BERLIN, Deborah Cole- It's survived two world wars, communist spies and a Quentin Tarantino movie production and at the ripe age of 100, Berlin's most legendary dance hall is also among its most...
NEW YORK CITY- New York's Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday it has expanded its program of live broadcasts for the 2013-2014 season, with 10 operas to be shown in 1,900 movie theaters in dozens of...
LOS ANGELES- Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers Tuesday to back a bill aimed at limiting the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities, local...
JOHANNESBURG- South Africa's Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius is trying to negotiate an out-of-court compensation deal with the parents of his slain lover Reeva Steenkamp, a local newspaper...
WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- American crime writer Elmore Leonard, whose sparely written novels about guys with guns inspired Hollywood films like "Get Shorty" and "Jackie Brown," died Tuesday at the...
SANTIAGO- Scientists testing the remains of Pablo Neruda confirmed the Chilean poet had advanced prostate cancer but it's too early to rule on assertions he was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship...
PRETORIA, Johannes Myburgh, Stephanie Findlay- Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius will go on trial in March charged with murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, a South African magistrate...
NEW YORK CITY, Robert Macpherson- There's nothing trashy about Gregory Kloehn's Brooklyn pied-a-terre: a live-in dumpster that sleeps two with ease, hosts impromptu barbecue parties and sports its...
LOS ANGELES- "The Butler," about an African American who watches civil rights history in the making as a White House butler, debuted at the top of the North American box office, estimates showed...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- The world's press will train their lenses on Britain's new royal baby next month, but after a career spent snapping the family in the most unflattering light, Ray Bellisario...