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PARIS — Marie Curie "wasn't always very nice", said Marjane Satrapi of the hero of her new film, "Radioactive".The most famous woman scientist ever had to fight her corner in what was — and still is — a man's world, said Satrapi, best known as the maker of the Oscar-nominated animated classic, "Persepolis"."How are you supposed to become Marie Curie if you are cute, gentle and terribly nice?" the acclaimed Iranian-born graphic novelist said."When you were as focused as Curie was, you don't have the time to be touchy feely... and people accept that (single-mindedness) much less from a woman," she insisted.Satrapi, 50, was forever destined to make a film about the Polish-born physicist and chemist, the first woman to win the...
March 09, 2020
'How could you be Marie Curie and soft and sweet?'
March 09, 2020
Scandal-ridden K-pop star enlists in army
March 07, 2020
18th century Chinese gourd sells for $4.6 million at auction
CAIRO — Revered Arab singer Umm Kulthum returned to light up the stage once more on Friday, almost five decades after her death, in the form of a hologram that delighted a packed-to-capacity crowd at Cairo's Opera House.Affectionately known in Egypt as "El Sett" ("The Lady"), Kulthum's deep, resonant voice enthralled the Arab world for decades, inspired western singers like Bob Dylan and Robert Plant, and can still be heard in Egypt's streets, cafes, taxis and Nile sailboats.At the majestic entrance of the Opera House in the Egyptian capital, a large golden plaque bearing her image greeted giddy visitors, along with a placard reading "Star of the East, Umm Kulthum" — her most popular moniker.As the curtains were raised, a halo of light appeared...
March 07, 2020
'Star of the East' Umm Kulthum returns to light up Cairo
March 07, 2020
Publisher cancels Woody Allen memoir after backlash
March 05, 2020
Egypt's Nubians tame crocodiles for selfie-snapping tourists
LONDON — A medal awarded to a former heavyweight boxer for helping to thwart the attempted kidnapping of Queen Elizabeth II's daughter Anne sold for £50,000 ($64,000, 57,900 euros) at auction on Wednesday.Ronnie Russell was given the George Medal — Britain's highest civilian award for bravery — for punching assailant Ian Bell twice in the head when he tried to seize Princess Anne in 1974.The burly former fighter, 72, put the award up for sale to pay for funeral costs after falling ill.The medal had been expected to fetch up to £20,000 when it went under the hammer at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb. But a private collector bought it for £50,000."For something I thought that I would never sell, I never believed it would sell for this amount," Russell said...
March 05, 2020
Princess Anne kidnap hero's gallantry medal sold for £50,000
March 05, 2020
Blockbuster Rome show marks 500 years since Raphael's death
March 05, 2020
Barbie launches dolls to honor women sports stars
March 04, 2020
#MeToo author slams publisher for estranged father Woody Allen's memoir
