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Hermes lets clothes do the talking in classy show
Hermes has become a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy ...
Dior Homme creates the space-age businessman
It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black ...
Filmmaker Dabis casts fresh Sundance face: herself
Filmmaker Cherien Dabis has introduced a fresh new actor to crowds at the Sundance Film Festival: herself. In her latest trip to the ...
Marines studying mindfulness-based training
The U.S. Marine Corps, known for turning out some of the military's toughest warriors, is studying how to make its troops even tougher through ...
Bellucci says next movie will be filmed in Bosnia
Italian actress Monica Bellucci says her next movie will be filmed in Bosnia by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. Bellucci arrived in Banja Luka, the ...
Sundance: Cera misses out on mescaline head trip
Michael Cera can tell you how to cook a cactus to extract its psychedelic mescaline. But he can't tell you what a mescaline head trip is like, even ...
Bolshoi director needs more surgery after attack
Russian officials say the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet will need at least one more operation after an attacker threw acid in his face and ...
Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash
Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's ...
Joshua Tree spider species named for U2's Bono
It appeared Bono and arachnids didn't mix when his "Spider-Man" musical had a rough Broadway run, but that didn't keep a biologist from naming an ...
Armstrong emotional when recalling talk with son
Lance Armstrong finally cracked. Not while expressing deep remorse or regrets, though there was plenty of that in Friday night's second part of ...
Rebellious Macedonian village stages carnival
The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms. They are a ...
State Dept. issues Mali travel warning
The State Department is telling dependents of its employees working in the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali, to leave. In a travel warning issued Friday, ...
J.J. Abrams to produce Lance Armstrong biopic
He's already gotten the Oprah treatment. Now Lance Armstrong is headed for the silver screen. Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' production company, ...
Disney CEO Iger sees 2012 pay rise to $37.1M
Disney CEO Bob Iger's pay package got an 18 percent boost last year to $37.1 million as the company posted record revenue, net income and earnings per ...
Robert Chew, actor on 'The Wire' dies at 52
Robert Chew, who played Proposition Joe on the HBO series "The Wire," has died. He was 52. His sister, Clarice Chew, said he suffered a heart attack ...
Givenchy makes menswear combatorial
Gladiatorial combat is in the air for Givenchy's ever-creative Riccardo Tisci. For the fall-winter 2013 menswear show, the Italian designer delved ...
Brazil judge orders '50 Shades of Grey' removed
A Brazilian judge has ordered the erotic trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" taken off the shelves of bookstores in the city of Macae, or at least wrapped ...
Anita Hill reflects on Senate hearings in 'Anita'
Anita Hill made national headlines in 1991 when she testified that then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made sexually inappropriate comments ...
Joseph Beuys inspires slouchy John Galliano show
The trilby hat and short, baggy pants of German artist Joseph Beuys was the muse behind John Galliano's fall-winter 2013 show. Designer Bill Gaytten ...
Colbert's sister entering SC congressional race
No joke. While comedian Stephen Colbert once spoofed that he was running for the president of the United States of South Carolina, his sister really ...
Poland's National Museum expands modern art wing
Poland's National Museum in Warsaw has opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th- and 21st-century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most ...
'Django Unchained' action figures discontinued
The Weinstein Co. has asked a toy maker to discontinue a line of "Django Unchained" action figures after receiving complaints that they were offensive
Armstrong interview draws 3.2 million viewers
Oprah Winfrey's much-anticipated interview with Lance Armstrong was seen by a total of 4.3 million viewers in back-to-back airings Thursday night on ...
Bernal hits Sundance to share tragic border story
Gael Garcia Bernal has journeyed north to the Sundance Film Festival to share the tragic story of another traveler. The Mexican actor is a producer ...
Bolshoi ballet chief has surgery after acid attack
An acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet has shone the spotlight on the fierce "Black Swan" -like competition for starring roles ...