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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Anita Pallenberg, the globe-trotting actress and model who was best known as part of a love triangle within The Rolling Stones, has died, friends said Wednesday. She was 73. Pallenberg, who long struggled with drugs and alcohol, died Wednesday of unspecific causes, actress and friend Stella Schnabel announced on Instagram. Born in Rome to ethnically German parents, Pallenberg had an itinerant youth as she moved to New York to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director and triple Oscar winner, puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in United States living rooms on Monday by broadcasting interviews with a leader who fascinates and repels many Americans in equal measure. “The Putin Interviews” is the product of 12 conversations between the Russian leader and Stone between July 2015 and February 2017, cut into four one-hour programs shown from Monday to Thursday on cable […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rapper-turned-businessman Diddy was the world’s top-paid celebrity in the past year, edging out closest competitor Beyonce, Forbes said in its annual list Monday. Diddy earned $130 million in the past 12 months, of which $70 million came from selling a one-third stake in his Sean John clothing line. Diddy — whose real name is Sean Combs and earlier in his career was known as Puff Daddy — is estimated by […]
ANAHEIM, United States (Reuters) – The cast and crew of “Cars 3” turned out for the film’s premiere in Anaheim on Saturday (June 10). Owen Wilson, Armie Hammer and Kerry Washington were joined by Larry The Cable Guy, Cristela Alonzo, Nathan Fillion, John Ratzenberger as well as executive producer John Lassiter and the film’s director, Brian Fee. Although this is his first time in the director’s chair, the threequel is not the first Disney-Pixar film […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean pop star T.O.P regained consciousness Friday after spending three days in a critical condition in intensive care following an apparent drugs overdose. The 29-year-old rapper from K-pop boy band Big Bang was found unconscious at a police station where he was undertaking mandatory military service, and rushed to a Seoul hospital on Tuesday. “I’m sorry,” the singer, whose real name is Choi Seung-Hyun, told reporters Friday as he […]
(Reuters) — Actor and producer Brad Pitt helped celebrate the release of the new Netflix film, “Okja” in New York on Thursday (June 08) night. The actor’s production company, Plan B, produced the film written and directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, known for “Snowpiercer” and “The Host,” and starring actress Tilda Swinton. “Okja” tells the story of a giant pig raised in part by a young South Korean girl, Mija. Their idyllic life […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The owner of the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia said on Monday a longtime friend had robbed him of more than 100 items, including rare vintage United States and foreign carded action figures. Steve Sansweet, who runs Rancho Obi-Wan, a non-profit museum north of San Francisco that houses more than 400,000 Star Wars collectibles, said the theft took place over several months in late 2015 through 2016. “We’re […]
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) — Walt Disney’s first map of his planned Disneyland theme park in Southern California is going up for sale in June and could fetch up to $900,000, auctioneers said on Thursday (June 2). The 1953 map, hand-inked and hand-colored, was created by Disney and artist Herb Ryman and used to present to investors in order to secure funding to build the first Disney theme park in Anaheim. It clearly shows the layout […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lil Twist, the rapper best known as the sidekick of Justin Bieber, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to pay $1.5 million to an actor he assaulted several years ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Kalin announced the award following a brief non-jury trial that the singer did not attend. The 24-year-old […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Hollywood star John Travolta has donated his “beloved” Boeing 707 plane to an Australian aviation museum and is aiming to be part of the crew to deliver the vintage aircraft. Made for Qantas Airways in 1964, the “Saturday Night Fever” heartthrob and qualified pilot acquired the jet when Australia’s national carrier retired it more than 30 years later. “It gives me great pleasure to make this exciting historical announcement that my beloved […]
Reuters – Johnny Depp’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” claimed the top spot at the North American box office over the weekend (May 26 -28). Pirates netted $62.2 million at the box office — the lowest box office opening for the entire five-film Disney franchise, according to boxofficemojo.com “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” took a distant second at the box office, bringing in nearly $20 million in ticket sales. “Baywatch,” […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) – Following the suicide bombing in Manchester which killed 22 people, the world premiere of ‘Wonder Woman’ in Hollywood went ahead on Thursday (May 25) but with heightened security. The scheduled European premiere in London, which was due to take place on May 31, was cancelled following the attack. Actress Gal Gadot, who plays the iconic superheroine, said she felt “awful” and “very sad.” “For me, coming from Israel, I’m […]
