http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/100-celebrity.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/100-celebrity.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097972-annotated-harry-potter-1st-edition-auction.html LONDON (AP) — A first edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations is going on sale at a charity auction. The personal annotations from the best-selling author included comments on the process of writing and a section from an early draft of the novel. They also included a n... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:50:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097972-annotated-harry-potter-1st-edition-auction.html 2013-05-20T17:50:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial. The French film festival has rolled out the red carpet for Indian cinema this year, with events including a gala dinner and screening Sunday of "Bombay Talkies," a portmanteau movie with four dire... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html 2013-05-20T16:34:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096106-coens-folk-revival-llewyn-serenades-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician. "Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered Sunday night. Joel and Ethan Coen said their primary inter... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096106-coens-folk-revival-llewyn-serenades-cannes.html 2013-05-19T17:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096072-devilish-dutch-drama-borgman-debuts-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — There's something nasty lurking in the woods — and inside the characters' heads — in darkly comic Cannes Film Festival entry "Borgman." In Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam's supernaturally-tinged psychological drama, a mysterious interloper emerges from a forest and knocks on the door of a wealthy family's modernist mansion. Borgman... Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096072-devilish-dutch-drama-borgman-debuts-cannes.html 2013-05-19T13:13:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096060-dior-presents-cruise-fashions-amid-stars-monaco.html MONACO (AP) — The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show. With the Mediterranean Sea the picturesque backdrop, Dior showcased its 2014 collection on Saturday night. It was a wet, cold and generally miserable outside the white stage, but Raf Simons' designs provided t... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:40:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096060-dior-presents-cruise-fashions-amid-stars-monaco.html 2013-05-19T12:40:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095156-cannes-helps-actors-bejo-rahim-cross-borders.html CANNES, France (AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. But the world's leading film festival can transform careers — something no one knows that better than actors Berenice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, stars of director Asgh... Sun, 19 May 2013 07:06:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095156-cannes-helps-actors-bejo-rahim-cross-borders.html 2013-05-19T07:06:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2094740-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2094740-denmarks-de-forest-wins-eurovision-song-contest.html 2013-05-19T00:23:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095642-catching-fire-dampened-drowned-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party. Stars of the "Hunger Games" sequel, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin, arrived Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. "Catching Fire," perhaps more than any other film ... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:31:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095642-catching-fire-dampened-drowned-cannes.html 2013-05-18T23:31:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehr... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html 2013-05-18T20:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2089790-hot-press-heard-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: Will a switched-at-birth Japanese drama tug on Steven Spielberg's heart strings? The Cannes Film Festival was wondering that Saturday, when Kore-eda Hirokazu's elegant and emotional "Like Father, Like Son" premiered. It quickly emerged as an early con... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2089790-hot-press-heard-cannes.html 2013-05-18T18:48:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095000-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html CANNES, France (AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin, made its premiere Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where it's among 20 movies comp... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:26:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2095000-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html 2013-05-18T14:26:22Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2092794-top-ranked-djokovic-beaten-berdych-rome.html ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic can't seem to find any consistency on clay courts. And with the French Open less than 10 days away, he will enter Roland Garros on the back of two early defeats. The top-ranked Serb wasted a chance to serve out the match and was beaten 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 by sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych in the Italian Open quarterfinals Friday. In the s... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2092794-top-ranked-djokovic-beaten-berdych-rome.html 2013-05-17T22:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2094104-panic-blanks-fired-cannes-tv.html CANNES, France (AP) — A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover. Actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil were among guests being interviewed on the Canal Plus program "Le Grand Journal" when what sounded like gunfire rang o... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2094104-panic-blanks-fired-cannes-tv.html 2013-05-17T21:40:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2093780-irans-farhadi-chinas-jia-cannes-splash.html CANNES, France (AP) — Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — one exploring China's social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart. Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin" depicts facets of fast-changing China the government prefers to avoid: corruptio... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2093780-irans-farhadi-chinas-jia-cannes-splash.html 2013-05-17T20:14:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092984-1-jewelry-stolen-cannes-film-fest.html PARIS (AP) — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday. The apparently well-planned robbery at the Novotel... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:12:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092984-1-jewelry-stolen-cannes-film-fest.html 2013-05-17T18:12:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2093590-retirement-tests-beckham-built-lasting-brand.html PARIS (AP) — David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. Listed as the world's highest-earning athlete for 2013, Beckham's retirement from play still leaves him with valuable endorsements and unparalleled celebrity. The question is whether he can maintain it. