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Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/celebrity/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifInfluential U.S. film critic Roger Ebert dies at 70<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/film-critic-roger-ebert-dead-70-chicago-sun-194835874.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s_maILyrigwg5H3h2HbALw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T224626Z_1_CBRE9331K7700_RTROPTP_2_LEISURE-ROGER-EBERT-STAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Movie critic Roger Ebert gives the thumbs-up after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame." align="left" title="Movie critic Roger Ebert gives the thumbs-up after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame." border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roger Ebert, who was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and became an unlikely TV star while hosting a movie review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel, died in Chicago on Thursday, two days after he disclosed his cancer had returned. "It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) has passed away," the Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper where Ebert, 70, worked for decades, said on Twitter. "There is a hole that can't be filled. One of the greats has left us," the newspaper added. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/film-critic-roger-ebert-dead-70-chicago-sun-194835874.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 19:47:49 -0400Reutersfilm-critic-roger-ebert-dead-70-chicago-sun-194835874<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/film-critic-roger-ebert-dead-70-chicago-sun-194835874.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/s_maILyrigwg5H3h2HbALw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T224626Z_1_CBRE9331K7700_RTROPTP_2_LEISURE-ROGER-EBERT-STAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Movie critic Roger Ebert gives the thumbs-up after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame." align="left" title="Movie critic Roger Ebert gives the thumbs-up after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame." border="0" /></a>By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roger Ebert, who was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and became an unlikely TV star while hosting a movie review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel, died in Chicago on Thursday, two days after he disclosed his cancer had returned. "It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) has passed away," the Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper where Ebert, 70, worked for decades, said on Twitter. "There is a hole that can't be filled. One of the greats has left us," the newspaper added. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Conductor Salonen dashes from Frank Zappa to Stravinsky<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/conductor-salonen-dashes-frank-zappa-stravinsky-092947321.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.Wli4nZZzxmdxX.hCH65aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T092947Z_1_CBRE9330QDW00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MUSIC-SALONEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL OPENING." align="left" title="ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL OPENING." border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen dislikes musical anniversaries but he is celebrating so many this year he failed to notice one - the 20th anniversary of the death of the anarchic American rock innovator Frank Zappa. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/conductor-salonen-dashes-frank-zappa-stravinsky-092947321.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 05:29:47 -0400Reutersconductor-salonen-dashes-frank-zappa-stravinsky-092947321<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/conductor-salonen-dashes-frank-zappa-stravinsky-092947321.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.Wli4nZZzxmdxX.hCH65aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T092947Z_1_CBRE9330QDW00_RTROPTP_2_MUSIC-US-MUSIC-SALONEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL OPENING." align="left" title="ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL OPENING." border="0" /></a>By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen dislikes musical anniversaries but he is celebrating so many this year he failed to notice one - the 20th anniversary of the death of the anarchic American rock innovator Frank Zappa. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora leaves tour due to "personal issues"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-000523144.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0.HGuDiAyX9rIWZwYlRiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T200629Z_1_CBRE9321JV500_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-RICHIESAMBORA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" align="left" title="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora has dropped out of the current leg of the rock band's tour because of "personal issues," but the guitarist, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, tweeted fans on Wednesday that he was "well." "Thank you everyone for your concern," Sambora said on Twitter. "I'm well, but had to stay in LA to take care of a personal matter. Love you all and see you very soon. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-000523144.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 20:05:23 -0400Reutersbon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-000523144<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-000523144.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0.HGuDiAyX9rIWZwYlRiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T200629Z_1_CBRE9321JV500_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-RICHIESAMBORA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" align="left" title="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora has dropped out of the current leg of the rock band's tour because of "personal issues," but the guitarist, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, tweeted fans on Wednesday that he was "well." "Thank you everyone for your concern," Sambora said on Twitter. "I'm well, but had to stay in LA to take care of a personal matter. Love you all and see you very soon. ...</p><br clear="all"/>John Travolta's lawyer slams "outrageous false" sex-assault payout story<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-travoltas-lawyer-slams-outrageous-false-sex-assault-205803844.