2012 gets ahead of rivals at US box office
North American film-goers favoured the apocalypse over Christmas this weekend as disaster flick 2012 beat Disney’s A Christmas Carol to top the box office, according to early estimates Sunday. Trend-trackers Exhibitor Relations said the loosely Mayan-inspired tale of the world’s end - replete with computer-generated... 
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Screen siren Lauren Bacall gets lifetime Oscar
Hollywood veterans turned out in force to see Lauren Bacall, grand dame of film noir, receive an honourary Oscar at the motion picture academy’s Governors Awards on Saturday night, away from TV cameras. Bacall, 85, starred in more than 30 films but never won an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture...
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What’s in a name?
* Spelling Obama in Chinese not an easy task
US President Barack’s Obama first visit to China will undoubtedly be marked by difficult talks on trade and climate change, but another thorny issue has emerged: how to write ‘Obama’ in Mandarin. While the Chinese have written ‘Aobama’ since...
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Man builds stair-climbing wheelchair
A Chinese pensioner sold his apartment to fund his dream of creating a wheelchair that can climb stairs. Li Rongbiao, 67, of Beijing, came up with the idea after his wife, Wang Huifang, 65, broke her leg, reports West China City Daily. “It used to take us a good half an hour to walk downstairs from...
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Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez
Jakarta: Miss Universe 2009 Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela attends a ceremony of the grand final of Putri Indonesia beauty pageant. afp
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Japanese chef scoops top award in London
Tomoyuki Abe of Japanese restaurant chain Sushizen was named best chef at a sushi awards ceremony in London. The Eat-Japan Sushi Awards 2009 featured seven of the world’s best sushi chefs preparing their favourite dishes. Invited guests then tasted the foods before picking the winner through a ballot....
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‘Belle de Jour’ call-girl writer exposes herself
The employers of a 34-year-old British scientist who wrote a racy best-selling book about being a prostitute defended her Monday, after she outed herself as ‘Belle de Jour’. Doctor Brooke Magnanti, who works for The Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health, revealed herself at the weekend as...
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Pelican crossing blamed for supercar mishap
A US driver blamed a low-flying pelican after he drove his £1m Bugatti supercar into a salt marsh. Police in Texas said the motorist was at the wheel of his Bugatti Veyron when a pelican swooped across the road and distracted him. He dropped his phone and lost control of the car, which then veered off...
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Thrills, spills... and bills for fairground ordeal victims
Fourteen people rescued by the fire brigade after being left dangling upside down from a fairground ride in Germany for nearly an hour have been slapped with a hefty bill, a spokesman said. The thrill-seekers got more than they bargained for when the “Star Gate” ride, a large spinning wheel with rotating...
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