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  • Polanski will not agree to extradition: lawyer

    PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 4:08 am
  • South Korean model Daul Kim found dead in Paris

    PARIS (Reuters) - South Korean model Daul Kim was found hanged in her Paris apartment Thursday, a spokeswoman for the city prosecutor's office said.

    November 21, 2009, 3:32 am
  • New EU president wins fans in Japan -- as a poet

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy, the European Union's new president, may not be very well known around the world but he's already winning fans in Japan -- as a poet rather than a politician.

    November 21, 2009, 2:43 am
  • Susan Boyle aims to turn celebrity into album sales

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, one of the biggest stars of the Internet age, seeks to turn global celebrity into record sales next week with the release of her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream."

    November 21, 2009, 2:11 am
  • Oprah Winfrey to end talk show in September 2011

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, will announce on Friday she is ending her popular daytime talk show in 2011.

    November 21, 2009, 12:26 am
  • "New Moon" plays it by the book

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The moon may be new, and the director may be different (Chris Weitz takes over the reins from Catherine Hardwicke), but otherwise, the second instalment of the "Twilight" saga remains, for better or worse, exceptionally faithful to its 2008 beginnings.

    November 20, 2009, 8:04 pm
  • Idris Elba joins Marvel Studios' "Thor"

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Idris Elba has joined the cast of "Thor," Marvel Studios' film centring on the Norse god of thunder.

    November 20, 2009, 6:39 pm
  • Bennett's "Art" in fine form in London premiere

    LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Alan Bennett has a lot on his mind in his latest play, "The Habit of Art," including creativity, ageing, fame, anonymity and sex, and it hangs together because of his gift for language and fine stagecraft, and some splendid performances.

    November 20, 2009, 6:36 pm
  • Uma Thurman signs on for "Bel Ami"

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Uma Thurman soon will be making time with Rob Pattinson.

    November 20, 2009, 6:27 pm