BEIRUT- Two Lebanese television networks were banned Friday from showing an Iranian-made biopic on the life of Jesus Christ, officials said after the film sparked outrage among the country's...

PARIS- French screen siren Brigitte Bardot warned Thursday she would not authorise Hollywood film makers to shoot a movie about her life, arguing that no other actress could capture her personality....

CAIRO, Christophe de Roquefeuil- Muslims in much of the Middle East will begin the fasting month of Ramadan on Wednesday during an especially gruelling time of the year, with sweltering heat and...

PAJU, Nam You-Sun- More than 30 years after the untimely death of Elvis Presley, devotees worldwide are still paying fervent tribute to the King of Rock'n Roll. They don't come more ardent than...

SALZBURG, Simon Morgan- What better way for the Salzburg festival to celebrate its 90th anniversary than with a new production of an opera by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, two of the...

STOCKHOLM- A number of Sweden's largest publishing houses said Monday they would put out a translation of works by a journalist imprisoned in Eritrea for nearly a decade without trial to highlight...

THE HAGUE- US actress Mia Farrow, who testified on Monday in the trial of Liberia's Charles Taylor, is a Hollywood star who has become known in latter years for her work for children's rights. A...

NEW YORK- Leftist historian and French socialism specialist Tony Judt, who once described himself as a "looney-tunes leftie, self-hating Jewish communist", has died at his home in Manhattan, aged 62,...

LOS ANGELES,- Oscar-winning British actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson was the toast of Tinseltown on Friday, receiving the 2,416th star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame" -- outside an English-themed...