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| Halle Berry's ex claims he was victim in Thanksgiving brawl Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:41 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry on Monday won a restraining order against the actress's current lover, as the two men fought in the Los Angeles courts over who started their Thanksgiving Day brawl. Releasing photos of himself with a black eye and cuts to his face, Aubry claimed that he was the victim in the November 22 punch-up with Berry's fiancé, French actor Olivier Martinez, in the driveway of her Los Angeles house. ... Full Story | Top |
| Daughter of Anna Nicole Smith, 6, models for Guess Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:33 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The six-year-old daughter of dead Playboy model and reality television star Anna Nicole Smith has stepped in front of the camera like her mother to model for U.S. clothing brand Guess, the company said on Monday. Photos of Dannielynn Birkhead, who was five-months-old when her mother died in 2007, were released as part of a campaign for the brand's kids line. Smith - best known for marrying oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall when he was 89 and she was 26 - famously modeled for Guess in 1992-93 shortly after appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine. ... Full Story | Top |
| Father's shadow looms over Australian billionaire's book launch Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:16 PM PST SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart, one of the world's wealthiest people, has displayed a trait rarely revealed publicly among the super-rich: insecurity. Rinehart's first book was eagerly awaited by an Australian public enthralled and sometimes appalled by her story of big business, family feuds and almost unimaginable wealth. But the 58-year-old widow with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $18 billion, played it safe at the launch of the book, 'Northern Australia and Then Some: Changes we need to make our country rich'. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bin Laden movie "Zero Dark Thirty" based on first-hand accounts Monday, Nov 26, 2012 05:09 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of a Hollywood movie about the U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied asking for classified material for their film, but say they did conduct interviews with a CIA officer and others at the heart of the decade-long hunt for the al Qaeda leader. "It was all based on first-hand accounts so it really felt very vivid and very vital and very, very immediate and visceral of course which is very exciting as a filmmaker," Kathryn Bigelow, director of "Zero Dark Thirty," told ABC News in an interview airing on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Zealand becomes Middle Earth as Hobbit mania takes hold Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:44 PM PST  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's capital city was rushing to complete its transformation into a haven for hairy feet and pointed ears on Tuesday as stars jetted in for the long-awaited world premiere of the first movie of the Hobbit trilogy. Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, has renamed itself "the Middle of Middle Earth", as fans held costume parties and city workers prepared to lay 500 m (550 yards) of red carpet. A specially Hobbit-decorated Air New Zealand jet brought in cast, crew and studio officials for the premiere. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lindsay Lohan befriended by Sheen, loses out as Liz Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:26 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood bad boy Charlie Sheen found a kindred spirit in actress Lindsay Lohan when they worked on the set of "Scary Movie 5" and gave the actress $100,000 to pay off some of her overdue taxes. Sheen's camp on Monday confirmed that the "Anger Management" star gave the cash gift to the in-and-out-of-trouble Lohan who reportedly owes the U.S. government more than $200,000 in unpaid taxes for 2009 and 2010. "Charlie has a long history of helping out his friends in many ways and this is just another example of that," Sheen's publicist Larry Solters said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Jersey's Christie, more popular than ever, seeks re-election Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:44 PM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican star who has enjoying record-high popularity for his hands-on approach to Superstorm Sandy, on Monday filed papers announcing his intention to seek a second term next November. Christie, a popular surrogate on Republican Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign, delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention this summer and is considered a popular choice to run for president in 2016. ... Full Story | Top |
| "Two and a Half Men" star finds religion, calls TV show "filth" Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:36 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Angus T. Jones, star of CBS's raunchy television comedy "Two and a Half Men", has urged viewers to change the channel, saying his new-found religious beliefs are at odds with his job playing a fun-loving teen on the popular show. Jones, 19, who has played Jake Harper - the son of Jon Cryer's character Alan - for nine years, appealed to fans to stop watching the show "and filling your head with filth. ... Full Story | Top |