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UZXtP4Va9W9KBi3S.3On.w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T205803Z_1_CBRE9321M9800_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-JOHNTRAVOLTA-GAWKER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. actor Travolta poses during a photocall to promote the film Savages on the third day of the San Sebastian Film Festival" align="left" title="U.S. actor Travolta poses during a photocall to promote the film Savages on the third day of the San Sebastian Film Festival" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Travolta's attorney is lashing out at Gawker over a report suggesting that the "Grease" star shelled out more than $84,000 to settle sexual assault claims, calling the story "outrageous" and "false." Gawker published the storyTuesday, along with a document that the site claimed is an "internal report" of insurance claims indicating that the actor's insurer paid out a total of $84,500 to two parties after they issued attorney demand letters alleging sexual assault. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/john-travoltas-lawyer-slams-outrageous-false-sex-assault-205803844.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 16:58:03 -0400Reutersjohn-travoltas-lawyer-slams-outrageous-false-sex-assault-205803844<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/john-travoltas-lawyer-slams-outrageous-false-sex-assault-205803844.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UZXtP4Va9W9KBi3S.3On.w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T205803Z_1_CBRE9321M9800_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-JOHNTRAVOLTA-GAWKER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. actor Travolta poses during a photocall to promote the film Savages on the third day of the San Sebastian Film Festival" align="left" title="U.S. actor Travolta poses during a photocall to promote the film Savages on the third day of the San Sebastian Film Festival" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Travolta's attorney is lashing out at Gawker over a report suggesting that the "Grease" star shelled out more than $84,000 to settle sexual assault claims, calling the story "outrageous" and "false." Gawker published the storyTuesday, along with a document that the site claimed is an "internal report" of insurance claims indicating that the actor's insurer paid out a total of $84,500 to two parties after they issued attorney demand letters alleging sexual assault. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jimmy Fallon to succeed Jay Leno as "Tonight Show" host<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fallon-nbc-deal-aimed-tonight-show-takeover-reports-155247415.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.q621FsDbxhil_SB4kmQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T211614Z_3_CBRE932184600_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-TELELVISION-JIMMYFALLON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Late night talk show hosts Leno and Fallon pose backstage at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Late night talk show hosts Leno and Fallon pose backstage at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Fallon will take over from veteran Jay Leno next year as host of the NBC flagship talk program "The Tonight Show," NBC said on Wednesday, bringing a younger feel to the competitive late-night landscape on U.S. television. Leno, 62, will wrap up what will be 22 years as host of "The Tonight Show" in the spring of 2014 - some seven months before his contract was officially due to end. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/fallon-nbc-deal-aimed-tonight-show-takeover-reports-155247415.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 17:44:27 -0400Reutersfallon-nbc-deal-aimed-tonight-show-takeover-reports-155247415<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fallon-nbc-deal-aimed-tonight-show-takeover-reports-155247415.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4.q621FsDbxhil_SB4kmQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T211614Z_3_CBRE932184600_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-TELELVISION-JIMMYFALLON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Late night talk show hosts Leno and Fallon pose backstage at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Late night talk show hosts Leno and Fallon pose backstage at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jimmy Fallon will take over from veteran Jay Leno next year as host of the NBC flagship talk program "The Tonight Show," NBC said on Wednesday, bringing a younger feel to the competitive late-night landscape on U.S. television. Leno, 62, will wrap up what will be 22 years as host of "The Tonight Show" in the spring of 2014 - some seven months before his contract was officially due to end. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jim Carrey fires back at his gun-control critics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jim-carrey-fires-back-gun-control-critics-193509569.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SCxV_e.PMg1gNHh5iD_V2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T193509Z_1_CBRE9321IER00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-JIMCARREY-GUNS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carrey poses at the premiere of "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" in Hollywood" align="left" title="Carrey poses at the premiere of "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jim Carrey, who raised the hackles of the right wing by calling Fox News - or, rather, "Fux News" - a "giant culture fart" and with his criticism of assault rifles, has fired off another round in the debate, calling some of his harsher critics "thugs" and "a minority." He also says that he doesn't want to infringe on anyone's Second Amendment rights. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jim-carrey-fires-back-gun-control-critics-193509569.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 15:35:09 -0400Reutersjim-carrey-fires-back-gun-control-critics-193509569<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jim-carrey-fires-back-gun-control-critics-193509569.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SCxV_e.PMg1gNHh5iD_V2A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T193509Z_1_CBRE9321IER00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-JIMCARREY-GUNS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Carrey poses at the premiere of "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" in Hollywood" align="left" title="Carrey poses at the premiere of "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jim Carrey, who raised the hackles of the right wing by calling Fox News - or, rather, "Fux News" - a "giant culture fart" and with his criticism of assault rifles, has fired off another round in the debate, calling some of his harsher critics "thugs" and "a minority." He also says that he doesn't want to infringe on anyone's Second Amendment rights. