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Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and ...
Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime, is coming to ...
Jewelry stolen a 2nd time during Cannes festival
A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace. A police official ...
Newly found Pearl S. Buck book is to be published
A newly discovered novel by the late Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck is to be released this fall. New York-based Open Road Integrated Media ...
Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral
Writer Chinua Achebe is being remembered in Nigeria as a fearless writer who bowed to no political pressure. Mourners gathered in his hometown for a ...
Lea Michele has book scheduled for 2014 release
Lea Michele has stories to share about the many auditions she has passed. The "Glee" actress has a deal with Harmony Books, a Random House Inc.
Singer Nick Carter to release memoir Sept. 24
Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book. The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk ...
EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation
The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind. Last week, the European ...
West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'
One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the ...
For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot
For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot. Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on ...
Paul McCartney writes in support of Pussy Riot
Beatles frontman Paul McCartney has asked a Russian judge to release members of the Pussy Riot punk group from prison. In letters dated Monday and ...
Brown hounded for calling Manila 'gates of hell'
Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the ...
Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94
Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with ...
Talk of lies, pride as Trump case goes to jury
The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he ...
ND ad agency sues creators of Cartoon Network show
A North Dakota advertising agency is suing the creators of a Cartoon Network show, alleging that they copied a state marketing campaign. H2M, a ...
Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book ...
Douglas, Damon dramatize a steamy showbiz affair
The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the ...
Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'
Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a ...
Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time ...
Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography
James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that. The 35-year-old American has already played ...
Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading
Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is. "What separates me from someone in the ...
Monroe's photos for Prague exhibition stolen
A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the PR agency ...
'GMA' host Roberts to write memoir about illness
Robin Roberts will tell the story of her battle with a life-threatening illness in a new memoir. Grand Central Publishing says the "Good Morning ...
Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet. An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an ...
Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ
Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the ...