TEHERAN - TOP US film actress Annette Bening, in Iran as part of a Hollywood delegation, said on Sunday she hoped their presence in the country can help to kick-start talks between arch-foes Washington and Tehran.
LAS VEGAS (Nevada) - LEGENDARY Las Vegas performers Roy Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher said farewell to showbusiness on Saturday, more than five years after a near-fatal on-stage tiger attack that ended their long-running double act.
SYDNEY - A FILM about Lebanese-Australian gangs in Sydney has been pulled from cinemas in the city after brawls broke out at screenings, it was reported on Sunday.
One of Australia's biggest cinema chains, Greater Union, withdrew the film 'The Combination' from theatres in Australia's largest city because violence flared among patrons, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
It is easy to see why Hong Kong actor-singer Edison Chen is a smooth operator with the ladies.
In town for a Carl's Jr event at Grand Hyatt Hotel on Friday, the 29-year-old was calm and composed when he turned up at 8.15pm as reporters, both local and foreign, went into a mini-frenzy to get his attention.