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June 17, 2019
US fashion icon, socialite Gloria Vanderbilt dead at 95
Los Angeles — Gloria Vanderbilt, the "poor little rich girl" who lived a life at the highest levels of fashion, society and wealth as an heir to one of the greatest family fortunes in US history, died on Monday at the age of 95, her son CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper said.Vanderbilt became a fashion icon in the 1970s with an eponymous line of tight-fitting blue jeans that bore her signature ...
June 17, 2019
Thousands gather to pay homage to Italian director Zeffirelli
Florence, Italy — Thousands of people lined up in central Florence Monday to pay their respects to Italian film-maker and opera director Franco Zeffirelli, who died at the weekend.Applause broke out as the hearse carrying his coffin arrived at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence's city hall.The crowd broke into applause again when four pall-bearers carried it past the replica of Michaelangelo's Statue of David and inside the building. It will lie ...
June 17, 2019
Paris rediscovers appetite for its world-beating 'bouillons'
Paris — Every weekend a queue snakes down the street not far from the Moulin Rouge in Paris.This is not some horde of clueless foreigners easy prey for the tourist traps that dot Pigalle and Montmartre.These are savvy and often stylish Parisians eager to sit down to one of the best value meals in the French capital.Earlier this month the Bouillon Pigalle's egg mayonnaise was voted the best in the ...
June 17, 2019
Gun 'Van Gogh killed himself with' to go under hammer
PARIS — The revolver with which Vincent van Gogh is believed to have shot himself is to go under the hammer Wednesday at a Paris auction house. Billed as "the most famous weapon in the history of art", the seven mm Lefaucheux revolver is expected to fetch up to 60,000 euros ($67,000). Van Gogh experts believe that he shot himself with the revolver near the village of Auvers-sur-Oise north of ...
June 17, 2019
Latest 'Men in Black' leads box office but fails to wow critics
Los Angeles — "Men in Black: International" led North American box offices over the weekend, but the new sci-fi comedy was not as far into the black as Sony would have liked, taking in an estimated $28.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. In this spinoff to the three earlier "Men in Black" installments, the roles of black-suited alien-fighters pass from their originators, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, to ...
June 16, 2019
Former football star turns to Twitter
WASHINGTON — Just days after the 25th anniversary of the gruesome double murder of which he was accused but acquitted, O.J. Simpson has opened a Twitter account with a vow to do "a little getting even.""Hey, Twitter world, this is yours truly," the former football star and actor says in a video that, for now, is his only post.Simpson lawyer Malcolm LaVergne confirmed to CNN that the account was authentic, ...
June 16, 2019
'Good gifts': Putin presents Xi with birthday ice cream
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a giant box of ice cream for his 66th birthday before a summit in Tajikistan on Saturday, the Kremlin said, in a sign of the pair's warm ties."Happy birthday, my best wishes... I am delighted to have a friend like you," Putin told Xi, according to the Kremlin website.The two leaders met in the Tajik capital ...
June 16, 2019
Record set as Babe Ruth jersey sells for $5.6 million
NEW YORK — A New York Yankees jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth was sold at auction for a record-breaking $5.6 million, a statement said on Saturday.Hunt Auctions said the jersey, which dates from the 1928-1930 period of Ruth's career, went under the hammer for $5,640,000, making it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold."The legacy and significance of Babe Ruth to the game of baseball and ...
June 16, 2019
'Run O.J. Run': 25 years since the world's most famous police chase
LOS ANGELES, California — It was the car chase that brought a nation screeching to a halt.On June 17, 1994, a white Ford Bronco containing a fugitive O.J. Simpson led a convoy of police cars down southern California's freeways — and 95 million Americans couldn't take their eyes off it.Coverage of massive sporting events like the NBA finals and US Open was interrupted with footage of the chase, while Domino's ...
June 16, 2019
After conquering Broadway, 'Hamilton' eyes global tour
NEW YORK — After triumphing on Broadway, the lower 48 states and London's West End, "Hamilton" is eyeing its first non-English production as well as tours throughout Europe and Asia.The much-decorated musical, currently being staged nightly in London and New York as well as four other US cities, last month announced plans to launch in Sydney in early 2021 in a production expected to tour Australia before going to Asia, ...
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