Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Entertainment

  • Music stores see dream week with Boyle, Lambert

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - U.S. music retailers are realizing a dream week with Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed A Dream" ringing cash registers far beyond expectations and Adam Lambert's album stirring sales after his sexually charged TV performance.

    November 26, 2009, 7:17 am
  • Julie Andrews makes return to stage

    Julie Andrews is to perform in London, 30 years after her last appearance on the British stage.

    November 26, 2009, 6:45 am
  • Swiss court grants Polanski bail

    Switzerland's top criminal court says it has granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski.

    November 26, 2009, 6:34 am
  • Iranian director, opposition campaigner wins award

    LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf won the Freedom to Create Prize on Wednesday, and dedicated his award to leading cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri and the popular opposition movement he supports.

    November 26, 2009, 5:46 am
  • Berlusconi named 'Rockstar of the Year'

    He's the prime minister, media mogul and one of Italy's richest men. Now Silvio Berlusconi's been named "Rockstar of the Year".

    November 26, 2009, 5:34 am
  • Iranian director, opposition campaigner wins award

    LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Iranian film director Mohsen
    Makhmalbaf won the Freedom to Create Prize on Wednesday, and
    dedicated his award to leading cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri and
    the popular opposition movement he supports.

    November 26, 2009, 5:22 am
  • Jackson has break from big budgets in "Lovely Bones"

    LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson
    takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones," an
    adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who
    is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family
    from heaven.

    November 26, 2009, 4:30 am
  • TV accused of fanning Pakistan political instability

    KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's television networks are heaping political pressure on an increasingly unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari with critical and influential programming that offers a voice to the poor.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • China's pandas worth more than Tiger Woods: Australian zoo

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Two giant pandas due to begin a 10-year stay at an Australian zoo could give the local economy a bigger boost than recent visits by Tiger Woods or Lance Armstrong, officials said Wednesday.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • For Afghan poor, Eid charity starts at home

    KABUL (AFP) - At the Kampany market on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, the rain is turning to snow as the livestock traders decide to call it a day and heave their animals back into their trucks.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • France to ban 'psychological violence' in marriage

    PARIS (AFP) - France is to pass a law banning "psychological violence within the couple" and study the idea of tagging violent partners to prevent them stalking their victims, the government said Wednesday.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • 'Delighted' couple holds Australia's first gay union

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Two "delighted" men became Australia's first same-sex couple to hold a legally recognised civil partnership ceremony Wednesday, under new laws which look set to be quickly overturned.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • Gypsies seen as outcasts in new, ultra-conservative Iraq

    AL-ZUHOOR, Iraq (AFP) - Squeezed between a rubbish dump and a dry riverbed, Al-Zuhoor has no clean water or electricity and the gypsies who live here are at the margins of the new, ultra-conservative Iraq.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • Nepal tucks into first international fast-food chain

    KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies.

    November 26, 2009, 4:18 am
  • Adam Lambert makes a splash, but risks losing fans

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Lambert's racy public outing as a solo artist at Sunday's American Music Awards has grabbed headlines and helped send downloads of his debut album soaring worldwide.

    November 26, 2009, 3:40 am
  • Guantanamo novel aimed at teens eyes Costa prize

    LONDON (AFP) - A novel for teenagers about the US prison in Guantanamo Bay written by a rock star's wife was nominated Wednesday for a prestigious children's book prize in Britain.

    November 26, 2009, 3:06 am
  • White House veggies for Obama's big night

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - With arugula straight from his garden and entertainment by two Oscar winners, President Barack Obama offered a fresh take on the state dinner Tuesday in Washington's top social event since his inauguration.

    November 26, 2009, 1:50 am
  • Temper Trap enjoy trappings of success

    Four-time ARIA nominees The Temper Trap aren't backing themselves for a win at this year's awards.

    November 26, 2009, 12:17 am
  • Jackson has break from big budgets in Lovely Bones

    LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones," an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family from heaven.

    November 26, 2009, 12:16 am

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