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China's Wanda Group buys US movie chain AMC for $2.6B, creates world's biggest cinema owner

Joe McDonald, The Associated Press 21 May, 2012 0

BEIJING, China - A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China's biggest corporate takeover in the United States to date. Dalian Wanda Group Co.'s purchase reflects the global ambitions of a wave of cash-rich Chin

Bee Gees co-founder Robin Gibb dead at 62

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

Robin Gibb, one of the three Bee Gees whose falsetto harmonies powered such hits as ``Stayin' Alive'' and ``Night Fever" died Sunday, his representative say.

Gibb was 62.

In the shadows of art, Cannes Film Festival movie market flourishes

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - The movie market at Cannes is such a dramatic sideshow that this year it's getting its own film. Director James Toback and actor Alec Baldwin have been knocking up and down Cannes' Croisette boulevard filming a documentary on the feverish deal-making that surrounds the festival. Whi

Mich. prosecutor charges 3 men in carjacking of Detroit pastor, gospel singer Marvin Winans

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

DETROIT - A Michigan prosecutor has charged three young men in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans. The office of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says 20-year-old Detroit residents Phillip Givens and Christopher Moorehead and 18-year-old Bria

Kristen Wiig gets a rousing sendoff from 'SNL' on its season finale after 7 years in the cast

Frazier Moore, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years. In the show's final sketch, guest host Mick Jagger played the principal at a high school graduation and brought up Wiig, in cap

Bollywood megastar ends mystery over granddaughter's name in tweet 6 months after birth

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

NEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his superstar son and daughter-in-law have named their baby girl Aaradhya. Speculation about the baby's name had swirled since she was born Nov. 16 to actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a L'Oreal spokeswoman and former Miss World

Ian Astbury's struggles provide ammo for new Cult album 'Choice of Weapon'

Nick Patch, The Canadian Press 20 May, 2012 0

TORONTO - Before Ian Astbury and the Cult made "Choice of Weapon," the Hamilton-reared rock howler was starting to believe he might never take up musical arms again. After 2007's "Born Into This" came out, Astbury went through a difficult period. He suffered through a bad breakup and then his body b

Iran's Farhadi picks up European prize in Cannes to make French film with Marion Cotillard

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

CANNES, France - The European Union has awarded Iranian director Asghar Farhadi a cash prize to help fund his first European film, set to star Marion Cotillard. Farhadi and his producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy were presented with the EU Media Prize on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. The €60,000 ($7

Katie Couric delivers commencement address at UVa; Class of '79 grad urges perseverance

The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Television journalist Katie Couric has urged University of Virginia graduates to take risks and persevere. The Daily Progress reports (http://bit.ly/L9Zxnj ) that the former "Today" host and CBS News anchor addressed about 6,400 graduates on Sunday. She recounted the deaths of

Kristen Wiig gets a rousing sendoff from 'Saturday Night Live' after 7 years in the cast

Frazier Moore, The Associated Press 20 May, 2012 0

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years. In the show's final sketch, guest host Mick Jagger played the principal at a high school graduation and brought up Wiig, in cap