Phil Spector guilty of murder
US music producer Phil Spector on Monday was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion in Los Angeles six years ago.
Spector, 69, who created the famed “Wall of Sound” recording technique during the 1960s when he worked with some of the biggest names... 
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‘Hannah Montana’ rocks North American box office
Sixteen-year-old actress Miley Cyrus became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood as her first non-concert movie topped the North American box office, earning twice as much as Disney had forecast.
Walt Disney Company’s Hannah Montana: The Movie sold $34 million worth of tickets at the three-day...
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Mel Gibson’s wife files for divorce
Mel Gibson’s wife of nearly 30 years filed for divorce from the Oscar-winning actor and director, according to court records.
Robyn Gibson cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for the split from her 53-year-old husband, the Academy Award-winning maker of Braveheart and star of the...
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Fast and Furious 4
Taipei: Panama-born actress Jordana Brewster (R) and US actor Paul Walker pose for photographers during a news conference for the upcoming movie ‘Fast and Furious 4’. reuters
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American Violet
West Hollywood: Actress Erica Hubbard arrives for the premiere of ‘American Violet’ at the Pacific Design Centre in California. afp
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Calvin shoots to top of pop charts
Scottish singer-songwriter Calvin Harris shot straight to the top of the UK singles chart with I’m Not Alone, dislodging US glam diva Lady Gaga, the Official UK Charts Company said.
It is another success for the 25-year-old, who collaborated with rapper Dizzee Rascal on Dance Wiv Me, which also...
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Marilyn Chambers found dead in LA
Famed adult film star Marilyn Chambers has been found dead in her home in Los Angeles, authorities said on Monday. Chambers, 56, was found dead Sunday at around 9pm. An autopsy was pending to determine how she died but coroner’s officers said foul play was not suspected. Chambers became one of the porn...
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Late British TV star’s husband jailed over attack
The husband of late reality TV star Jade Goody was jailed for 12 weeks on Tuesday, some three weeks after she died, over an attack on a taxi driver.
The 21-year-old was found guilty in March of attacking Stephen Wilkins last May. The court heard how Tweed grabbed the taxi driver in a headlock...
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Windmills
Jiuquan: Windmills in a wind farm in northwest China’s Gansu province. Installed capacity in China’s wind power sector will grow 64 percent to 20 million kilowatts in 2009. ap
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Money in bra saves woman’s life
Money stuffed in a woman’s bra saved her life after she was shot aboard a bus in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, local media reported Monday.The incident took place Saturday in Bahia’s capital, Salvador, where 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira was shot in the chest by one of two attackers who tried...
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British cricketers trek up Everest for heady game
* Two cricket teams from Britain are on their way to Mount Everest to play the sport’s highest-ever match — lugging bats, pads and even their
own pitch with them
The 50-strong expedition is on its way to Gorak Shep, a plateau 5,165 metres (17,000 feet) above sea level, close to Everest...
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Woman sees home burgled on webcam
A Florida woman who set up a webcam in her home turned on from work to see her house being burgled. Jeanne Thomas, 43, was sitting in her office 25 miles away when she saw strangers rummaging through her living room. She called police and said the men were scaring her pets, eating food from her fridge...
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Man lobs $30,000 from car
Taiwan police have arrested a 55-year-old man for lobbing bank notes worth about T$1 million ($29,600) from vehicles, causing disorder in the streets, an officer said on Monday. The man tossed the bills from a taxi in a crowded part of Taichung city on Sunday as people stopped to pick up the cash, Changhua...
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Nude art show banned in Vietnam
Authorities in conservative Vietnam have refused to allow an exhibition of nude paintings because they are “inappropriate” for the society, an online report said Tuesday. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the central city of Hue refused a licence for painter Nguyen Kim Dinh to exhibit...
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World’s longest football match
A world record for the longest football match was set after a 36 hour battle ended with a 284-255 scoreline. Bristol Academy beat Leeds Badgers in the epic match which beat the previous record of 33hrs, 36mins.Each team had 18 players who each played around 18 hours, staying at the Bristol pitch during...
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Michael Jackson sale to go ahead despite lawsuit
A hotly anticipated sale of Michael Jackson memorabilia will go ahead as planned, organisers vowed Monday, as they lifted the veil on a treasure trove of items from the eccentric pop icon’s Neverland Ranch.
Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions in Hollywood, said that despite...
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