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French rocker Johnny Hallyday and his wife Laeticia are seen in this undated file photo.
French rocker Hallyday’s assets frozen in family row
PARIS - A court on Saturday ordered a freeze on the assets of France’s biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday, whose death in December sparked a bitter inheritance feud that has transfixed the c ountry.Hallyday’s two biological children, Laura Smet and David Hallyday, are engaged in a highly public battle with the rock star’s widow Laeticia after they were written out of his will.Under the ruling, Laeticia is banned from selling the house in the Paris suburbs she had put up for sale, or Hallyday’s home on the Caribbean island of St Barts.The court said there was a risk Laeticia could transfer her husband’s assets into her trust, “virtually depriving” his children of any chance to win the money back.The rights to Hallyday’s back-catalogue have also been frozen, although two...
April 14, 2018

French rocker Hallyday’s assets frozen in family row




Kim Kardashian
Suspect charged in France over Kardashian gunpoint robbery
PARIS - A French court charged an eleventh suspect Saturday over the gunpoint robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016, a source involved in the investigatio n said.The 28-year-old man has been charged with armed robbery, criminal conspiracy and holding Kardashian against her will, the source said.Ten people had already been charged over the October 2, 2016 robbery at a luxury residence where Kardashian was staying during Paris Fashion Week.Five men tied her up, gagged her and locked her in a bathroom, before making off with jewels worth nine million euros ($10.6 million), including her four-million-euro diamond engagement ring.The robbery was the biggest of an individual in France in the past 20 years.One of the robbers fleeing the scene on a bicycle dropped a...
April 14, 2018

Suspect charged in France over Kardashian gunpoint robbery

Entertainment weekly
For those of you who are trying to figure out what happened with Indian superstar, Salman Khan, here is the full story. Khan had been handed a five-year sentence for poaching, spent two nights in prison and was released on bail having argued about the reliability of witnesses and questioning the forensic tests on the dead blackbuck antelopes. The original incident occurred in 1998.The judge in Jodhpur required Khan to post two sureties of $800 each. He is also not allowed to leave the country without the court’s permission. The next hearing is scheduled for May 7.The decision to release Khan was greeted by large cheering crowds. Four others had been acquitted. Khan is one of India’s most bankable stars. He has just completed a major Abu Dhabi shoot for “Race 3,” due a July release...
April 13, 2018

Entertainment weekly

Barcelona's Lionel Messi in action during the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg match between AS Roma and FC Barcelona at Olimpico stadium in Rome on Tuesday. - EPA
'Footquakes': Messi really does make the Earth tremble
VIENNA - It's a scientific fact: when living football legends Neymar or Lionel Messi scores a goal, the Earth moves and the ground shakes.Don't believe it?Ask Jordi Diaz, a researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera in Barcelona. He's got the hard proof."We put a seismometer inside a building in Barcelona," he explained at a geosciences conference in Vienna, where he presented his findings."This allowed us to identify signature vibrations produced by different activities, including traffic or subway trains."Or football matches.By design or not, the instrument - which measures everything from tremors to full-on quakes - was about half a kilometer from Nou Camp stadium, home to the city's fabled football team."We get information every...
April 11, 2018

'Footquakes': Messi really does make the Earth tremble

US entertainer Bill Cosby, right, arrives with his aide Andrew Wyatt, left, at the Montgomery County Courthouse for the first day of his retrial regarding charges stemming from an alleged sexual assault in 2004, in Norristown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday. - EPA
Cosby sexual assault US retrial gets underway
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Disgraced US megastar Bill Cosby paid $3.38 million to a former university employee who accuses him of sexual assault, his retrial heard Tuesday in a dramatic revelation in a lengthy prosecution opening statement.The now 80-year-old Cosby could spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his Philadelphia home in 2004.The pioneering black entertainer's first trial ended in a hung jury in June last year, with a sequestered panel hopelessly deadlocked after six days of testimony and 52 hours of deliberations.The case forever tarnished the legacy of an actor once adored by millions as "America's Dad" for his defining role as lovable father and obstetrician Cliff Huxtable on hit 1984-92 television series...
April 10, 2018

Cosby sexual assault US retrial gets underway

Google honors actor Omar Sharif with new Doodle
Google celebrates Omar Sharif's 86th birthday
LOS ANGELES - Google is celebrating the life of Hollywood film star Omar Sharif on what would have been his 86 birthday with a new Doodle.Google's homepage features animated artwork depicting the Lawrence of Arabia star in front of what appears to be the sun which continues to cast a shadow over his face.Sharif, born Michel Demitri Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1932, worked in his father's lumber company before pursuing a film career. He starred in hit Egyptian films such as "Struggle in the Valley", also known as "The Blazing Sun" (1954), "A Rumor of Love" (1960), and "There is a Man in Our House" (1961)."With 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962), Sharif expanded his orbit from Egyptian matinee idol to international heartthrob....
April 10, 2018

Google celebrates Omar Sharif's 86th birthday

Lindsey Buckingham
Go your own way: Buckingham leaves Fleetwood Mac, again
NEW YORK - Fleetwood Mac, the veteran rockers notorious for internal strife, are at it again. The band said Tuesday it was parting ways once more with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.The announcement, made as the British-American group prepares a summer tour, nonetheless came as a surprise as the band's classic lineup had reunited over the past few years."Lindsey Buckingham will not be performing with the band on this tour. The band wishes Lindsey all the best," the remaining members said in a statement.The group said he would be replaced on the tour by two guitarists - frontman Neil Finn of Australian pop stalwarts Crowded House and Mike Campbell, who led the backup band of late rocker Tom Petty."Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to...
April 10, 2018

Go your own way: Buckingham leaves Fleetwood Mac, again

Turkish chef and restaurateur Nusret Gokce salts meat in his trademark pose which went viral last year and earned him the nickname
Temasek stake values 'Salt Bae' Turkish restaurant owner at $1.2 billion
ISTANBUL - Singapore's Temasek and Britain's Metric Capital have bought into Nusr-Et steakhouse owner D.ream in a deal valuing the Turkish firm at $1.2 billion. Nusr-Et was made famous by chef-turned-social media star Nusret Gokce, who went viral under the nickname "Salt Bae" in 2017 after posting videos of himself salting meat. Salt Bae's distinctive cobra-like manoeuver earned Gokce more than 12 million Instagram followers and has helped launch Nusr-Et restaurants in the Middle East, New York and Miami. Dogus Restaurant Entertainment and Management (D.ream), which has a presence in 170 locations in 12 countries, said on Tuesday state-owned Temasek Holding and Metric Capital had paid $200 million for a 17 percent holding. - Reuters
April 10, 2018

Temasek stake values 'Salt Bae' Turkish restaurant owner at $1.2 billion

Meghan Markle
She wants to be Princess Diana 2.0: Meghan Markle's childhood friend
LONDON - Meghan Markle has her heart set on becoming Diana 2.0, according to a new biography that details her lifelong embrace of good causes but also points to a calculating streak. The "Suits" star, who is set to marry on May 19 this year, is fiercely protective and sidelines people as she moves ahead in life, according to people cited in the book."Meghan: A Hollywood Princess," which is due out in Britain on Thursday, details how the 36-year-old US actor ditched her first husband.The biography is authored by Andrew Morton, the British royal writer who penned the blockbuster "Diana: Her True Story."He also details Markle’s fascination with Prince Harry’s mother Diana around the time of her death in 1997, watching her funeral in tears.Family friends said...
April 09, 2018

She wants to be Princess Diana 2.0: Meghan Markle's childhood friend

Saudi director Haifaa Al-Mansour is seen in this file photo.
In first, Saudi Arabia to participate at Cannes Film Festival
PARIS - Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it will participate in the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival scheduled to take place from May 8-19. The Kingdom’s presence is in line with its strategy to develop a vibrant and sustainable film industry in Saudi Arabia, as well as to engage the global international film community.“We are delighted to participate at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, one of the world’s leading film festivals and largest gatherings of industry professionals. The Kingdom looks forward to its debut presence at the festival, celebrating and supporting the diversity of talent and opportunities within the Saudi film industry,” said Dr. Awwad Alawwad, Minister of Culture and Information and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General...
April 09, 2018

In first, Saudi Arabia to participate at Cannes Film Festival

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