Sarandon gets lifetime achievement award at Stockholm film fest
AFP - Sunday November 22, 01:16 PM
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - American actress Susan Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.

'Twilight' sequel scores monster box office opening
AFP - Saturday November 21, 09:54 AM
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The hotly anticipated sequel to vampire romance "Twilight" scored a monster hit at the North American box office on Friday, shattering previous records for midnight openings, reports said.

Poland restricts gambling outside casinos
AFP - Saturday November 21, 09:49 AM
WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's parliament on Friday adopted a law that confines gambling to casinos and phases out the slot machines currently in many Polish cafes, clubs, shops and service stations.

Strong Asia presence at Saint Laurent auction
AFP - Saturday November 21, 08:53 AM
PARIS (AFP) - Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday.

Sun shines on golf's growth in China's Hainan
AFP - Saturday November 21, 08:30 AM
SANYA, China (AFP) - It's chilly and wet back home in Sichuan province, but Chen Ming cheerfully tees off in shorts on a sunny palm-lined golf course on China's southern Hainan island.

Auction record for umbrella stand as YSL mystique inflates prices
AFP - Saturday November 21, 06:31 AM
PARIS (AFP) - A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by Yves Saint Laurent fetched an amazing 90,000 euros (134,000 dollars) Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge.

Simpsons' lampoon of Sarkozy sudden French web hit
AFP - Saturday November 21, 06:25 AM
PARIS (AFP) - Thousands of French Internet users flooded video sharing websites Friday to enjoy a lampoon of their glamourous first couple, almost a week after they appeared on the US show the Simpsons.

Uganda's gays: from advocates to outlaws
AFP - Saturday November 21, 06:20 AM
KAMPALA (AFP) - If Uganda?s recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law, Frank Mugisha and other individuals found campaigning for gay rights will face the choice of going to jail or leaving the country.

No reply this Christmas as US blocks Santa mail
AFP - Saturday November 21, 06:09 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - No matter if children are naughty or nice, they won't get a reply from Santa this year, as the US Postal Service has blocked mail to a tiny Alaska town that answered Christmas letters for decades.

US singles on PlayDate search for soul mate
AFP - Saturday November 21, 06:08 AM
ARLINGTON, Virginia (AFP) - Forget singles bars and the mad dash through the speed-dating circuit: