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Prince Harry, Beckham party together
Prince Harry and soccer star David Beckham enjoyed an evening at the exclusive Arts Club here.

The British royal and the sportsman partied till the early hours in London on Friday, reports...


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Actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81, leaving behind legacy on stage, screen
Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday, his lawyer said. He...
Boy suspended over crotch-grab dance
A NINE-year-old student at a Catholic school in southeastern Minnesota, US, has been suspended indefinitely after his lip-syncing performance of a Michael Jackson...
Savannah stage ready for panmen
This worker high atop a hydraulic lift makes some final checks to the lighting system at the North Stand at the Queen's Park Savannah in...
Op-Ed Contributor: Learning to Share the Stage
Fifty years ago Monday, in a Waseda University auditorium in Tokyo, someone pulled the plug on Robert Kennedy's microphone. The attorney general had come to Japan to repair the U. S.-Japan alliance...
Dot 6 Services Company Crafts Braille Signage
Do not search by date -- full issues of the paper are not available on the site; If you are looking for a specific article, type in one or two words only from the headline or the name of someone in...
Denver tax subsidy for Broadway and Alameda area may see new use
Denver's council on Monday will decide whether a tax subsidy that 20 years ago helped redevelop a blighted marketplace on Broadway should be redirected to fix drainage and realign the streets in...
Russians stage rival protests over Putin
MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister...
Aguilera finds truth in 'Voice'
Christina Aguilera's looks certainly never hurt her career. She's a great singer, beyond a doubt. But as a judge and coach on the reality-competition series The Voice -- which returns for...
Macca, Lanegan top CD reviews
This week's album reviews include a couple of Beatles legends and the first solo effort in eight years from the true prince of darkness, Mark...
More humiliating casting calls
We recall that it was Thomas Edison who once summed up success as being "10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." Had Edison been a struggling actor trying to make a go of it in Tinseltown...
McAdams balances 'Vow' role
LOS ANGELES -- Toronto actress Rachel McAdams is nothing if not versatile. In the last four years, she has played a soldier (The Lucky Ones), an investigative newspaper blogger (State of Play), a...
Fairy tale remakes go dark
Superheroes are so last year. Hansel and his feisty sister, Gretel, and the cast of characters from other classic fairy tales are quickly replacing the Batman and Robins and the Green Hornets. ...
The Rock shakes up 'Journey 2'
HONOLULU -- Everyone who's seen the trailers for Journey 2: Mysterious Island knows that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has a move called "the Pec Pop of Love." Here -- in the...
U.S. and Israel Set Stage for False Flag and Iran Attack
February 4, 2012 Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag terror event to be blamed on Iran. The event will likely occur within the next...
Television: AMC Goes Inside Kevin Smith's Comic Book Shop
RED BANK, N. J.


AS the man who hired him and the men who work for him will readily attest, Walt Flanagan, the manager of a comic book store here called Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, is...
Recalling Happenings Events on Eve of Pace Exhibition
HALF a century ago, on Oct. 4, 1959, an event took place at the Reuben Gallery in the East Village that changed the course of art history: a performance piece by the artist Allan Kaprow titled "18...
Stage and screen star dies, aged 81
ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said...
Edmonton a “favourite” on the hip-hop dance circuit
The Shaw played host to a wedding and a hip-hop convention Saturday afternoon, the result a head-tilting juxtaposition of apparel. Sightings of cocktail dresses and suits were rare, though, swallowed...
Andamans: New videos of naked tribal dance emerge
led to inquiries in India into the existence of "human safaris" in the islands. The newspaper said that the "new videos raise fresh questions about the complicity of officers who are...
MP Merhabi: Lebanon army is acting on orders from Syria
March 14 MP Mouin Merhabi said on Saturday that the Lebanese army "was deployed today along the Lebanese-Syrian border on orders from Damascus to President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib...
NBC sets the stage for a big gamble
LOS ANGELES - Megan Hilty knows what it's like to launch a big-time Broadway flop. She took on Dolly Parton's character in a 2009 musical adaptation of "9 to 5," which closed...
Acting dynasties: There's no business like family business
Overqualified and under-employed - that is the lot of most young actors. But not if mummy or daddy is already treading the boards. Meet the new generation of me-toos following their parents on to the...
Nude Tribal Dance in India: New Videos Show Official Involvement
India 's Andaman-Nicobar Islands had been forced to dance half-naked for tourists, two new videos shot on a mobile phone have emerged which suggest the involvement...
Minnesota student suspended over Michael Jackson dance
W INONA, Minn. - A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser. Mindy Boberg told...
Minn. student suspended over Michael Jackson dance
WINONA, Minn.- A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a...
Soul Train fans bop on Broadway in Cornelius fete
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fans of "Soul Train" boogied down Broadway wearing afro wigs and bell bottoms on Saturday while others recounted their favorite episodes at a Harlem meeting hall in tribute...
Leonardo da Vinci: a late-night masterstroke | Observer editorial
National Gallery's Leonardo da Vinci show in its final hours.The gallery, faced with snaking queues and unprecedented demand, remains open until midnight tonight. It is a gesture that marks the...
Jonathan Franzen is wrong: the digital age is making us smarter | Henry Porter
Charles Dickens went on the road for a punishing schedule of public readings, which certainly hastened his end. In her magnificent biography, Claire Tomalin describes how he dragged himself from...
10: The long gallery, Chastleton House, Moreton-in-Marsh, 1607-1612
As part of our series exploring Britain's architectural wonders, the Observer's architecture critic introduces a spectacular interactive 360-degree panoramic view of this classic example of...
Festival House, Blackpool – review
Blackpool . It's a town that is hard to mention without a trace of a snigger, one partly snobbish and partly of the kind generally prompted by outdated engines of fun. It has its place in...
David Shrigley: Brain Activity – review
David Shrigley 's cartoons, paintings, hand-drawn films and tragicomic critters now filling the top floor of the Hayward Gallery has been jammed ever since it opened. Shrigley deserves his...
Mario Testino: 'It's almost like a cowboy that draws his gun'
Thirty years of smiley, steamy, glossy pictures. Pictures beloved by the very A-listers Mario Testino has shot. "I trust him completely," says Gwyneth Paltrow. "He sees me sexier than...
Street style: how I learned the art of fashion blogging
We've been stalking central London for an hour, cameras slung low but ready for the quick draw, when we spot something: a flash of vivid green, across a busy Mayfair thoroughfare. Wayne...
Veteran stage, screen actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81
In a 60-year career that began on stage, the gravel-voiced Ben Gazzara appeared in more than 100 films and TV movies. He also starred in the 1960s series 'Run for Your Life,' enjoyed a...
'Soul Train' fans dance at NYC Cornelius fete
About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a "flash mob" organized through the Internet. As startled tourists looked on, they recreated one of the show's "Soul Train lines" in which people would...