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:54:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2093590-retirement-tests-beckham-built-lasting-brand.html 2013-05-17T17:54:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2093564-the-audience-to-us-nursing.html NEW YORK (AP) — A special audience will get to see Helen Mirren onstage next month in London in the play "The Audience" — some retired show business veterans in a New Jersey nursing home. The live cinema event company BY Experience said Friday it will show a live performance of Peter Morgan's play with residents of the The Lillian Booth Actors Home in New... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2093564-the-audience-to-us-nursing.html 2013-05-17T17:45:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092970-george-michael-injured-car-crash.html LONDON (AP) — George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. A statement released Friday said the singer was in an accident on Thursday night and suffered "superficial cuts and bruises." The statement from publicist Connie Filippello said no other vehic... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:18:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2092970-george-michael-injured-car-crash.html 2013-05-17T15:18:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2092026-beckham-brought-credibility-visibility-to-mls.html Ask someone in Asia or Europe a decade ago what they knew about the Galaxy, and odds are the answer would have been limited to planets or stars. Nowadays, it's likely to include a reference to "Beckham's team," the Major League Soccer franchise in Los Angeles. By making the growth of football in the United States his pet project, David Beckham put the spo... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:15:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2092026-beckham-brought-credibility-visibility-to-mls.html 2013-05-17T00:15:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2091284-coppolas-bling-ring-decadent-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola said in an interview Thursday on the roof of the Palais, the festiv... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:49:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2091284-coppolas-bling-ring-decadent-cannes.html 2013-05-16T18:49:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2091196-beckham-sports-icon-times.html LONDON (AP) — David Beckham's retirement will bring an end to a footballing career that went far beyond his sport, and turned a gangly teenager from east London into one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. Hugely gifted as a player, though far from ranking with the greats such as Pele, Maradona and Lionel Messi, Beckham's true genius has been hi... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2091196-beckham-sports-icon-times.html 2013-05-16T18:35:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090958-coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law.html LONDON (AP) — Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment." In an open letter to Spain's legislature released Thursday, Coetzee called bullfights "a throwback to a time when people took no heed of the feelings of an... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:21:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090958-coetzee-tells-spain-drop-pro-bullfighting-law.html 2013-05-16T17:21:54Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2090272-beckham-to-retire-football-season.html LONDON (AP) — David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that made him a global celebrity. The 38-year-old former England captain, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain, said Thursday he will retire after the season. "... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/soccer/2090272-beckham-to-retire-football-season.html 2013-05-16T17:15:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090662-cannes-watson-revels-post-potter-freedom.html CANNES, France (AP) — Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the French Riviera festival. The British actress plays a celebrity-ob... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:59:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090662-cannes-watson-revels-post-potter-freedom.html 2013-05-16T16:59:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090372-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html CANNES, France (AP) — Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. In the recently released film, Moore portrays a rock-star mom going through a bitter divorce who's having trouble connecting to her 6-year-old daughter, Maisie. The role couldn't have ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2090372-julianne-moore-bad-mom-role-antithesis.html 2013-05-16T14:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2086660-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-polo-match.html GREENWICH, Connecticut (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry complimented the American people for their generosity and touted the successes of his charity for African children as he wrapped up a weeklong trip to the U.S. with a polo match in an affluent New York City suburb. The prince's team won 4-3 after he scored a game-tying goal Wednesday afternoon at the Gr... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2086660-prince-harry-ends-us-visit-with-polo-match.html 2013-05-15T21:09:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2086778-dicaprio-spielberg-open-stormy-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera. Amid heavy rain, dancing flappers flocked down the Cannes red carpet Wednesday night, bringing a touch of the Jazz Age to the Croisette. "Gatsby" stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey ... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2086778-dicaprio-spielberg-open-stormy-cannes.html 2013-05-15T18:32:07Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2087174-dicaprios-gatsby-brings-1920s-glamor-to-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio read and loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager. But he says he only recently began to understand it. The star of Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic screen adaptation, said reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's book again, he came to believe that it was not the tale of tragic romance he had once believed.... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:27:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2087174-dicaprios-gatsby-brings-1920s-glamor-to-cannes.html 2013-05-15T14:27:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2087010-zoe-saldana-brushes-criticism-simone-role.html LONDON (AP) — Zoe Saldana has played an alien and a future space traveler — but taking on the role of an actual famous person proved even harder. The 34-year-old star of "Avatar" and "Star Trek" plays pianist, singer and activist Nina Simone in the forthcoming biopic "Nina." Her casting drew criticism from some, who argued that Saldana bears little resemb... 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