NEW YORK, Jennie Matthew- Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday, was hailed as the finest character actor of his generation but struggled with fame and...
WASHINGTON- Pop star Katy Perry made Twitter history Friday, becoming the first person ever with more than 50 million followers on the microblogging website. Twitter Counter, a service for tracking...
VIENNA, Christophe Schmidt- Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Oscar for best actor for his role in the 1961 film "Judgment at Nuremberg", has died at the age of 83, his agent announced...
LONDON- After years of squabbling, Harry Potter's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Grainger finally became an item -- but now their creator JK Rowling has admitted she made a mistake by marrying...
TOKYO, Hiroshi Hiyama- A trove of ancient documents unearthed at the Vatican could shed light on the brutal crackdown on Christianity in isolationist Japan under its samurai rulers, scholars say. The...
BOLOGNA- Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is going on show in the city of Bologna in Italy next month but the arrival of the celebrated painting of a young beauty is...
BUCHAREST- One of Europe's oldest Yiddish theatres, the State Jewish Theatre of Bucharest, has been forced to close down after its roof was damaged by the snowstorms sweeping Romania. "This is a...
BERLIN- The 64th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, starts next month with 23 international productions screening in the main showcase. Twenty pictures will vie for the Golden...
LOS ANGELES- "Pulp Fiction" director Quentin Tarantino sued gossip website Gawker Monday, seeking at least $2 million over the publication of a leaked screenplay for what was to be his latest movie....
WASHINGTON, Robert Macpherson- Pete Seeger. Folk music legend. Born in New York on May 3, 1919. Died Monday in the same city at the age of 94. Survived by protest songs of all kinds, in all genres....
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