Entertainment & Arts
French actress linked to Hollande sues magazine over affair report
French actress Julie Gayet has initiated a privacy suit against Closer magazine over its report that she was having an affair with ...Former Miss Venezuela and British ex-husband shot dead by robbers
A former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband have been shot dead in front of their 5-year-old daughter as they resisted robbers by ...Ugandan parliament passes anti-homosexuality law
Uganda\'s parliament has passed a bill that would make some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison.Russia approves amnesty covering punk band members, Greenpeace
Russian lawmakers have approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that could free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while ...Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dies at age 96
Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine has died at the age of 96 in her home in Carmel, California.Somalia court sentences woman who reported rape
A Somali court has sentenced to jail a woman who said she was raped and two journalists who reported her story.Kennedy Center honors Billy Joel, Shirley MacLaine and others
An actress, an opera singer, two musicians, and one singer/musician have received the 36th annual Kennedy Centers Honors for lifetime achievement.Cuba closes privately owned movie theaters, video arcades
Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as ...Canadian author Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature 2013
Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature and became the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize since its launch ...Morocco teenagers arrested after posting kissing photo on Facebook
Moroccan police have arrested a teenage boy and girl for posting a photo on Facebook of them kissing, with the incident provoking ...