Celebrity

Oscars Academy honors Pedro Almodovar in London
Iconoclastic director Pedro Almodovar was hailed by Hollywood on Thursday at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences retrospective in London.
Autopsy results on nurse in hoax due out Thursday
The result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed ...
Prince William graces 'Hobbit' green carpet in UK
Prince William is joining stars such as Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett on the green carpet in London for the U.K. premiere of "The Hobbit," the first ...
A look at prolific Twitter accounts
Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of ...
Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
Famed for her beauty that matched her serene voice, Swiss-born diva Lisa Della Casa swept up crowds at opera houses of the past century with an ...
Mick Jagger love letters sell for $300,000
Jumpin' Jack Flash! A batch of love letters written by Mick Jagger to a 1960s muse have sold at auction for 187,250 pounds ($301,472). Sotheby's says ...
Critics savage Spice Girls stage musical
The critics have spoken — "Viva Forever" did not spice up their lives. British reviewers were scathing Wednesday about the big-budget stage show built ...
Spice Girls musical 'Viva Forever' opens in London
"Viva Forever"? Time will tell. Girl Power lit up London's West End on Tuesday at the premiere of the new Spice Girls musical — but audiences and ...
US actress Parker hails EU as example for America
American actress Sarah Jessica Parker praised the EU on Tuesday for winning the Nobel Peace Prize for pacifying Europe and uniting its different ...
Cowboys player death raises question of safety net
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Demarcus Dobbs walked away from a one-vehicle accident on his 25th birthday last month and was arrested on suspicion ...
Australian DJs apologize for royal hoax call
They say they expected a hang-up and a few laughs. Instead, the Australian DJs behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant ...
Revival of racism, fan unrest haunts English game
Another Premier League weekend scarred by racist abuse, and the coin attack that left Rio Ferdinand dripping in blood at the Manchester derby, has ...
Napoli could be penalized for match-fixing
Napoli went on trial for match-fixing Monday and could be docked points after its former goalkeeper confessed to arranging the result of a game three ...
French star Depardieu moves to lower-tax Belgium
A Belgian mayor says famed French actor Gerard Depardieu has bought a home and set up legal residence in his small town, lured by the food, the ...
Australian radio chair: Station reviewing policy
The reverberations from the death of a nurse who accepted a hoax phone call about the ill Duchess of Cambridge spread through two countries Sunday, ...
Anger at Australian radio station over royal hoax
It started out as a joke, but ended in tragedy. The sudden death of a nurse who unwittingly accepted a prank call to a London hospital about Prince ...
Lady Gaga thanks Russian PM Medvedev
Lady Gaga has expressed "her gratitude" to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for opposing regional laws that make it a crime to provide minors ...
UK hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a ...
2 men convicted on attack on player
A Cologne court on Friday convicted two men of assaulting Bayer Leverkusen's Czech Republic defender Michal Kadlec and breaking his nose eight months ...
Hospital: Nurse involved in Kate hoax call dies
A nurse who fell victim to a prank telephone call seeking information about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge has died, the London hospital where she ...
Pregnant Kate discharged from London hospital
The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Clutching a small ...
Aussies sorry for crank call to Kate's hospital
Two Australian radio disc jockeys apologized Wednesday after impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles in a prank call and getting a London ...
Possible Wintour appointment gets London talking
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams ... and now Anna Wintour? A report suggesting that the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue is one ...
Royal pregnancy highlights succession issues
The business of monarchy has always been stacked in favor of men. Not any more — or so the British government promises. The first child of Prince ...
US reacts with joy to royal baby news
An heir to the British throne is on the way — and Americans may be as enthralled as the Brits. This former colony has been riveted by the royal news ...