Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
By Jinaro Mburu/Agencies ( Friday, September 23, 2005) | Electronics giant Sony has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring programme.
Picassos go under hammer in Tokyo
Nine works by Pablo Picasso, including a painting of his second wife estimated to be worth up to $1.8m (£1m), are to be auctioned in Tokyo this weekend.
Francis Ford Coppola returns to 'personal filmmaking'
Los Angeles, United States | The Oscar-winning maker of films such as , Francis Ford Coppola, is to return to directing after an eight-year break in a big-screen adaptation of a Romanian short story.
Singer Chayanne follows tour with new album
By Leila Cobo | MIAMI (Billboard) - Chayanne, one of the top performing acts in Latin music, has always followed a new release with a tour.
Helen Mirren: HM, the Queen
The business of playing queens is par for the course for a classical actress, but for Helen Mirren there is a special significance.
Dylan debate keeps rolling 40 years on
BOB Dylan recorded Like A Rolling Stone 40 years ago, and the Dylan debate has gathered no moss ever since. | Does Dylan deserve his reputation as a musical poet of geniu...
Latham spray leaves long-lasting stains
THE answer to the most pressing question in politics this past week - how did a bloke who loathed his own party and detested the media get a shot at running for the prime...
Who's the real Shah Rukh Khan?
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is a bundle of contradictions. | Humble and arrogant in the same breath, a dreamer and a realist, now vulnerable and now supremely conf...
...And now, a biopic on Mallika!
If imitation is the best form of flattery, Bollywood's 'Kissing Queen' Mallika Sherawat's life story is soon going to cap the crest of that dictum.
Soderbergh challenges 'out of whack' studios
By Anne Thompson | LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The movie business is "out of whack," director Steven Soderbergh says. "The studio model has to be rethought."
The 'Winter Sonata' blues -- revisited
By THOMAS DILLON | He's baaack. Not that he ever went away. | No doubt playing now somewhere at a theater near you is the Korean love story "April Snow," with the choice of the word "snow" evoking a r...
eStringerf missile heads for India
India continues to attract the creme de la creme of US CEOs. More or less around the same time as Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers arrives in India for his second visit, an omnibus-sized delegation fro...
Marlon Brando's ghost, if not hand, looms large in Fan-Tan
Even though the star of `The Godfather' had only a minimal role in writing the published story, this swashbuckling tale of piracy is engaging and exciting | Did Marlon Brando really write a novel?
Diddy, Ecko collaborate on new graffiti game
DALLAS (AP) -- Marc Ecko is a former graffiti artist-turned-hip-hop fashion designer. Sean ''Diddy'' Combs is a music star-turned-fashion designer. But clothing apparently isn't enough for this duo.
Christian Bale soars in prequel as Caped
The Bat is back in the best superhero film of the last year. | Warner and DC revive the Batman film franchise with a surprising, mature look at the origins of the Caped C...
First web awards to test skills, creativity
WEB designers in the Sultanate are being offered a chance for the first time to demonstrate their skills, win prizes and take part in the prestigious 'Pan Arab Web Awards...
Kylie home for Christmas
DANNII Minogue has spoken to London's Sunday Mirror newspaper, telling how she is in "awe" of her sister Kylie as she battles breast cancer.
When hordes stood out in night greeting Amitabh
Amitabh Bachchan can't get over that sight on his birthday night - hordes and hordes of fans standing outside his bungalow till 3 in the morning, refusing to budge.
Jackie Chan nominated for 25th golden rooster best actor
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan has been nominated as one of the five candidates of the Best Actor of the 25th China Golden Rooster, professional film prizes in China.
Brian Wilson
By PHILIP BRASOR | Ironic, isn't it, that Brian Wilson, the one with the famously debilitating anxiety problems, has outlived his two supposedly more well-adjusted brothers.
Pitt's press conference for Japanese eyes only
| Representatives of world media organisations keen to hear what Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt had to say about his break-up with Jennifer Aniston were frustrated this week when only their Japanese ri...
McConaughey will learn to leave the nest in 'Launch'
Matthew McConaughey has signed on to star in "Failure to Launch." He'll play a 30-something guy whose parents trick him into meeting the love of his life in a bid to get ...
'Idol' speculation
With the debut CD from last season's "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino withering from both fan and critical indifference, perhaps the third season's biggest winner ...
Stars need career cures
It's the new year, and time to say good riddance to bad behavior. But if it's hard for faceless, hand-to-mouth, paycheck-to-paycheck mortals to turn over a new leaf, then...
The Arts & Entertainment: Making Sundance is huge for two state film teams
Every year, around the third week of January, the small ski resort town of Park City, Utah (pop. 7,371), swells with about 30,000 visitors for 10 days. It's a prime time ...
Jen Never Had A Shot
Gossip mags are so wrong, even when they actually try to get it right. Us Weekly trumpeted "why Brad said goodbye" on its cover last week and something about "baby anguis...