WASHINGTON, Robert MacPherson- When Chaz Bono takes to the floor on American television's "Dancing with the Stars" later this month, he won't be lacking for fans -- or detractors. The 42-year-old...

VENICE, Ella Ide- Madonna jokingly defended her title as "Queen of Pop" Thursday, quipping she would never give up her throne for love like King Edward VIII -- the subject of her latest film screened...

But there are many personal items as well, such as a squeegee that a window washer used to break through a wall to flee the collapsing World Trade Center, and a clock from the Pentagon that stopped...

TRIPOLI, Dominique Soguel- A tiny bookshop is among the first businesses to throw its doors open in Tripoli one week after the Libyan capital fell to rebels determined to uproot the regime of Moamer...

VENICE, Ella Ide- Cinema enthusiasts are descending on Italy's floating city for the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday with George Clooney's hotly anticipated...

LOS ANGELES- Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodovar will be the guest artistic director at the American Film Institute's 2011 festival in November in Hollywood, the organization said Monday. Almodovar...

"Holding such a festival would dovetail with the state's concerted attempt to portray that all is normal in Kashmir," read the letter, signed among others by leading Kashmiri writers Basharat Peer...

LOS ANGELES- "The Help," a drama about a Southern white woman who writes a book about black women employed as housekeepers in pre-Civil Rights era America, topped the weekend box office, industry...

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce- The Central Intelligence Agency has demanded a publisher make extensive cuts to a book critical of its performance before and after the September 11 attacks, officials said...