Topic: Celebrity News

It was a warm June afternoon in 2008. The scene could take place only in Las Vegas, and in the life of Robin Leach. A cluster of media members was invited to view five tiger cubs under the care of famed illusionists ...

U2 to descend onto red carpet at Toronto film fest

TORONTO (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll icons U2 descend onto the red carpet in Toronto on Thursday for the premier of "From the Sky Down", the first documentary to open the Toronto International Film Festival in its 36-year history.The festival, a widely-watched ...

Reese Witherspoon hit by car while jogging

Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car while out jogging, police and a spokeswoman said.The 35-year-old was struck by a vehicle driven by an 84-year-old local woman while running in the seafront district of Santa Monica ...

Strictly controversial people in dance show series

Robbie Savage, Edwina Currie and Nancy Dell'olio are among a range of controversial sports stars and celebrities who dominate the line up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.Many of the people named today by the BBC as participants in the ...

Strictly controversial people in UK dance show

Robbie Savage, Edwina Currie and Nancy Dell'olio are among a range of controversial sports stars and celebrities who dominate the line up for the new series of British TV show Strictly Come Dancing.Many of the people named today by the BBC as ...

A-listers not spared in pandemic film "Contagion"

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Not even the A-listers are spared in "Contagion," a star-studded movie directed by Steven Soderbergh that recreates the outbreak of a global pandemic.Audiences used to seeing the most famous faces last longest will be in for a surprise ...

Marc Anthony denies affair rumors over J.Lo split

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Marc Anthony on Thursday denied rumors that secret affairs with other women broke apart his marriage to "American Idol" superstar Jennifer Lopez earlier this year.In his first interview since the July announcement of the demise of their ...

Polanski's 'Carnage' wows critics in Venice

Rounds of applause and riotous laughter met Roman Polanski's grotesque comedy of manners "Carnage" at the press screening in Venice on Thursday ahead of the world premiere in the evening.The screen adaptation of playwright Yasmina Reza's acclaimed Broadway play "The God of ...
Warrior cries and brutal decapitations colour the opening scenes in Wei Te-Sheng's "Seediq Bale," the fierce Taiwanese epic running against Hollywood favourites for the Golden Lion award at Venice this year.With a record production cost of 24 million dollars, "Seediq Bale" brings ...

Clooney to kick off star-studded Venice festival

Venice's lagoon was awash with water taxis whisking cinema buffs and paparazzi to the Lido island for the world's oldest film festival on Wednesday, ahead of a star-studded opening evening ceremony.Hollywood beau George Clooney's fourth film as a director, "Ides of March", ...