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Rob Reiner’s son appears in court over parents’ murder
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner made his first appearance in court Wednesday, charged with stabbing his parents to death in their Los Angeles home.
US police probe deaths of director Rob Reiner, wife as 'apparent homicide'
AFP, Published on 15/12/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Los Angeles police were investigating the deaths of Hollywood star Rob Reiner and his wife as an "apparent homicide", as condolences poured in for the director behind hits like "When Harry Met Sally".
Eyeing bottom line, US media giants bow to Trump
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» NEW YORK - The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
'Toxic masculinity': Russia targets women behind award-winning play
AFP, Published on 12/11/2023
» MOSCOW: Yelena Efros has been sending letters to Russian prisons for years, as the head of a volunteer group writing regular dispatches to the country's swelling ranks of political prisoners.
Death of 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry causes shock
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Shock over the sudden death of Matthew Perry, troubled star of the beloved "Friends" sitcom, rippled from Hollywood to his boyhood home in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the world would remember his "joy."
Belarus exiles find home from home in 'travelling' bar
AFP, Published on 06/09/2022
» WARSAW - Tucked under a bridge in downtown Warsaw is a bar like no other. Over the years, Karma has relocated from Belarus to Ukraine and Poland, in the face of repression and war.
Betty White, doyenne of US television, dead at 99
AFP, Published on 01/01/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, starring on popular sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died, US media reported Friday. She was 99.
'The girl you were warned about': Paris 2024 logo mocked online
AFP, Published on 23/10/2019
» PARIS - The new 2024 Olympics logo is supposed to evoke French history but has instead earned ridicule online for its apparent resemblance to a stereotypical Parisian woman.
Actress Loughlin faces new charge in college bribery scam
AFP, Published on 23/10/2019
» NEW YORK - Actress Lori Loughlin was slapped with an additional charge related to America's wide-ranging college admissions scandal on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood that she could serve time in prison.