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Matthew McConaughey confirms starring role in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/matthew-mcconaughey-confirms-starring-role-christopher-nolans-sci-195327126.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N1AKXvIAZVsioUk7nw47Bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T204248Z_1_CBRE9321LJF00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-MATTHEWMCCONAUGHEY-INTERSTELLAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives for the New York Film Critics Circle awards in New York" align="left" title="Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives for the New York Film Critics Circle awards in New York" border="0" /></a>By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Matthew McConaughey will star in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar," the director's follow-up to "The Dark Knight Rises" and McConaughey's first big-budget film in years. The actor told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he had accepted the role in the film, confirming reports from about a week ago. The Texan has undergone a career renaissance over the past couple of years after close to a decade of making charming but redundant romantic comedies. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/matthew-mcconaughey-confirms-starring-role-christopher-nolans-sci-195327126.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 15:53:27 -0400Reutersmatthew-mcconaughey-confirms-starring-role-christopher-nolans-sci-195327126<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/matthew-mcconaughey-confirms-starring-role-christopher-nolans-sci-195327126.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N1AKXvIAZVsioUk7nw47Bg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T204248Z_1_CBRE9321LJF00_RTROPTP_2_PEOPLE-US-MATTHEWMCCONAUGHEY-INTERSTELLAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives for the New York Film Critics Circle awards in New York" align="left" title="Actor Matthew McConaughey arrives for the New York Film Critics Circle awards in New York" border="0" /></a>By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Matthew McConaughey will star in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar," the director's follow-up to "The Dark Knight Rises" and McConaughey's first big-budget film in years. The actor told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he had accepted the role in the film, confirming reports from about a week ago. The Texan has undergone a career renaissance over the past couple of years after close to a decade of making charming but redundant romantic comedies. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-080742556.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ByNDqtUGp.le6TwdOHc3tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T080742Z_2_CBRE9321C9C00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-BRITAIN-BAFTA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." align="left" title="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the cause of her death but said she had been sick for some time. Jhabvala also worked on several movie adaptations with filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, winning two Academy Awards for her screenplays for 1985 movie "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" in 1992. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-080742556.htmlThu, 04 Apr 2013 04:07:42 -0400Reutersaward-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-080742556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-080742556.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ByNDqtUGp.le6TwdOHc3tQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-04T080742Z_2_CBRE9321C9C00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-BRITAIN-BAFTA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." align="left" title="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the cause of her death but said she had been sick for some time. Jhabvala also worked on several movie adaptations with filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, winning two Academy Awards for her screenplays for 1985 movie "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" in 1992. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Popstar Justin Bieber given month to collect pet monkey<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/popstar-justin-bieber-given-month-collect-pet-monkey-121008946.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hIoF.ir6nCApUtcdZaGVhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T122016Z_2_CBRE9320XT300_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pet monkey of Canadian singer Bieber is seen animal home in Munich" align="left" title="Pet monkey of Canadian singer Bieber is seen animal home in Munich" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (Reuters) - Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber has been given a month to provide German authorities with the papers they need to release his pet monkey "Mally". Customs officials seized Bieber's capuchin monkey at Munich Airport last week when the 19-year-old failed to present the health and species protection certificates required to bring the pet into the country. Bieber was visiting Munich to give a concert and has since continued on his tour. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/popstar-justin-bieber-given-month-collect-pet-monkey-121008946.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 08:20:16 -0400Reuterspopstar-justin-bieber-given-month-collect-pet-monkey-121008946<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/popstar-justin-bieber-given-month-collect-pet-monkey-121008946.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hIoF.ir6nCApUtcdZaGVhA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T122016Z_2_CBRE9320XT300_RTROPTP_2_GERMANY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Pet monkey of Canadian singer Bieber is seen animal home in Munich" align="left" title="Pet monkey of Canadian singer Bieber is seen animal home in Munich" border="0" /></a>BERLIN (Reuters) - Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber has been given a month to provide German authorities with the papers they need to release his pet monkey "Mally". Customs officials seized Bieber's capuchin monkey at Munich Airport last week when the 19-year-old failed to present the health and species protection certificates required to bring the pet into the country. Bieber was visiting Munich to give a concert and has since continued on his tour. