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Bill Clinton, other celebrities join thousands at Vienna AIDS charity ball
VIENNA – Cross-dressers, half-naked revelers, a famed fashion designer, entertainment icons and former U.S. President Bill Clinton are sharing the spotlight in Vienna for the Life Ball, one of Europe’s biggest AIDS fundraisers. As in past years, Vienna’s city hall and the huge square in front of it has been transformed into a magical stage,
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Niger president says attackers came from Libya; death toll climbs to 35
NIAMEY, Mali – Niger’s president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and a French-run uranium mine came from southern Libya. President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters Saturday the death toll now stands at 35, including 24 soldiers, one employee of French nuclear giant Areva, and 10 terrorists. Issoufou spoke alongside
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Roman Polanski laments levelling of sexes as ‘idiotic’ at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France – Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a “masculinizing” effect on women. The director said the pill has “changed the place of women in our times,” while talking to reporters Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. He was there to premiere his film “Venus in Fur,” adapted from the David
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Both quick, long-term fixes in works for Wash. bridge, motorists told add 1 hour for travel
SEATTLE – It’s going to take time to find both short- and long-term fixes for the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5, Washington state officials said Saturday as federal inspectors scoured for clues that may impact bridge safety across the nation. First, the National Transportation and Safety Board must finish its inspection. Then debris will
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Suspected Maoist rebels attack convoy carrying members of India’s ruling party, killing 16
NEW DELHI – Police say suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India’s ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 16 people and wounding 25 others. Senior police officer M. Gupta said suspected insurgents triggered a land mine blast and fired at the vehicles on Saturday
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Cambodian film on family’s experience under Pol Pot wins Cannes ‘Un Certain Regard’ Prize
CANNES, France – A French-Cambodian film, “The Missing Picture,” which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot’s dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the “Un Certain Regard” prize at the Cannes Film Festival. To rousing applause, director Rithy Panh collected the award at a ceremony Saturday night, expressing his gratitude to be able “to
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French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris; unclear yet if any link to UK attack
PARIS – France’s military spokesman says a soldier has been stabbed in the throat in the French commercial district of La Defence outside Paris. The stabbing comes just days after a British soldier was hacked to death on a London street in broad daylight in a suspected terrorist attack that has raised fears of potential
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A controversial victory lap for Jerry Lewis at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France – Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn’t quite overcome with emotion now that he’s back at the Cannes Film Festival. The festival, he says, is “for snobs,” and when he meets a reporter from his native land, he exhales, “It’s so nice to hear an American.” To him, Cannes isn’t an epicenter
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Tilda Swinton brings vampires to Cannes, in Jim Jarmusch’s indie tale “Only Lovers Left Alive”
CANNES, France – Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch’s latest movie “Only Lovers Left Alive,” an unusual comedy that puts a spin on the age-old vampire genre. The film, the last English-language entry competing for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, sees Swinton play Eve, a grungy but erudite vampire
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Filmmaker, actor Tyler Perry donates $100,000 to help student athletes in Ohio schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city’s South-Western schools. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Perry was drawn to Finland Middle School on Friday after seeing a TV report about teacher
