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Michael Jackson father seeks monthly allowance
Michael Jackson's father is seeking money from his late son's estate to help him meet monthly living expenses estimated at more than 15,000 dollars, court papers filed in Los Angeles have revealed.A motion filed on behalf of Joe Jackson on Friday ...
OBITUARY
Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies aged 100
Famous French anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss has died aged 100, his publisher announced. He passed away during the night from Saturday to Sunday.
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THE OBSERVERS
Is snorting coke an art form?
Renowned Cuban artist Tania Bruguera surprised a Bogota audience in September when a waitress emerged with a tray of neatly organised lines of cocaine, and began offering them to members of the audience.
BERLIN WALL
Free U2 concert warms up Berlin ahead of historic anniversary
U2 gave a free concert - as part of the MTV Music Europe Awards - to 10,000 fans in front of the Brandenburg Gate to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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CINEMA
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
Oscars organisers have picked the unlikely pair of comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin to host the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony in March of next year.
LITERATURE
NDiaye becomes first black woman to win top French book award
In a historic first, French-Senegalese writer Marie NDiaye was declared the winner of the top French literary award, the Prix Goncourt, Monday, marking the first time a black woman has won the prize in its 106 year history.
CINEMA
Manhattan moves to Doha for opening of Tribeca film festival
Martin Scorsese (pictured) was among the stars to grace the red carpet Thursday night at the opening of the inaugural "Doha Tribeca Film Festival", organised by New York's Tribeca Film Festival with the help of the Qatari authorities.
AFP
Swiss authorities turn down Polanski bail request
The Swiss Federal Justice Office said Friday it had turned down another appeal by Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski to be released on bail from a Swiss jail where he is being held over a three-decades old child sex case.Polanski had put up a ...
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MICHAEL JACKSON
Positive reviews greet world premiere of 'This Is It' film
"This Is It", a film featuring the rehearsal sessions of Michael Jackson’s comeback concert, made its world debut on Tuesday. Jackson’s "last performance" opened simultaneously in more than 15 venues to mainly positive reviews.
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Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' thrills movie-goers
"This Is It," a backstage look at the late Michael Jackson's rehearsals for his last concerts, rocked to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, early estimates showed Sunday.The Jackson film, cashing in on the outpouring of ...
RFI
Jazz in Morocco an unusual mix
The former Moroccan capital Fez hosted the Jazz in Riad Festival for the sixth year running in October. This kaleidoscope of sounds going under the name “jazz” featured artists like Annick Tangorra, Rhoda Scott and Olivier Temine.
RFI
French marionettes still dazzle in the 21st Century
At the one hundred and twenty year old puppet theatre in Paris’ Champ de Mars park, French children pack the house to scream and shout for their hero, Guignol, under the able hand of puppeteer Luigi Terrilli.
AFP
France kicks off two-week literary prize season
France's annual book prize season was launched Thursday, a two-week whirl of media buzz and wining-and-dining for the literary elite of the country that first came up with the idea of a best novel.The first of the half-dozen prizes religiously ...
AFP
Madonna breaks ground on Malawi girls school
American pop queen Madonna broke ground Monday on a girls academy she is building in Malawi, billed as a "gift" to the country where she has adopted two children.The 51-year-old star cut a cake, planted a tree and turned the sod alongside her eldest
RFI - PHOTOGRAPHY
Open-air photo show counters western cliches
When Paris's museum of non-European art realised that all its photos were by westerners, it organised a show of work by photographers from developing countries.
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