LOS ANGELES (AFP) - In a clash of Hollywood titans, Leonardo DiCaprio came out on top of Angelina Jolie as "Inception" rubbed out spy thriller "Salt" to claim box office supremacy for a second straight weekend, industry figures showed Sunday.
VIENNA (AFP) - The Salzburg Festival, the annual high-brow culture fest celebrating this year its 90th anniversary, kicked off on Sunday a month of operas, concerts and plays.
LONDON (AFP) - A closed order of French nuns have signed an album deal with Universal Music, the record label announced Sunday, after a worldwide search to find the best female singers of Gregorian Chant.
OSLO (AFP) - The Norwegian author of "The Bookseller of Kabul" has been ordered to pay damages to the wife of the real-life bookseller on which it was based, the author's lawyer said Saturday.
GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - Veteran US singer Al Jarreau was in a stable but "worrying" condition in a French hospital on Friday after falling ill just before he was due to go on stage, health officials said.
GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - Veteran US singer Al Jarreau was in a "critical" condition Friday in a French hospital where he was taken after falling ill just before he was due to go on stage, health officials said.
GRENOBLE, France (AFP) - Veteran US jazz singer Al Jarreau was Friday in a "critical" condition in a French hospital where he was admitted for respiratory problems, health officials said.
VIENNA (AFP) - Vienna's glitzy AIDS charity Life Ball last weekend raised 1.5 million euros (1.9 million dollars) for international and national HIV and AIDS projects, organisers said Thursday.
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian filmmaker intrigued by the mysterious sight of sneakers dangling from power lines said Thursday he became so "obsessed" by the practice he decided to document its myths and meanings.
LONDON (AFP) - A rejected contestant on a hit British television talent show is suing the programme after claiming she was subjected to "humiliation" and "degradation" by the judges, it was reported Thursday.
