Arts

Hairdresser defrauds Jennifer Aniston, Cher, Anne Hathaway - 08/20/2010

LOS ANGELES- Police have arrested a Beverly Hills hairdresser accused of defrauding high-profile celebrity clients including Jennifer Aniston, Cher and Anne Hathaway. Maria Gabriela Perez, 51, is...

Jolie donates 100,000 dollars to aid Pakistan - 08/19/2010

PARIS- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, in Europe to promote her spy thriller "Salt", has handed 100,000 dollars (78,000 euros) to help refugees from Pakistan's floods, UN sources told AFP. A crowd...

50 years after Beatles' first gig, Hamburg pays tribute - 08/19/2010

BERLIN- The club where the Beatles played their first gig 50 years ago in the German city of Hamburg is hosting four anniversary concerts featuring a tribute band starting from Tuesday, the...

Jazz photographer Herman Leonard dead at 87 - 08/17/2010

LOS ANGELES- American photographer Herman Leonard, whose smoky black-and-white pictures immortalized jazz stars between the 1940s and 1960s, died this weekend aged 87, his spokesman said in a...

John Lennon's letter to British singer arrives 34 years late - 08/17/2010

LONDON- A British folk singer who expressed fears that success and wealth could ruin his songwriting revealed Monday how John Lennon sent him a letter of reassurance -- but it did not reach him for...

Blair to give memoir proceeds to veterans' charity - 08/16/2010

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Tony Blair, the prime minister who led Britain into the Iraq and Afghan wars, will give the multi-million dollar proceeds of his autobiography to a veterans' charity, his...

Tearful German pop star confesses in HIV trial - 08/16/2010

DARMSTADT, Carsten Hauptmeier- A German pop star made a tearful courtroom apology Monday for keeping her HIV status a secret from her sexual partners, before being confronted by an ex-lover who...

Stallone's 'Expendables' storm US, Canadian box office - 08/15/2010

LOS ANGELES- Sylvester Stallone roughed up rival flicks as his "The Expendables" took the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, netting 35 million dollars, Exhibitor...

Tibetans protest China 'propaganda' in Taiwan exhibition - 08/15/2010

TAIPEI- Dozens of Tibetans and their Taiwanese supporters protested against China Sunday, accusing Beijing of using an exhibition of "looted" Tibetan artifacts as political propaganda. More than...

Egypt's Islamic art museum reopens after 8-year restoration - 08/15/2010

CAIRO- The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However, the...
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