Entertainment

Chanel in court accused of counterfeiting - 11/06/2009

PARIS, Ingrid Bazinet - French fashion giant Chanel was accused in court Friday of stealing a supplier's design in a case that could have a bearing on the rights of skilled artisans toiling in the...

No bidders for eternity with Marilyn Monroe - 11/04/2009

LOS ANGELES - A legion of male admirers found her irresistible before her death but Marilyn Monroe has not been able to exert the same kind of pull in the afterlife. A fresh Internet auction for a...

Man charged over stalking 'Idol' host Seacrest - 11/03/2009

LOS ANGELES - A 25-year-old man has been charged with stalking television personality Ryan Seacrest, the host of hit reality singing show "American Idol", prosecutors in Los Angeles said Monday. A...

Luxury brand Versace announces crisis cuts - 10/29/2009

MILAN - Top Italian luxury goods firm Versace said Wednesday it will cut a quarter of its workforce and expects to report a loss for 2009 as demand for its products has shrunk in the economic...

Rock band Editors open new chapter with third album - 10/18/2009

PARIS, Benedicte Rey- With dark, powerful "In this light and on this evening", coming out this week, British rock group Editors open a new chapter and swap guitars for synthesisers in a third album...

Canadian 'space clown' returns to Earth - 10/12/2009

MOSCOW, Alexander Osipovich - Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte returned to Earth on Sunday, wearing his trademark red clown nose, when a Soyuz capsule carrying him and two astronauts landed...

Jackson doctor in child support probe - 10/09/2009

LAS VEGAS - The doctor investigated in connection with pop star Michael Jackson’s death is facing an arrest warrant for failing to appear for a child-support hearing, officials confirmed Thursday....

Celebrities to judge videos backing US health care reforms - 10/08/2009

WASHINGTON - A star-studded panel including Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am will pick the winner of a contest to produce a video backing President Barack Obama's proposed health care reforms,...

Chanel goes rustic - 10/07/2009

PARIS, Sarah Shard - The last place one might expect to find a Chanel girl in all her finery would be rolling around in a hayloft, but Karl Lagerfeld likes springing surprises. For his...

Mannequins hit by discrimination -- and loss of face - 10/05/2009

PARIS, Claire Rosemberg - As blue-eyed blondes increasingly hog the catwalks, discrimination is also at work in the weird and wonderful world of the fashion mannequin. "Black mannequins don't...
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