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10,000 attend Bjork concert to protest aluminium smelter - Summary
Reykjavik - Icelandic pop singer Bjork performed for a crowd of more than 10,000 people at a concert organized to protest plans for a new aluminium smelting plant to be built on the island. The free, open-air concert also had performances by Sigur Ro...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-29 ] Category : [ Entertainment ]

Canadian film The Fight wins prize at Taipei Film Festival
Taipei - Canadian film The Fight (Le Ring) by director Anais Barbeau-Lavalette won the top prize in the new talent section of the 2008 Taipei Film Festival on Saturday. Barbeau-Lavalette won the Grand Prize of 1 million Taiwan dollars (31,000 US doll...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-28 ] Category : [ Entertainment ]

Kevin Federline suing for exclusive custody from Britney
Los Angeles - Kevin Federline, 30, former husband of pop star Britney Spears, 26, plans to fight for exclusive custody of their two sons, his lawyer told the internet news service E! Online Friday. The bitter struggle over Jayden James, 1, and Sean P...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-28 ] Category : [ US (Entertainment) ]

Mini-Me actor sues over sex tape
Los Angeles - Verne Troyer, the dwarf actor who most famously played the character Mini-Me in the last two Austin Powers movies, has filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against celebrity website TMZ.com for posting snippets of a sex tape he m...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ US (Entertainment) ]

Uma Thurman engaged to Swiss billionaire
Los Angeles - Actress Uma Thurman is engaged to her Swiss multimillionaire boyfriend, Arpad Arki Busson, People magazine reported Friday. I can confirm she is engaged, Thurman's representative Stephen Huvane told the magazine. ...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ US (Entertainment) ]

Enrique Iglesias singing for his ticket
Vienna - Spanish singing sensation Enrique Iglesias comes from a family with a good footballing background. His father, Julio Iglesias, who has sold more than 300 million albums, played for the Real Madrid youth sides before a car crash put an end to...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-27 ] Category : [ Entertainment ]

Julio Iglesias interrupts concert in Russia over heart problem
Madrid - Spanish singing legend Julio Iglesias, 64, has interrupted a concert tour in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg because of a heart problem, Spanish media reported Thursday. Iglesias started feeling unwell after performing two songs at Tuesday...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-26 ] Category : [ Entertainment ]

Pitt, Jolie donate 1 million dollars to Iraq war children
Los Angeles - Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated 1 million dollars to help children affected by the Iraq war, their charitable foundation announced Wednesday. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation gave 500,000 dollars to three groups in I...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-26 ] Category : [ US (Entertainment) ]

 Barclays turns to wealthy investors for cash injection - Summary
London - Barclays Bank of Britain Wednesday outlined a major fund-raising scheme to shore up its finances, asking for a cash injection of 4.5 billion pounds (9 billion dollars) from wealthy overseas investors. Barclays said a number of sovereign wea...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-25 ] Category : [ UK (Entertainment) ]

Margaret Atwood wins 'Spanish Nobel'
Oviedo, Spain - Canadian author Margaret Atwood, 68, was Wednesday awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize, regarded as the Spanish Nobel, in the category of literature. Exploring literary genres with wit and irony, Atwood intelligently assumes the c...

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[Posted on : 2008-06-25 ] Category : [ Entertainment ]