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Muppets matriarch Jane Nebel Henson dies at age 78<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-124650838.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SfrAS1gSW2x2QNzSsdC6hA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T124650Z_2_CBRE9311U7M00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JANEHENSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" align="left" title="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Nebel Henson, the former wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson who was influential in the creation of the popular U.S. TV puppet program, died on Tuesday following a long bout with cancer, The Jim Henson Company said. She was 78 years old. Henson, who died at her home in Connecticut, was an "integral creative and business partner" in the Muppets, the company, owned by the Hensons' five children, said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-124650838.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 08:46:50 -0400Reutersmuppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-124650838<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-124650838.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SfrAS1gSW2x2QNzSsdC6hA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T124650Z_2_CBRE9311U7M00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JANEHENSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" align="left" title="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Nebel Henson, the former wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson who was influential in the creation of the popular U.S. TV puppet program, died on Tuesday following a long bout with cancer, The Jim Henson Company said. She was 78 years old. Henson, who died at her home in Connecticut, was an "integral creative and business partner" in the Muppets, the company, owned by the Hensons' five children, said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says cancer has returned<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-film-critic-roger-ebert-says-cancer-returned-190745914.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uQuh2wAstzO5Dh7HWOaCbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T190745Z_1_CBRE9321H5H00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Film critic Roger Ebert arrives to attend the Webby Awards in New York" align="left" title="Film critic Roger Ebert arrives to attend the Webby Awards in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says he is battling cancer again and that he will scale back his writing by taking a "leave of presence" from his more than four-decade career. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetorical power and prolific output, said he will undergo radiation treatment that will force him to take time away from his job. "I must slow down now, which is why I'm taking what I like to call 'a leave of presence,'" Ebert said in a blog entry posted late on Tuesday, adding that he would scale back his workload. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-film-critic-roger-ebert-says-cancer-returned-190745914.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 15:07:45 -0400Reutersu-film-critic-roger-ebert-says-cancer-returned-190745914<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-film-critic-roger-ebert-says-cancer-returned-190745914.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uQuh2wAstzO5Dh7HWOaCbA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T190745Z_1_CBRE9321H5H00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Film critic Roger Ebert arrives to attend the Webby Awards in New York" align="left" title="Film critic Roger Ebert arrives to attend the Webby Awards in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. film critic Roger Ebert says he is battling cancer again and that he will scale back his writing by taking a "leave of presence" from his more than four-decade career. Ebert, 70, known for his rhetorical power and prolific output, said he will undergo radiation treatment that will force him to take time away from his job. "I must slow down now, which is why I'm taking what I like to call 'a leave of presence,'" Ebert said in a blog entry posted late on Tuesday, adding that he would scale back his workload. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Angelina Jolie to sell jewelry line to fund overseas schools<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/angelina-jolie-sell-jewelry-line-fund-overseas-schools-022604556.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YQHZuIT06HIwhRGvVxpcLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-02T215439Z_2_CBRE93106SP00_RTROPTP_2_LEBANON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees in Lebanon" align="left" title="UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees in Lebanon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website E! News reported on Monday. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school in an area outside Kabul that has a high refugee population, E! News said in an exclusive report. The school educates 200-300 girls, E! said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/angelina-jolie-sell-jewelry-line-fund-overseas-schools-022604556.htmlTue, 02 Apr 2013 17:54:39 -0400Reutersangelina-jolie-sell-jewelry-line-fund-overseas-schools-022604556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/angelina-jolie-sell-jewelry-line-fund-overseas-schools-022604556.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YQHZuIT06HIwhRGvVxpcLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-02T215439Z_2_CBRE93106SP00_RTROPTP_2_LEBANON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees in Lebanon" align="left" title="UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Syrian refugees in Lebanon" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has opened another girls school in Afghanistan and plans to fund more from the proceeds of a jewelry line going on sale this week that she helped to design, celebrity website E! News reported on Monday. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, funded the girls-only primary school in an area outside Kabul that has a high refugee population, E! News said in an exclusive report. The school educates 200-300 girls, E! said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-172215551.