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Chinese A-list actress Fan Bingbing last seen in June amid culture crackdown
Fan Bingbing, an A-list Chinese movie star who has appeared in the "X-Men" and "Iron Man" film franchises, has more than 62 million followers online in China and fronted campaigns for Montblanc watches and De Beers diamonds, has disappeared. The star's vanishing act — she ...
Accused for crimes committed abroad, Russians become celebrities at home
The last time Britain accused two Russians of an assassination, one of them ended up in the Russian parliament. The case of Andrei Lugovoi, a key suspect in the 2006 killing of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, shows how the two alleged Russian military intelligence operatives ...
Confident and content, Paul McCartney rejuvenates sound in ambitious first album in five years
As perhaps the biggest living legend of rock, Paul McCartney would raise few eyebrows if he stayed in a comfort zone — rehashing Beatles tunes to adoring nostalgists. Instead, the 76-year-old has recorded one of his most ambitious albums in years, "Egypt Station," displaying not ...
Aretha Franklin was so hard-nosed in her business dealings that she demanded to be paid in cash before performing. Her heirs won't have it so simple. Though she lived to 76 and was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, the Queen of Soul died without a ...
Respect: In Aretha Franklin's anthems, women heard an empowering message
Aretha Franklin never saw herself as a feminist heroine. That, she quipped, was Gloria Steinem's role. But she leaves a legacy of indelible anthems that resonated deeply with women by celebrating their strength and individuality — and demanding, well, just a little respect. "I don't ...
YouTube releases trailer for new show starring 'Harry Potter' star Tom Felton
YouTube has offered the first glimpse at its new sci-fi thriller series fronted by "Harry Potter" star Tom Felton — revealing it is an "Alien"-like horror story on an isolated ship. "Resident Evil" director Paul W.S. Anderson is to helm "Origin," which brings together an ...
Nancy Sinatra Sr., the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children, has died. She was 101. Her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., tweeted that her mother died Friday and a posting on her ...
Scarlett Johansson on Friday withdrew from the film "Rub & Tug" after her plans to portray a transgender man prompted a backlash. In a statement to Out.com the same day, Johansson said she's pulling out from the project "in light of recent ethical questions raised ...
Halfway through a year filled with new work from some of the most popular artists alive, the best-selling album is the soundtrack to a Hugh Jackman movie musical that never led the box office. "The Greatest Showman" has sold almost 4 million copies for Atlantic ...
Drake's new album, "Scorpion," has smashed streaming recordsm, with Apple Music and Spotify both reporting unprecedented listenership in its first day. Apple Music said on Instagram that the Canadian hip-hop superstar's fifth studio album was streamed 170 million times in the 24 hours since its ...
No drugs or alcohol found in body of U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain
U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who killed himself in a French hotel room earlier this month, had no narcotics or alcohol in his body when he died, a prosecutor said on Friday. Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused "Parts Unknown" television series, was 61. Brash and ...
U.S. prosecutors have launched a probe to determine whether film star Sylvester Stallone should be charged in connection with a sexual assault reported last year, a spokesman said Wednesday. "A case was presented today by the Santa Monica Police Department regarding Sylvester Stallone," Greg Risling, ...
