Entertainment Awards
'Oz' conjures up more N. America box office magic
Mar 18, 2013 21:26 EDT
Big-budget 3D fantasy adventure flick "Oz the Great and Powerful" topped the North American box office for a second straight weekend, earning $41.3 million, industry figures showed.
Chinese film 'Mystery' wins Asian best picture
Mar 18, 2013 20:16 EDT
A Chinese drama that touches on sensitive topics including police corruption won the best picture at the Asian Film Awards, while Japan's Takeshi Kitano scooped the best director gong.
Hirscher wins skiing World Cup Golden Globe title
Mar 14, 2013 12:03 EDT
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the overall World Cup title for a second straight year on Thursday when chief rival Aksel Lund Svindal withdrew from the slalom race.
Iran to sue over Hollywood films like Argo: lawyer
Mar 13, 2013 08:15 EDT
Tehran plans to sue Hollywood production companies over anti-Iranian films, including the Oscar-winning "Argo", a French lawyer hired by the Islamic republic to make the case said on Wednesday.
Wine journal awards Australian shiraz perfect score
Mar 05, 2013 01:06 EST
Influential journal Wine Advocate has awarded Australia's 2008 Penfolds Grange shiraz an unsurpassable 100 points, a score chief winemaker Peter Gago said Tuesday was like winning an Academy Award.
Spielberg to make mini-series about Napoleon
Mar 04, 2013 19:23 EST
Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is to make a television mini-series about Napoleon, based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, he told a French broadcaster.
French actor Omar Sy joins 'X-Men' cast
Mar 03, 2013 15:20 EST
French actor Omar Sy, who won praise for his starring role in the film "The Intouchables," has been added to the star-studded cast of the next "X-Men movie," director Bryan Singer has said.
Keep up censorship fight, urges Chinese filmmaker
Mar 02, 2013 00:34 EST
Chinese filmmakers must fight censorship even if it means removing their name from their own work, one-time banned Chinese director Lou Ye told AFP in an interview ahead of this month's Asian Film Awards in which his crime thriller "Mystery" has been nominated in six categories.
Steven Spielberg: a Hollywood legend
Feb 28, 2013 14:48 EST
Steven Spielberg, named head of the Cannes Film Festival jury Wednesday, is a Hollywood legend and one of modern cinema's most influential filmmakers -- even if his awards glory has faded of late.
One Direction 'worst band' at NME awards
Feb 28, 2013 03:45 EST
Teen heartthrob Harry Stiles received the dubious honour of villain of the year while his group One Direction were voted worst band by influential UK music magazine NME at its annual awards show on Wednesday.
One Direct 'worst band' at NME awards
Feb 28, 2013 03:16 EST
Teen heartthrob Harry Stiles received the dubious honour of villain of the year while his group One Direction were voted worst band by influential UK music magazine NME at its annual awards show on Wednesday.
Spielberg to head up Cannes festival jury
Feb 28, 2013 02:48 EST
Award-winning director Steven Spielberg will head up this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, the organisers announced on Thursday, just days after he missed out on his third best-director Oscar.
Rolling Stones victorious at NME Awards
Feb 28, 2013 02:04 EST
Influential music magazine the NME honoured rock legends the Rolling Stones with two prizes at its annual awards show, fifty years after they first graced its pages.
Oscars host says 'no way' doing it again
Feb 26, 2013 13:50 EST
Oscars host Seth MacFarlane said Tuesday there is "no way" he will do the show again, after his performance was widely criticized as offensive and dull.
'Identity Thief' regains top of N. America box office
Feb 25, 2013 19:46 EST
The comedy "Identity Thief" topped the box office in the United States and Canada in its third week, bouncing back on Oscars weekend after slipping from the top spot, figures showed Monday.
Youngest Oscar nominee Wallis to play Annie
Feb 25, 2013 17:14 EST
Quvenzhane Wallis, fresh from the Oscars spotlight as the youngest ever best actress nominee, is to play "Annie" in a Tinseltown remake of the hit Broadway musical, filmmakers said.
Critics blast Oscars for off-color jokes, dull show
Feb 25, 2013 16:23 EST
Critics blasted Oscars host Seth MacFarlane on Monday for "crudely sexist antics" and peddling "offensive" Jewish stereotypes, as the Academy Awards post mortem got into full swing.
State Dept 'excited' by 'Argo' Oscar win
Feb 25, 2013 14:57 EST
The US State Department, still mourning the loss of its diplomats in a bloody attack on a mission in Libya, Monday cheered the Oscar win for "Argo" based on a true life tale of diplomatic bravery.
Jewish group slams 'offensive' Oscars show sketch
Feb 25, 2013 14:27 EST
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday blasted an Oscars sketch in which potty-mouthed film star bear Ted joked about Jews in Hollywood, calling it "offensive and not remotely funny."
Iran slams Hollywood over 'Argo' Oscar win
Feb 25, 2013 13:28 EST
Iran on Monday criticised Hollywood for awarding its top honour to the Iran hostage drama "Argo", with a senior official saying it "lacks artistic value" and media poking fun at US first lady Michelle Obama's surprise appearance at the Oscar ceremony.
