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Friday 21 November 2008

Madonna and Guy Ritchie granted speedy divorce

Film director Guy Ritchie and singer Madonna are no longer husband and wife, after a London High Court judge officially granted their divorce, barely a month after the "Queen of Pop" filed for it.
  • CELEBRITIES
    Madonna and Guy Ritchie granted speedy divorce
    Film director Guy Ritchie and singer Madonna are no longer husband and wife, after a London High Court judge officially granted their divorce, barely a month after the "Queen of Pop" filed for it.
  • FASHION
    Designers pioneer pattern of change
    Two execptional women are turning fashion on its head: Sakina M'sa has opened ateliers in some of Paris's less wealthy neighbourhoods in a bid to link fashion with rehabilitation, while the creations of Karine Bouillard are decorated in braille.
  • INTERNET - HUMOR
    A flying YouTube circus as Monty Python hits back
    After years of being "ripped off" by YouTube users, the Monty Python comedy troupe has launched a counter attack and posted its own channel on the popular video-sharing platform.
  • FRANCE - CULTURE
    Veil joins Académie Française
    At age 81, activist Simone Veil has been elected to the Académie Française, the centuries-old body that acts as guardian of the French language.
  • JAPAN - WINE
    France's famous Beaujolais goes global
    As the French wine-producing town of Beaujeu celebrated the arrival of 2008's vintage of the now famous "Beaujolais nouveau", Japanese fans welcomed the wine in their own way: by bathing in it.
  • INTERNET
    LIFE magazine puts all its images online
    Iconic US magazine LIFE has decided to put over 10 million images, representing all of its archive, online at Google images. According to TIME Inc., LIFE's parent company, 97% of the images have never been shown to the public before.
  • AUCTION
    Tintin author's nephew to auction private correspondence
    The nephew of 'Herge', author of the comic-book boy reporter Tintin, will auction off some of his uncle's sketches, photos and letters in Paris on Friday, a Belgian newspaper has reported.
  • ANIMATION - UNITED STATES
    Mickey Mouse turns 80
    The famous cartoon star Mickey Mouse was first drawn by Walt Disney on November 18, 1928. Since then, the character has appeared in over 120 movies and Disney won an Oscar for him in 1932.
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