Justin Bieber hits photographer in Los Angeles car scrape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen pop star Justin Bieber struck a photographer with his Ferrari sports car while driving away from a comedy club in Los Angeles on Monday night, but the accident was not considered a hit-and-run, police said.
Video taken outside the Laugh Factory comedy club show...
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking
(Reuters) - A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago.
The lawsuit filed on June 13 by profe...
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Justin Bieber in traffic accident in Los Angeles
(Reuters) - Teen pop star Justin Bieber was involved in a late-night traffic accident, which Los Angeles media said injured a photographer who had been among a crowd trying to take pictures of the singer.
Video taken outside the Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles showed Bieber, 19, b...
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Hard man actor Jason Statham hopes new film shows softer side
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Jason Statham, known for playing the hard man in a list of Hollywood blockbusters, said he hoped his latest film Hummingbird would show a more emotional side to his acting even though the thriller is packed with violence.
Statham, 45, walked the red carpe...
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TV chef Nigella Lawson's husband cautioned by police for assault
By Belinda Goldsmith
LONDON (Reuters) - Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned by police for assaulting his wife, the celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, after being photographed grabbing her by the throat in an incident that has fueled a debate in Britain about domestic violence....
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Mumford & Sons bassist on the mend after brain surgery
(Reuters) - British folk band Mumford & Sons' bassist Ted Dwane posted a message on Monday saying he was recovering after brain surgery to remove a blood clot.
Dwane posted a picture of himself with a shaved head on the band's official website with the caption, Bear with a sore he...
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Jay Z's million-album Samsung sale unlikely to count for charts
By Eric Kelsey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Jay Z's upcoming studio album will go to a million users of Samsung smartphones three days before its official release in a promotional deal, but the distribution is unlikely to count toward official sales figures, an industry expert said o...
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Nigella Lawson's husband downplays photos of him grabbing her neck
LONDON (Reuters) - Former advertising tycoon Charles Saatchi on Monday downplayed photographs in which he is shown grabbing his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, around the neck, saying it was just a playful tiff.
Britain's Sunday People newspaper published photographs of Saatchi ...
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Veteran bands Motorhead, Black Sabbath top UK metal music awards
By Ellen Sowerby
LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British rock bands Motorhead and Black Sabbath were crowned the kings of heavy metal on Monday, winning the top accolades at the UK's top metal music awards, the Metal Hammer Golden Gods.
Motorhead, best known for its 19...
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Faster than speeding bullet, 'Man of Steel' sets June record
By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud
(Reuters) - Man of Steel, the big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, leaped over the apocalyptic buddy comedy This is the End, collecting a muscular $113.1 million to lead the domestic box office with the year's second-largest debut weekend ...
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