| Olympic opening ceremony wins UK theater award Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:17 PM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Film director Danny Boyle won an Evening Standard Theatre Award late on Sunday for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, which was warmly praised in Britain but befuddled many overseas viewers. The ceremony, a kaleidoscopic romp through Britain's recent history packed with references to literature and music, was honored with the Beyond Theatre award by the free London newspaper. Evening Standard editor Sarah Sands, who was also a judge at the annual awards, said the ceremony became a "metaphor for national hope. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beyonce to direct documentary about herself for HBO Monday, Nov 26, 2012 11:59 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Beyonce is stepping behind the camera to direct a behind-the-scenes documentary about her personal and professional life, U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday. The currently untitled film will debut on February 16 and show the Grammy-winning singer's life in the recording studio, readying for live performances and running her own TV and music production company. "Everybody knows Beyonce's music, but few know Beyonce the person," HBO Programming President Michael Lombardo said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| From trash to treasure: Everest litter becomes art Monday, Nov 26, 2012 10:03 AM PST KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Fifteen Nepali artists were closeted for a month with a heap of 1.5 metric tons (1.7 tons) of trash picked up from Mount Everest. When they emerged, they had transformed the litter into art. The 75 sculptures, including one of a yak and another of wind chimes, were made from empty oxygen bottles, gas canisters, food cans, torn tents, ropes, crampons, boots, plates, twisted aluminum ladders and torn plastic bags dumped by climbers over decades on the slopes of the world's highest mountain. ... Full Story | Top |
| Robbie Williams aims to seal solo legacy with tour Monday, Nov 26, 2012 09:47 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Still famous as the in-again/out-again member of chart-topping boyband Take That, British singer Robbie Williams says it is time to get serious as a solo artist and prove his place at the top of the pop pile. Williams told reporters on Monday he planned a 15-date European stadium tour kicking off in Manchester on June 19, 2013 and concluding in Tallinn, Estonia on August 20. "I'm buzzing. I'm ready to go. I haven't done a tour of this size since 2006," he said in London. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rolling Stones give satisfaction despite high prices Monday, Nov 26, 2012 08:39 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones pranced, swaggered and laughed through the first of five concerts, celebrating their golden jubilee with a performance that critics said helped justify high ticket costs. Virtually every reviewer at the first of two shows in London's O2 Arena on Sunday night mentioned the controversy over high prices, but almost all of them said it was worth it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Grandfather takes China by storm - as women's fashion model Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:22 AM PST  GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Liu Qianping was visiting his 24-year-old granddaughter in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou recently when the women's clothes the aspiring fashion entrepreneur was packing into boxes caught his eye. His visit came as the model that granddaughter Lu Ting and four friends had booked for a photo shoot to promote their online fashion business suddenly canceled, dealing a setback to their new venture. But Liu, a 72-year-old former farmer visiting to escape the chilly winter of central Hunan province, stepped in to help. ... Full Story | Top |
| China's Ping An eyes legal action after NYT reports on premier's family wealth Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:42 AM PST  (Reuters) - China's second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen Jiabao's relatives had accumulated massive wealth, largely through holdings in the firm. In a written statement on Monday, Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd said it had "noted recent media coverage related to the company, which contains serious inaccuracies, facts being distorted and taken out of context, as well as flawed logic". ... Full Story | Top |
| Olympus whistleblower eyes movie deal with le Carré sons Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:57 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Woodford, the former CEO-turned whistleblower of Japan's Olympus, is close to signing a movie deal with the British film production company run by the sons of spy thriller author John le Carré. Woodford, summarily fired last year after raising the alarm over $1.7 billion of shady Olympus payments, said he had yet to sign the deal with The Ink Factory, noting there was also interest from other parties. But he told Reuters: "I probably will commit to this because I like the way they do things." John le Carré is the nom de plume of David Cornwell, the spy-turned-author. ... Full Story | Top |
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