‘Wild Things’ tops weekend box office
‘Where The Wild Things Are’, a live action rendering of a beloved children’s book, topped the North American box office in its first weekend of release, preliminary figures showed Sunday. The screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 1963 picture book about a rebellious boy who sails to a fantasyland of... 
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Beyonce postpones show targeted by Malay Muslim groups
US singer Beyonce Knowles has postponed her concert in Malaysia planned for this weekend, organisers said Monday, denying that the move was linked to threats of protests by Muslim groups. The R&B star was scheduled to perform on Sunday at a stadium on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, two years after she...
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Alexandra Burke beats Robbie Williams to top charts
‘The X-Factor’ winner Alexandra Burke has beaten Robbie Williams to claim her second British number one single with ‘Bad Boys’, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. The 21-year-old Londoner’s collaboration with US rapper Flo Rida entered the chart in pole position in its debut week, pipping Williams’...
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Japan’s quirky first lady honoured as jeans ambassador
Japan’s first lady Miyuki Hatoyama, who has made headlines with tales of her alien encounters, drew fresh media attention on Monday - for being a fashion ambassador for humble blue jeans. The 66-year-old wife of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama won the oddly named ‘Best Jeanist Award,’ a prize given to...
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Elvis hair sells for $18,300 at auction
An auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia got bidders all shook up Sunday, with a clump of the late King of Rock and Roll’s hair selling for $18,300 and one of his shirts for $62,000. More than 150 items that had belonged to the former president of the Elvis Presley fan club went on the block at Chicago’s...
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‘The Models 2009’
Tokyo: South Korea’s Huh Yeo Jin poses during ‘The Models 2009’, an audition for models, during the Tokyo Fashion Week. Huh was among ten models out of 142 contestants to win a ticket to debut next season’s Tokyo collection. afp
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Taiwan capital plans mandatory insurance for fierce dogs
The Taiwan capital Taipei aims to give its dog management rules some teeth, planning to order owners of particularly fierce canines to buy liability insurance, an official said. The proposed regulation will only affect certain breeds of dogs such as Tibetan mastiffs, according to Chang Kai-ting, an...
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Neighbours mistake corpse for Halloween display
Residents at a California apartment building failed to alert police to the body of their dead neighbour because they thought it was a Halloween display, local media reported. The decomposing body of Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed, 75, had lain in plain view of neighbours, slumped over a balcony chair, for at...
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