JORHAT- An Indian woman is hoping to enter the record books as the world's "hottest" woman after munching 51 fiery chillies in two minutes, organisers of the feat said Friday. Anandita Dutta...

PARIS, April 8, 2009 (AFP) - A French comic will go on trial next month on charges of anti-Semitism after he awarded a prize to a Holocaust denier during a comedy show, prosecutors said Wednesday....

MOUGINS- Former US president Bill Clinton will join actress Sharon Stone at this year's star-studded AIDS fund-raiser in southern France, held each May on the fringes of the Cannes film festival,...

PARIS (AFP) - The world's two most glamorous first ladies met Friday on the sidelines of the NATO summit, giving observers an insight into their very different approaches to style. For the new...

British supermodel Naomi Campbell lashed out Friday at what she sees as latent racism in the fashion industry, which she said gives preference to "blond, blue-eyed models" over black women. "You...

LOS ANGELES, April 2, 2009 (AFP) - US television network CBS has decided to pull the curtain on "Guiding Light," a daytime drama that started on the radio before it moved to television in 1952,...

KABUL, Sardar Ahmad- Lema Sahar never ventured out in public without an all-enveloping burqa -- not until she jumped on stage and sang her heart out in the Afghan version of "American Idol". In a...

Giorgio Armani brought his trademark jaunty sophistication to Milan's catwalks on Thursday, inviting insouciance despite trying times. Propping classic silhouettes on super-high stilettos, the...

An Ethiopian film bringing to life the horrifically brutal 1970s and 1980s regime of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam took top honours Saturday at Africa's main film festival. "Teza" by US-based,...