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3u04BnXvc0Vmra3RqFESdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T172215Z_1_CBRE9321C9C00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-BRITAIN-BAFTA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." align="left" title="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the cause of her death but said she had been sick for some time. Jhabvala also worked on several movie adaptations with filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, winning two Academy Awards for her screenplays for 1985 movie "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" in 1992. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-172215551.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 13:22:15 -0400Reutersaward-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-172215551<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/award-winning-author-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-dies-age-172215551.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3u04BnXvc0Vmra3RqFESdQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T172215Z_1_CBRE9321C9C00_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-BRITAIN-BAFTA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." align="left" title="MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS RECIEVES A BRITISH ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP." border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York City, a spokesman for Hollywood agency Paradigm told Reuters. The spokesman did not give the cause of her death but said she had been sick for some time. Jhabvala also worked on several movie adaptations with filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, winning two Academy Awards for her screenplays for 1985 movie "A Room With a View" and "Howards End" in 1992. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora leaves tour due to "personal issues"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-200629900.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0.HGuDiAyX9rIWZwYlRiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T200629Z_1_CBRE9321JV500_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-RICHIESAMBORA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" align="left" title="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, has dropped out of the current leg of the band's tour for "personal issues," the band said on its website on Wednesday. "Due to personal issues, Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg. All shows will go on as scheduled," the posting said, offering no other details or when Sambora might resume performing. Sambora, 53, spent time in rehab in 2007 and 2011, and the band did its 2011 North American and European tour without him. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-200629900.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 16:06:29 -0400Reutersbon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-200629900<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bon-jovi-guitarist-sambora-leaves-tour-due-personal-200629900.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0.HGuDiAyX9rIWZwYlRiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-03T200629Z_1_CBRE9321JV500_RTROPTP_2_ARTS-US-RICHIESAMBORA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" align="left" title="Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi perform during the "12-12-12" benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy at Madison Square Garden in New York" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who has done stints in rehab for problems with alcohol, has dropped out of the current leg of the band's tour for "personal issues," the band said on its website on Wednesday. "Due to personal issues, Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg. All shows will go on as scheduled," the posting said, offering no other details or when Sambora might resume performing. Sambora, 53, spent time in rehab in 2007 and 2011, and the band did its 2011 North American and European tour without him. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies after surgery<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/harry-potter-actor-richard-griffiths-dies-heart-surgery-130557398.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1j5U.Bc6c.h7TP9Onv6Y3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-29T130557Z_1_CBRE92S10E400_RTROPTP_2_LEISURE-TONYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Griffiths poses with award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The History Boys at the 60th annual Tony Awards in New York" align="left" title="Griffiths poses with award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The History Boys at the 60th annual Tony Awards in New York" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Richard Griffiths, best known for his roles in 'Withnail and I' and the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery, his agent said on Friday. Griffiths spent almost four decades in radio, film, on television and on stage, and received some of his industry's top awards for his role in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys". The portly actor filled the screen as the lascivious Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film 'Withnail and I'. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/harry-potter-actor-richard-griffiths-dies-heart-surgery-130557398.htmlFri, 29 Mar 2013 09:17:48 -0400Reutersharry-potter-actor-richard-griffiths-dies-heart-surgery-130557398<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/harry-potter-actor-richard-griffiths-dies-heart-surgery-130557398.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1j5U.Bc6c.h7TP9Onv6Y3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-29T130557Z_1_CBRE92S10E400_RTROPTP_2_LEISURE-TONYS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Griffiths poses with award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The History Boys at the 60th annual Tony Awards in New York" align="left" title="Griffiths poses with award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The History Boys at the 60th annual Tony Awards in New York" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Richard Griffiths, best known for his roles in 'Withnail and I' and the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery, his agent said on Friday. Griffiths spent almost four decades in radio, film, on television and on stage, and received some of his industry's top awards for his role in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys". The portly actor filled the screen as the lascivious Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film 'Withnail and I'. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Post head-injury, Kristin Chenoweth goes on a "Family Weekend"<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/post-head-injury-kristin-chenoweth-goes-family-weekend-130305895.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YSitY8AceoXiJHeMu4Ou9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-29T130305Z_1_CBRE92S109N00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-KRISTINCHENOWETH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kristin Chenoweth and Oscars host Seth MacFarlane perform the closing number at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood" align="left" title="Kristin Chenoweth and Oscars host Seth MacFarlane perform the closing number at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tony and Emmy Award winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth is known for her perky personality ranging from roles in Broadway's "Wicked" to television's "Glee" and performing a closing number at February's Oscar ceremony with host Seth MacFarlane. On Friday, the diminutive (4ft 11in) actress moves to the dark side in the indie movie "Family Weekend." She plays a mother so consumed by work that she ignores her own children and squabbles with her husband, until her teenage daughter kidnaps and ties up both parents in a bid to get their attention. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/post-head-injury-kristin-chenoweth-goes-family-weekend-130305895.htmlFri, 29 Mar 2013 09:03:05 -0400Reuterspost-head-injury-kristin-chenoweth-goes-family-weekend-130305895<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/post-head-injury-kristin-chenoweth-goes-family-weekend-130305895.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YSitY8AceoXiJHeMu4Ou9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-29T130305Z_1_CBRE92S109N00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-KRISTINCHENOWETH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Kristin Chenoweth and Oscars host Seth MacFarlane perform the closing number at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood" align="left" title="Kristin Chenoweth and Oscars host Seth MacFarlane perform the closing number at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tony and Emmy Award winning singer and actress Kristin Chenoweth is known for her perky personality ranging from roles in Broadway's "Wicked" to television's "Glee" and performing a closing number at February's Oscar ceremony with host Seth MacFarlane. On Friday, the diminutive (4ft 11in) actress moves to the dark side in the indie movie "Family Weekend." She plays a mother so consumed by work that she ignores her own children and squabbles with her husband, until her teenage daughter kidnaps and ties up both parents in a bid to get their attention. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Scottish author Iain Banks has terminal cancerLONDON (Reuters) - Scottish novelist Iain Banks, whose books include "The Wasp Factory" has revealed he is suffering from cancer and is unlikely to live "beyond a year". The author, who also wrote "The Crow Road" and "Complicity," announced his illness on his website on Wednesday and said he was cancelling all future public engagements. Banks, 59, said his problems came to light after a visit to his doctor about a sore back. Tests revealed he was not only suffering from jaundice but also cancer in his gall bladder. "I am officially very poorly ... ...http://news.yahoo.com/scottish-author-iain-banks-terminal-cancer-114851561.htmlWed, 03 Apr 2013 07:48:51 -0400Reutersscottish-author-iain-banks-terminal-cancer-114851561Trailblazing TV journalist Barbara Walters to retire in 2014<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trailblazing-tv-journalist-barbara-walters-retire-2014-193457351.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8.89QQb_YjA6.NJtms8SgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-28T201043Z_3_CBRE92R1IEE00_RTROPTP_2_TELEVISION-US-BARBARAWALTERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York" align="left" title="Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as a prominent figure on U.S. television, a source familiar with her plans said on Thursday. Walters, 83, is expected to announce her retirement to viewers herself in the coming weeks, the source said. "It was very much her decision. I think she will best explain it herself," the source told Reuters. ABC will broadcast a series of specials and tributes to Walters in the weeks before her exit, the source added. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/trailblazing-tv-journalist-barbara-walters-retire-2014-193457351.htmlThu, 28 Mar 2013 16:22:34 -0400Reuterstrailblazing-tv-journalist-barbara-walters-retire-2014-193457351<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/trailblazing-tv-journalist-barbara-walters-retire-2014-193457351.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8.89QQb_YjA6.NJtms8SgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-28T201043Z_3_CBRE92R1IEE00_RTROPTP_2_TELEVISION-US-BARBARAWALTERS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York" align="left" title="Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as a prominent figure on U.S. television, a source familiar with her plans said on Thursday. Walters, 83, is expected to announce her retirement to viewers herself in the coming weeks, the source said. "It was very much her decision. I think she will best explain it herself," the source told Reuters. ABC will broadcast a series of specials and tributes to Walters in the weeks before her exit, the source added. ...</p><br clear="all"/>France's Bruni makes emotional defense of husband Sarkozy<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-bruni-makes-emotional-defense-husband-sarkozy-115732062.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZIjms3BwO4MVe1acZNmmpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-27T115732Z_1_CBRE92Q0X8M00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-GOVERNMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France's outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's outgoing First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee Palace at the end of a handover ceremony in Paris" align="left" title="France's outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's outgoing First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee Palace at the end of a handover ceremony in Paris" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Former French first lady Carla Bruni took up a passionate defense of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, saying it was unthinkable he could have tricked an old lady out of millions of euros. In a blitz of interviews with French media, Bruni said a formal investigation of the ex-president opened last week for allegedly exploiting the mental frailty of 90-year-old L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was causing her great pain. "It's impossible to imagine that this man could have abused the frailty of a lady the age of his mother... ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/frances-bruni-makes-emotional-defense-husband-sarkozy-115732062.htmlWed, 27 Mar 2013 07:57:32 -0400Reutersfrances-bruni-makes-emotional-defense-husband-sarkozy-115732062<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/frances-bruni-makes-emotional-defense-husband-sarkozy-115732062.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZIjms3BwO4MVe1acZNmmpA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-27T115732Z_1_CBRE92Q0X8M00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-GOVERNMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="France's outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's outgoing First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee Palace at the end of a handover ceremony in Paris" align="left" title="France's outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's outgoing First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee Palace at the end of a handover ceremony in Paris" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Former French first lady Carla Bruni took up a passionate defense of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, saying it was unthinkable he could have tricked an old lady out of millions of euros. In a blitz of interviews with French media, Bruni said a formal investigation of the ex-president opened last week for allegedly exploiting the mental frailty of 90-year-old L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was causing her great pain. "It's impossible to imagine that this man could have abused the frailty of a lady the age of his mother... ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. rapper Gucci Mane jailed for alleged assaultATLANTA (Reuters) - Rapper Gucci Mane was jailed in Georgia on Wednesday for allegedly hitting a fan in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub earlier this month. Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, turned himself in to authorities late on Tuesday, according to Fulton County Sheriff's Office records. Mane, 33, faces an aggravated assault charge after causing a "severe laceration" to the man whom he hit with a champagne bottle on March 16, according to a police report. The fan had approached Mane and tried to strike up a conversation, police said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/rapper-gucci-mane-jailed-alleged-assault-bottle-142618639.htmlWed, 27 Mar 2013 16:47:14 -0400Reutersrapper-gucci-mane-jailed-alleged-assault-bottle-142618639Muppets matriarch Jane Nebel Henson dies at age 78<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-234941776.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yE59Ctx.e27QsPfZ.f.81w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-02T234941Z_1_CBRE9311U7M00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JANEHENSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" align="left" title="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Nebel Henson, the former wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson who was influential in the creation of the popular U.S. TV puppet program, died on Tuesday following a long bout with cancer, The Jim Henson Company said. She was 78 years old. Henson, who died at her home in Connecticut, was an "integral creative and business partner" in the Muppets, the company, owned by the Hensons' five children, said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-234941776.htmlTue, 02 Apr 2013 19:49:41 -0400Reutersmuppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-234941776<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/muppets-matriarch-jane-nebel-henson-dies-age-78-234941776.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yE59Ctx.e27QsPfZ.f.81w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-02T234941Z_1_CBRE9311U7M00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-JANEHENSON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" align="left" title="Muppet characters at ceremonies honoring the Muppets with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jane Nebel Henson, the former wife of Muppets creator Jim Henson who was influential in the creation of the popular U.S. TV puppet program, died on Tuesday following a long bout with cancer, The Jim Henson Company said. She was 78 years old. Henson, who died at her home in Connecticut, was an "integral creative and business partner" in the Muppets, the company, owned by the Hensons' five children, said in a statement. ...</p><br clear="all"/>French actress files complaint over Hollande liaison rumor<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/french-actress-files-complaint-over-hollande-liaison-rumor-164032551.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OfuAyYmhYiUFqlX0K9pUaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-28T164032Z_1_CBRE92R1AC700_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-FRANCE-HOLLANDE-ACTRESS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="French actress Gayet arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film Moonrise Kingdom in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival" align="left" title="French actress Gayet arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film Moonrise Kingdom in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - A French actress has filed a complaint with the Paris prosecutor for breach of privacy over Internet rumors alleging she has a relationship with President Francois Hollande, the prosecutor's office said on Thursday. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office told Reuters that actress Julie Gayet had filed a complaint against "persons unknown", a common formulation under French law, on March 18 over rumors circulating on Twitter and blog sites for some weeks. A lawyer for Gayet did not immediately respond to phone calls and Hollande's office declined to comment. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/french-actress-files-complaint-over-hollande-liaison-rumor-164032551.htmlThu, 28 Mar 2013 12:40:32 -0400Reutersfrench-actress-files-complaint-over-hollande-liaison-rumor-164032551http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/celebrity
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