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Horror film 'Curse' leads the pack on a very slow weekend
AFP, Published on 22/04/2019
» LOS ANGELES - For Warner Bros., the release this weekend of "The Curse of La Llorona" brought good news and bad: the horror film topped all comers in North American theaters, but it did so on the worst weekend overall in years.
Mick Jagger 'on the mend' after heart surgery
AFP, Published on 06/04/2019
» NEW YORK: Legendary Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said Friday he is "on the mend" after reportedly undergoing heart valve replacement surgery in New York -- news that gave his legions of fans a fright.
Fans get fright as Rolling Stone Jagger faces heart surgery
AFP, Published on 02/04/2019
» PARIS: Rolling Stones fans around the world got a fright Monday after reports that their idol Mick Jagger was to have heart surgery later this week.
World benefit concerts for crisis
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» PARIS: Richard Branson's planned Venezuela Aid Live is modelled on other international concerts through history that raised money and awareness for world causes, the first major one nearly 50 years ago.
Pop rockers The 1975 win big at Brits
AFP, Published on 21/02/2019
» LONDON: Pop rockers The 1975 stole the show at British pop music's annual celebration on Wednesday, winning the coveted Best Album Brit award with US singer Pink also honoured.
Food safety on the table at world conference
AFP, Published on 13/02/2019
» ADDIS ABABA: Food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxic chemicals is a mounting health hazard and a crippling economic burden, a global conference on food safety has been told.
Oscar nominations: all the fun facts
AFP, Published on 23/01/2019
» LOS ANGELES: The nominations for the 91st Oscars were announced Tuesday, with "Roma" and "The Favourite" leading the pack.
Gatekeeper at Japan's 'Suicide Forest' hopes music can save lives
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» NARUSAWA, Japan: From his hut on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest", Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night -- hoping that music can lift people from their despair before it's too late.
Da Vinci design jewel still key for Tuscan silk weavers
AFP, Published on 18/12/2018
» FLORENCE: Five hundred years after the death of Leonardo da Vinci, a silk mill incorporating one of his designs is still shuttling some of the finest threads in the world across its looms.
Bruegel the Elder masterpieces in Vienna world first
AFP, Published on 02/10/2018
» VIENNE - The world's first-ever monograph exhibition dedicated to 16th century Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder opens Tuesday in Vienna, bringing together half of all of his extant works, organisers said.