Bieber apologizes to angry fans for late UK show
LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian singer Justin Bieber apologized on Tuesday after fans booed him for turning up nearly two hours late to a London concert, blaming technical issues for his late performance....
View ArticleNew films test if Land of Oz still paved with gold
LONDON (Reuters) – The entertainment industry has long viewed The Land of Oz as a road paved with gold, and two major new movie projects will test the public’s appetite for yet more spin-offs from L....
View ArticleCan Bowie turn acclaim and hype into record sales?
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) – He caught the music world napping in January with his first new song in a decade and soon had critics searching for superlatives to describe his new album “The Next Day”....
View ArticleBieber “under the weather”, lunges at UK photographer
LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian pop star Justin Bieber was filmed lunging and shouting abuse at a photographer on Friday during an ill-fated stay in London which has gone from bad to worse after he...
View ArticleBieber ends London gig without hitches after ‘rough week’
LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) – Pop star Justin Bieber wrapped up his final London show without hitches on Friday after a week riddled with paparazzi run-ins and a trip to the hospital. Bieber, 19, sang...
View ArticleOlivia Newton-John: sweetheart, sex idol, rock chick, radio star
LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – With a range spanning the cardigan-clad sweetheart in the hit musical “Grease” and the leotarded gym instructor in the raunchy single “Physical”, no one could accuse Olivia...
View ArticleTop conductor questions opera singers’ commitment
LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s leading opera conductors, Antonio Pappano, on Wednesday criticized singers for pulling out of productions too easily, saying at times this was due to illness but...
View ArticleChinese slump dents global art market in 2012-study
LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – Chinese spending on art and antiques shrank by nearly a quarter in 2012, ending a streak of spectacular growth that helped drive up global prices and made China the biggest...
View ArticleChristie’s offers unusual Hannibal work by Poussin
LONDON (Reuters) – Auction house Christie’s will offer an unconventional painting by French classical artist Nicolas Poussin, depicting Carthaginian general Hannibal astride an elephant, in July,...
View ArticleDavid Bowie exhibition breaks box office records
LONDON (Reuters) – Ziggy played guitar. But as a new exhibition devoted to singer David Bowie’s long and innovative career makes clear, he also wrote lyrics, checked every detail of his outlandish...
View ArticleAt least 17 dead as Islamist protests spread across Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 17 people died across Egypt on Friday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military...
View ArticleIslamist protests hit cities across Egypt, at least 24 dead
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 24 people died across Egypt on Friday as Islamists opposed to the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi took to the streets to vent their fury at what they say was a military...
View ArticleEgypt PM dispute stalls government, Islamists call more protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s political transition after President Mohamed Mursi was ousted by the military stumbled at the first hurdle, after the choice of liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim...
View ArticleEgyptian PM deadlock drags on as hundreds of thousands protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deadlock over Egypt’s interim prime minister entered a third day on Monday after the Islamist Nour Party rejected candidates for interim prime minister, prolonging the impasse amid...
View ArticleEgypt looks forward to new elections, back to week of bloodshed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim authorities, boosted by $8 billion in Gulf aid, start work on forming a cabinet on Wednesday, a week after the elected Islamist president was ousted by the army...
View ArticleInfighting threatens Egypt transition plan, army orders arrests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Political infighting threatened to stall Egypt’s transition plans on Thursday, as the military cracked down on Muslim Brotherhood leaders it blames for inciting a clash in Cairo in...
View ArticleEgypt braces for more protests, prays for calm
CAIRO (Reuters) – Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi called for protests on Friday, and Egyptians prayed there would be no repeat of clashes that killed more than 90 people in the last week...
View ArticleEgypt’s Islamists take to streets of Cairo, but protests peaceful
CAIRO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Egyptians marched on Cairo’s streets in the early hours of Saturday to demand ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi be reinstated, but there were none of the...
View ArticleClashes return to streets of Cairo in another blow for Egypt
CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) – Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early on Tuesday after fights broke out between supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and locals...
View ArticleSeven dead as police and protesters clash in Egypt
CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded when supporters of Mohamed Mursi clashed with the deposed president’s opponents and security forces through the night as...
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