PARIS (AFP) - - Personal letters, first edition copies and even a suicide note penned by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire go on sale next week in Paris. More »
PARIS (AFP) - - Personal letters, first edition copies and even a suicide note penned by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire go on sale next week in Paris. More »
MALAKOFF, France (AFP) - - A French artist has struck an unusual deal to sell his latest work: instead of paying up front, the buyer will hand over a regular fee until the artist dies.
CHICAGO (AFP) - - Playboy, which has been struggling in the digital age, said Tuesday it will outsource publication of the iconic magazine to American Media Inc. in a cost-cutting move.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Australian heartthrob Hugh Jackman is joining forces with Steven Spielberg in a futuristic movie about robot boxers, entertainment industry press reported Tuesday.
LONDON - The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema's biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction.
KABUL (AFP) - - Afghanistan's people may lack security, literacy and a decent standard of living but they have no shortage of television stations.
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo will give a free, open-air concert in Mexico City next month to celebrate Christmas, city authorities said Monday.
PARIS (AFP) - - Staff at the Pompidou Centre decided Tuesday to extend their strike over planned job cuts at the Paris mecca of modern and contemporary art.
LONDON (Reuters) - The British public would like to see Swedish band ABBA reform more than any other act, according to a survey.
ROME (AFP) - - Italians have vehemently rejected a cabinet minister's proposal that lunch breaks be scrapped to increase productivity, media reported Tuesday.
LONDON (AFP) - - A straight British couple who reject marriage but want to seal their love with a civil partnership were told Tuesday they could not because they are not gay.
By Dean Goodman
OKLAHOMA CITY - A preliminary autopsy report for a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse" shows that she was shot, stabbed and slashed multiple times.
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PARIS (AFP) - - France's first lady, singing ex-supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to star in US auteur Woody Allen's next movie, she told a television interviewer.
NEW YORK - Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw took the top acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on a night that saw Brazil get its first ever for a Bollywood-style telenovela.
NEW YORK - TV Guide Network says it will air a special program starring singing sensation Susan Boyle next month.
NEW YORK (AFP) - - Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at a gala ceremony in New York.
By Chris Michaud
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