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GLAAD: LGBTQ representation in film is up, but not for all

LOS ANGELES - The advocacy organization GLAAD says that LGBTQ representation is up for major studio films released in 2018, but that none included transgender characters. Of the 110 movies surveyed, 2...

May 23, 2019

Jamie Oliver's UK restaurant chain collapses into insolvency

LONDON - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's British restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, partly due to increased competition and escalating rents in local commercial districts. The ...

May 23, 2019

Geoffrey Rush awarded $2 million in Sydney defamation case

SYDNEY, Australia - Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was awarded an Australian record of 2.9 million Australian dollars ($2 million) damages by a Sydney judge on Thursday in defamation case against a...

May 23, 2019

Exhibits about Ali, nature, motorcycles opening at Graceland

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A massive new exhibition and entertainment hall is set to open at Elvis Presley's Graceland in Tennessee with three museum-style exhibits, including one focused on the life and career...

May 23, 2019

Nik Wallenda and sister plan highwire walk over Times Square

NEW YORK - For his next trick, daredevil Nik Wallenda plans to cross New York's Times Square - without his feet touching the ground. ABC announced Thursday that Wallenda and his sister Lijana will cro...

May 23, 2019

Elle Fanning OK after fainting at Cannes dinner

CANNES, France - Elle Fanning says she fainted at a Cannes Film Festival dinner because he dress was too tight. The 21-year-old actress collapsed at the Chopard Trophee dinner Monday evening at Cannes...

May 23, 2019

With Brad and Leo, Tarantino debuts a fairy tale in Cannes

CANNES, France - Twenty-five years after premiering "Pulp Fiction" in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino returned to the French film festival with neither great vengeance nor furious anger but a gentler fairy ...

May 23, 2019

Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was ...

May 22, 2019

Dutch, UK polls open, starting 4 days of European elections

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch polls opened Thursday in elections for the European Parliament, starting four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc that pits supporters of deeper integration against...

May 22, 2019

Celebrity chef Mario Batali facing assault charge in Boston

BOSTON - Celebrity chef Mario Batali is facing a criminal charge on allegations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office...

May 22, 2019