French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Thursday he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with “boys” in Thailand.
French minister says he won’t resign over sex with ‘boys’
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‘SNL’ Obama sketch marks end of honeymoon
“Saturday Night Live” was formed in the crucible of the mid-1970s, when Watergate brought respect for politicians to all-time lows, the counterculture was taking over comedy, and many television viewers were seeking out something fresh and bold.
Padma Lakshmi from ‘Top Chef’ is pregnant
“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi is pregnant with her first child, her publicist confirmed to CNN on Thursday.
In Indonesia, A City’s Worst Fears Come to Pass
Sooner or later, citizens of Padang feared they would be next. Sitting on the same earthquake faultline that triggered the deadly 2004 Asian tsunami, the Indonesian city of 900,000 on the island of Sumatra is one of the world’s most vulnerable to seismic activity.
Hiker’s family finds hope in Ahmadinejad remarks
Family members of one of the three hikers detained in Iran are heartened and hopeful over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s willingness to ask jurists to handle the case in a timely manner and weigh “maximum leniency” for their release. “We are encouraged by the recent statements of the president that he wants to deal with this matter expeditiously,” said Alex Fattal, brother of hiker Josh Fattal
Mackenzie Phillips expected to drop bombshell on ‘Oprah’
Mackenzie Phillips hid in her home, made compulsive purchases and struggled with personal issues, she tells Oprah Winfrey. The 49-year-old former child star, best known as Julie on the sitcom “One Day at a Time,” also reportedly tells Winfrey about a family secret she’s kept hidden for 31 years
Stars arrive, ready for Emmys
Television stars strolled on a red-hot red carpet Sunday afternoon, arriving for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, a show producers hope will get a warm reception from TV viewers. It was 83 degrees and sunny outside the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, where the Emmy show is being held
3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010
Three-dimensional images are expected jump out of movie theaters and into living rooms by next year.
Actor Henry Gibson dead at 73, spokesman says
Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday. Gibson was a regular on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” where he was known for popping up to read short, humorous poems during the show’s 1968-71 run
Baghdad’s International Zone attacked as Biden visits
The highly fortified International Zone in Baghdad came under fire the same day that Vice President Joe Biden paid a surprise visit, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. Biden was not injured, a pool report from Baghdad said.