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Polanski lawyers fire new salvo in extradition (Reuters) - Roman Polanski's lawyers on Thursday opened a new front in their campaign to stop the director's extradition to the United States, asking a judge to release records they claim will help Swiss officials decide the Oscar winner's fate.
Apr 30, 2010 at 15:36 | Reuters
Travel Picks: Top 10 U.S. celebrity-owned restaurants NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters Life!) - Travelers to the United States craving meals with a sidedish of fame can enjoy a host of celebrity-endorsed restaurants recommended by travel website TripAdvisor (www.tripadvisor.com)
Apr 30, 2010 at 08:39 | Reuters
New guard of edgy Australian designers lure global interest SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters Life!) - Australia's fashion industry is putting on the glitz for its major annual show next week with prospects brighter after the financial crisis and rising global interest in a new guard of Down Under designers.
Apr 30, 2010 at 08:26 | Reuters
Schwarzenegger backs health overhaul SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged California's full support Thursday for national health care reform, throwing the weight of one of the nation's most prominent Republicans behind an overhaul that has caused a deep political divide in the U.S.
Apr 29, 2010 at 23:46
Film investors: Paris Hilton owes $1million restitution MIAMI (AP) — Paris Hilton should return up to $1 million she was paid for the 2006 box-office bomb "Pledge This!" because she didn't plug the film enough, an attorney for the movie's investors told a federal judge Thursday.
Apr 29, 2010 at 22:47
Lady Gaga, Bullock top artists in 2010 NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters Life!) - Acerbic talent show judge Simon Cowell, actress Sandra Bullock, singer Lady Gaga and the pop star now known as Prince are among the most influential artists of 2010, according to Time magazine.
Apr 29, 2010 at 20:43 | Reuters
Ukraine to present two feature films at Cannes This year, Ukraine will present two feature films at the Cannes International Film Festival 2010 for the first time in its cinema history.
Apr 29, 2010 at 19:45 | Interfax-Ukraine
Handwritten Lennon lyrics to be sold in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — For the right price, some lucky Beatlemaniac will be able to own the lyrics to the final song on the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Apr 29, 2010 at 12:24
Katie Holmes to play Jacqueline Kennedy on TV LOS ANGELES, April 28 (Reuters Life!) - Katie Holmes will play Jacqueline Kennedy in a U.S. TV mini-series based on the life of revered U.S. President John F. Kennedy, producers said on Wednesday.
Apr 29, 2010 at 07:32 | Reuters
Usher heading for album No. 1 in Britain LONDON, April 28 (Reuters Life!) - U.S. R & B star Usher is leading the race for top spot in the British album charts this week, according to the Official Charts Company which compiles sales data.
Apr 28, 2010 at 21:51 | Reuters
Update: Actress Sandra Bullock files for divorce LOS ANGELES, April 28 (Reuters Life!) - Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock on Wednesday revealed she had secretly adopted a baby boy, but was divorcing her cheating husband and would raise the child on her own.
Apr 28, 2010 at 20:57 | Reuters
Marilyn Monroe's writings to be published in autumn PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - Blonde icon. Sex goddess. Glamour queen. Marilyn Monroe was many things to many people, but one thing she was rarely taken for was a writer.
Apr 28, 2010 at 20:36 | Reuters
BBC: Designer McQueen hanged himself after drugs LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - British fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a mixture of cocaine, tranquillisers and sleeping pills, the inquest into his death concluded.
Apr 28, 2010 at 19:09 | Reuters
Book Talk: Putin-Khodorkovsky battle a 'bar room brawl' LONDON, April 28 (Reuters Life!) - The fall of Russian oil company YUKOS chairman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and the rise of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is "a clash between two world views", author Martin Sixsmith says in his book "Putin's Oil".
Apr 28, 2010 at 16:47 | Reuters
Pianist Paul Lewis: Letting music speak for itself LONDON, April 28 (Reuters Life!) - Paul Lewis isn't a showy pianist, and there's a reason for it.
Apr 28, 2010 at 16:27 | Reuters