WASHINGTON- Johnny Depp has been crowned "hat person of the year," beating out other celebrity hat-wearers including US singer Gwen Stefani and Australian actor Hugh Jackman, the US Headwear...
BENGHAZI, Mariano Andrade- Two young Libyans whose rap music is broadcast to the front line by rebel Benghazi radio hope they are helping to maintain the morale of fighters outgunned by Moamer...
PRAGUE, Jan Marchal- Czech freedom icon and ex-president Vaclav Havel has made his dream of celluloid come true with "Leaving", his debut film focused on the ups and downs of a politician ending his...
UNITED NATIONS- Israel has complained to the United Nations for allowing the US premiere of a controversial film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the UN headquarters.
A red-carpet showing of...
BEIJING- China's culture ministry has confirmed American music legend Bob Dylan will be allowed to play in Beijing, the first time in the singer's illustrious career he will have performed in the...
NEW YORK- "Spider-Man," Broadway's troubled, $65 million musical, will get a new director and a makeover after months of technical problems, bad reviews and delays to opening night.
The lead...
KAMPALA- Ugandan activists are protesting against a planned demolition of a city museum thought to be East Africa's oldest, but the tourism minister dismissed them Friday as "just being silly."...
LOS ANGELES- Mel Gibson was ordered to do 16 hours of community service, pursue domestic violence counselling and serve three years' probation, in a deal Friday to end a row over alleged abuse of his...
WARSAW- A Polish collector announced Thursday that he had discovered what he said was a unique photograph of iconic romantic composer and pianist Frederic Chopin taken after his death in 1849....
PARIS- Pope Benedict XVI has dismissed the image of Jesus Christ as a "political revolutionary" in a new book out on Thursday in which he also absolves the Jews of responsibility for Christ's death....