Jul 13 2008
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, the hospital where she was staying in southern France said on Sunday. Oscar winner Jolie, 33, had the twins by caesarean section on Saturday evening at the Lenval hospital in Nice, said...
Jul 12 2008
The Rome Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2008 gave me another reason to believe that a fashion show is not just a gathering of designers displaying their collection and vying for attention. Fashion shows are much more than that; the same was evident in...
Jul 12 2008
Bollywood’s famous Bachchan family will lead a bevy of film stars in a glittering stage show that will travel around the world to promote Hindi-language films. Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, his star son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya...
Jul 10 2008
British author Salman Rushdie won the “Best of the Booker” prize on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards. “Midnight’s Children” won the Booker Prize in 1981,...
Jul 10 2008
A Nevada brothel is trying to stimulate business by offering free gasoline. Clients of the Shady Lady Ranch will get a $50 gas voucher if they fork out $300 — worth about one hour’s worth of services — at the brothel in Beatty,...
Jul 10 2008
Regardless of whether Americans elect the Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama president in November, the man who takes up residency in the White House will be a lefty — at least in terms of the hand he favors.
Jul 5 2008
A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin’s Madame Tussauds museum Saturday, police said. Just minutes after the museum opened, the 41-year-old German man pushed aside two security men...
Jul 1 2008
Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency said on Tuesday. The review of 11 studies worldwide showed...
Jul 1 2008
Angelina Jolie has been admitted to hospital in Nice, southern France, where she expects to give birth to twins, reports said on Tuesday. They said that the 33-year-old Oscar winner, whose partner is Brad Pitt, was admitted to the Lenval Hospital on...
Jul 1 2008
Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on Monday. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world’s richest nation, the...