Topic: United States
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Romantic comedies might provide 90 minutes of light-hearted fun but the happy-ever-after movies are also impacting people's real love lives, according to an Australian survey. A poll of 1,000 Australians found almost half said rom-coms with their inevitable happy ...
Schwarzenegger names actress Geena Davis to Calif. commission that promotes women's equalityGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed actress Geena Davis to a California commission established to promote women's equality. Schwarzenegger on Tuesday named the 54-year-old actress to the Commission on the Status of ...
Oliver Stone: Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that US should nationalize its energy industryThe Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that the United States should follow the example of South American socialists in nationalizing its energy industry, filmmaker Oliver Stone said ...
Director Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request, made his first public outing Saturday to see his wife perform at the Montreaux Jazz Festival. High security prevented the media from getting close to the 76-year-old film director ...
Colombia TV network cancels Escobars documentary as slain soccer player's family complainsA Colombian TV network on Friday announced its decision not to air a documentary about a Colombian soccer player murdered after accidentally scoring an own-goal in the 1994 World Cup. The ...
Colombia TV network cancels Escobar documentary as slain soccer player's family complainsA Colombian TV network on Friday announced its decision not to air a documentary about a Colombian soccer player murdered after accidentally scoring an own-goal in the 1994 World Cup. The ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When animated movie "Despicable Me" debuted last weekend at the No. 1 spot atop box offices with roughly $56 million in ticket sales, it surprised many industry watchers, but perhaps it shouldn't have. The voice of one character, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ever since 10 Russian spies were arrested in the United States last month in what seemed a throwback to the Cold War, people have wondered how the secretive sleuths still can be operating in 2010. Maybe they should ...
Roman Polanski will shoot a new film based on an award-winning French play in early 2011, now that Switzerland has rejected a US bid to extradite him on child sex charges, the playwright said Wednesday. Yasmina Reza, who won fame for her ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filipina singing prodigy Charice Pempengco has a long-term plan that involves a different stage than the ones she has occupied since Oprah Winfrey dubbed her the "most talented girl in the world." Since Oprah featured Pempengco, known simply ...
