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Bono's daughter in The Strips video
Bono's daughter's acting career has got a boost after landing a starring role in Irish pop stars The Strips' latest music video.ve Hewson, 18, is launching an acting career and has already featured in one of her dad's...


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Guns N' Roses bottled off stage at Dublin gig after late arrival
Guns N' Roses band walked off stage while performing in Dublin after being booed and having plastic bottles thrown at them by the...
Brendan Fraser heads to Broadway
The 'Mummy' star Brendan Fraser is set to make his Broadway debut with a new play based on Norwegian writer Ingvar Ambjornsen's...
VIDEO: Survivor: Nicaragua's Jimmy Johnson Knows He's an Early Target
winner. After almost appearing on the show three years ago, the 67-year-old finally gets to battle on the sands of Nicaragua. How Johnson stands up to...
Jerry Lewis: I?d Smack Lindsay Lohan in the Mouth
Paris Hilton . "I would say [to Lohan], 'You deserve this and nothing else' ... whack! And then, if she's not satisfied, I'd put her over my knee and spank her!" Not everyone in Hollywood is...
Met opera adds 300 theaters to its HD broadcasts
It was a live performance of The Metropolitan Opera, broadcast to hundreds of theaters worldwide in a program so popular that America's pre-eminent opera house is expanding it to 1,500 venues in 46...
Movies dominate stage for new Broadway season
NEW YORK -- There was a time when Hollywood turned to Broadway for movie ideas, transforming such shows as “Chicago,” “The Sound of Music” and “Amadeus” into box-office gold and Oscar...
Review: Going the Distance
From left, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Justin Long and Drew Barrymore in a scene from the romantic comedy Going the Distance. (Jessica Miglio/Warner Bros....
Canine Cinema gets audience howling
The Shetland film festival has gone to the dogs. In an attempt to reach people who do not normally go to the cinema, it is targeting their pets. The BBC's Mike Grundon went to speak to Kathy...
This Life: A Day to Dance or Weep?
Moby ), but sharing the day with a national tragedy is a conundrum. Many believe that it’s inappropriate to be festive while the rest of the country observes a somber anniversary. Every time...
Movie Review: Assaying the Norwegian Resistance
“Jeopardy” category, Norwegian War Heroes would probably give Gardeners of the Serengeti a run for its money. Rallying to rectify this oversight — or to atone for the embarrassment...
Can the liberal arts cure jihadists?
The great truth of democracy, at least when it's working well, isn't about the levels of turnout at the polling stations or the noise from the opposition benches when someone who calls himself the...
From T.V. To Stage
Gadsden State Community College .“M*A*S*H” is being produced from the book of the same name by Richard Hooker, which was made for the stage by Tim Kelly.The show is being produced through...
Early best actress contenders
The summer movie season is officially over, which means that now is the time of year when would-be Oscar pundits start breaking out the charts and querying those Magic 8 balls for the chance to say...
Steven Seagal Lawman Returning to Duty for Second Season
scored the best ratings ever for an A&E series launch when it premiered to 3.4 million viewers last December. The reality show follows the 58-year-old action star on duty as a reserve deputy...
Top Moments: The Whole Truth on Real Housewives, Rachel Zoe and Kate Plus Eight
Kate Hudson . And little Mady Gosselin doesn't care that her mother is famous; she can still roll her eyes at her just like the rest of us. Welcome to Top Moments: How Do You...
FILM-CUBA: "I Fought for This, But Not Just to Be a Housewife"
HAVANA, Sep 3, 2010 (IPS) - Mavi Susel, the first transsexual in Cuba to undergo sex reassignment surgery, back in 1988, has found herself trapped in the traditionally assigned gender role of a...
BioWare doubling Montreal employees
Edmonton-based BioWare is doubling the number of employees at its Montreal offices, with the ultimate goal of creating an autonomous studio that will design its own video...
Kat Von D 'in love' with James
Tattoo artist-to-the-stars Kat Von D has fallen head over heels for TV mechanic Jesse James, confessing she's already "in love" with Sandra Bullock's cheating ex after just weeks of dating. The...
Weezer album title causes stir
What's in a name? For pop-rockers Weezer, nothing but trouble. Just ask frontman Rivers Cuomo -- he and his bandmates can't win for losing with album titles. "We've always had bad luck," laughs the...
Rockers KISS still giving it all
Is veteran hard rock act KISS recession-proof? Singer-rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley certainly seems to think so. "For all the talk about bands doing horrific business, we're doing terrific...
Courtside: Capra Shares Weekend Stage
With Venus Williams looking to continue her run for another U.S. Open title, Beatrice Capra, an 18-year-old American, has captivated tennis fans in Flushing. She will face Maria Sharapova on...
