Bollywood superstar in scuffle with cricket group
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:00
An official with an Indian cricket league says the group has filed a police complaint against Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan after a scuffle at a stadium in the city.
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A-ha's best cover band is in... North Korea
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:00
North Korea's most famous accordion quintet has added a new 80s-era pop song to their repertoire: A-ha's "Hunting High and Low."
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Finalists announced for new literary prize
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:00
A Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Malcolm X and a best-seller about Catherine the Great are among the finalists for a new literary prize.
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Struggling CW network offers big schedule revamp
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:00
The young CW network is hoping to turn around a year of disappointing ratings by making changes this fall on each of the five nights it broadcasts.
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Spooked horse swims two miles offshore
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 17:16
Beach goers and boaters along the coast of central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shores — but an Arabian horse? ...
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"Godfather of Go-Go"' Chuck Brown dies at 75
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 17:10
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chuck Brown, known as the "Godfather of Go-Go" for the subgenre of funk music he helped create, died on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins Uni...
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Hal Holbrook wins Twain Lifetime Achievement Award
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 17:02
Actor Hal Holbrook has been performing as Mark Twain for six decades. Now, he's getting an award named after the author and humorist.
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'After the Battle' brings Egypt uprising to Cannes
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 17:02
If there were a prize for most topical movie at the Cannes Film Festival, it would go to "After the Battle."
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Belgian actor wins plaudits and first Cannes "crush"
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 16:12
CANNES, France (Reuters) - It is only day two, but the Cannes film festival has already uncovered a breakout star in Belgian Matthias Schoenaerts, who has earned critical...
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Marion Cotillard in Cannes film 'Rust and Bone'
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 16:12
Jacques Audiard's new movie features poverty, bare-knuckle fighting and a killer whale attack — yet the French director says it's a sunny romance.
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Contestants? It's TV talent judges basking in fame, cash
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 16:10
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time was when TV talent shows set out to turn wannabes into stars. These days? Not so much. It's the celebrity judges who are raking in the ca...
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'House' to end 8 seasons of painful recognition
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 16:04
It will be painful saying goodbye to "House."
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Glenn Frey releases album of favorite standards
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 16:04
You can thank Clint Eastwood for setting the stage for Glenn Frey's latest solo record, "After Hours."
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Violinist Hahn: Music from a different direction
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 15:14
LONDON (Reuters) - Classical music fans know that American violinist Hilary Hahn plays a wicked concerto, knocking out the fiendishly fast final bars of Samuel Barber'...
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Regret but no surprise Cannes lacks women directors
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 14:16
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The absence of female directors from the 22-strong competition in Cannes this year is a "great pity", but reflects a global problem rat...
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Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 13:18
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering ...
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Purple, Red and Yellow Wiggles leaving Aussie band
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 11:14
Three members of the world-famous preschool quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year, with the Blue Wiggle ...
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Huge Marilyn Monroe statue arrives in Palm Springs
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 10:16
A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe has arrived in the desert resort city of Palm Springs.
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Hilary Duff's little man is growing up -- fast!
Los Angeles police say "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" actor Nick Stahl has been reported missing by his wife.
Journalist and cinema industry insider Carlos Gomez provides exclusive insights to Relaxnews on what makes Cannes Cannes -- on a daily basis for the duration of the Festi...
Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" packed the first heavyweight punch of the Cannes race Thursday, starring Marion Cotillard as a killer-whale trainer who lose...
Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Cannes fashion but made...
Authorities in Louisiana say a man who starred in the reality television show "Swamp People" died from natural causes.
Taylor Swift has taught a generation of kids to appreciate country music over the last five years. Now, she's donating $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame an...
Wednesday, the Cannes festival opened with the screening of Moonrise Kingdom, the latest film from Wes Anderson.
That's the number of employees who make up the team of Cannes Festival staff during the festival period - compared to the 30 staff members who work for the festival d...
Renowned Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles announced the end of an era Thursday, with three of the quartet to retire from performing and a woman to don t...
The Grammy Award-winning country music trio Lady Antebellum performed a "mini-prom" for students of a southern Indiana town that was devastated by a tornado in ea...
The Rodin (roh-DAN') Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.
Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He w...
The wild — and exuberant — ride of "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" is coming to an end on Broadway.
Francisco Costa has waited — patiently — to make his big splash.