP) - Leading Taiwanese movie director Chu Yen-ping plans a black comedy titled "Assassinating Chen Shui-bian" about a plot to kill the island's former president, a report said Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 4:11 am
  • James Murdoch sees smaller role for newspapers

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - Newspapers will play a smaller role in News Corp's operations in future as the group focuses on more profitable pay-TV operations in western Europe and India, the group's head of Europe and Asia said.

    November 20, 2009, 4:01 am
  • Cablevision will distribute Fox Business Network

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable television operator Cablevision Systems Corp will distribute News Corp's Fox Business Network in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Fox said on Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 3:57 am
  • AOL to cut one-third of workforce

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.

    November 20, 2009, 2:32 am
  • Cringe factor holds back Aussie film, TV

    If a TV show like hit US vampire series True Blood was to be made in Australia, it would be "laughed off screen," says Packed To The Rafters creator Bevan Lee.

    November 20, 2009, 2:32 am
  • Aboriginal kids to get filmmaking lesson

    Students in Alice Springs will get a taste of the glitz and glamour of the film industry through a project run by Imparja Television.

    November 20, 2009, 2:32 am
  • Werner Herzog to head Berlin Film Festival jury

    BERLIN (AFP) - Oscar-nominated German director Werner Herzog will lead the international jury at the 60th Berlin Film Festival from February 11-21, organisers said on Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 1:56 am
  • Clerics cringe as Indonesians flock to doomsday film

    JAKARTA (AFP) - Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam".

    November 20, 2009, 1:56 am

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