Book Review Podcast: Isabel Wilkerson
This week: Isabel Wilkerson discusses her history of the Great Migration, “The Warmth of Other Suns”; the historian Sean Wilentz talks about the world of Bob Dylan; Julie Bosman has notes from...
Raphael Sistine Chapel tapestries and cartoons reunited at the V&A
The Renaissance artist Raphael may just have lived long enough to see the series of tapestries he designed for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. He died a few months after they arrived from the weavers in...
Guardian Camera Club: Joanna Kelly on pet photography
10 Mar 2010: Don McCullin speaks about his 'accidental career' in war photography, and how shooting landscapes has granted him a sense of...
'Spelling Bee' musical brings middle school blues to life
From left: Taryne Moyse, Jacob Bronson, Amanda Jayne Melhuish and James Reed rehearse for Stockton Civic Theatre’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling...
3 BILLION AND COUNTING Opens in New York at The QUAD Cinema
's presidency, reverses his position on the harmlessness of DDT to appease the membership of The Environmental Defense Fund. The documentary raises fundamental questions: whom can we trust; what do...
Petacchi wins tragedy-hit cycling Tour of Spain stage
ORIHUELA, Spain (AFP) – Italy's Alessandro Petacchi won the seventh stage of the Tour of Spain here on Friday but the action was overshadowed by the death of a Team Sky masseur. Txema...
German court rules against YouTube over copyright
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN -- A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah...
Watercooler: Futurama Rockets to a Milestone
Comedy Central rebooted the show almost seven years after Fox pulled the plug, and folks were freaked out that things wouldn't be the same. Were some of the new batch's early episodes not mega-gems?...
VIDEO: Larry King, Ryan Seacrest Duet on Lady Gaga
Ryan Seacrest 's radio show Thursday to discuss his possible return to radio after hanging up his suspenders at CNN. But somehow the conversation segued into an impromptu duet of Lady Gaga's monster...
Petacchi claims stage seven in Spain
Alessandro Petacchi was the winner of the seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana today, making the most of good work by his Lampre team-mates to come out on top in a sprint finish in Orihuela. After...
Conversation: From Book to Stage to Screen, Lawrence Wright's 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda'
staff writer for The New Yorker , winning numerous awards along the way. His book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," was published in 2006, spent eight weeks on the New York Times...
Opera Noir: Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck'
Bolshoi Theatre Even the few light-hearted moments in Berg's opera are surrounded by darkness. The disturbed Wozzeck (Georg Nigl) has horrific visions of knives and blood, which turn out to be...
Tide RB Richardson takes center stage
But the stakes have gone up for Richardson in the past few days. Now he's taking over for Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, at least in Saturday night's opener against San Jose State. Ingram injured...
Mayor vows to fight for Capitol Theatre
(CBC) Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis is vowing the city will do everything it can to secure the city's downtown Capitol Theatre. The 80-year-old theatre was the site of a small demonstration Thursday...
Order of Canada honours conferred
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean presided over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony in Ottawa on Friday, bestowing the honour on four companions, 19 officers and 30 members. Among those named companions...
Twilight film star accuses B.C. paparazzo
Police are investigating an alleged hit-and-run incident in Montreal involving the star of the Twilight Saga movies and a Vancouver celebrity photographer. According to court documents obtained by...
Skyscraper climber faces charges in Sydney
French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere residential building in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. He was in court on charges related to the climb...
Watson slams 'sex selling' Twilight
Emma Watson has sunk her teeth into the Twilight movies - insisting the final Harry Potter films will not be "selling sex" like the vampire franchise. The Harry Potter phenomenon has a fierce...
Fishburne rules out dad reunion
Laurence Fishburne's daughter Montana is adamant she wants nothing more to do with her movie star dad - until he accepts her move into the porn industry. The 19 year old hit the headlines in July...
Nielsen to pen autobiography
Actress Brigitte Nielsen is set to lift the lid on her marriage to Sylvester Stallone in a tell-all autobiography. The Danish-born star is putting pen to paper for her upcoming book, Red Flags, and...
Petacchi Wins Stage Seven Of Tour Of Spain
ORIHUELA, Spain (Reuters) - Italian Alessandro Petacchi won stage seven of the Tour of Spain Friday. Britain's Mark Cavendish finished second in the bunch sprint that decided the 187-km stage from...
Good Day for Paul Hogan: 'Crocodile Dundee' Star Can Return to U.S.
“Crocodile Dundee” movies, has been granted permission to return to his home in the United States after reaching a deal with Australian tax...