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A python is seen in the bedroom of an Australian woman in this undated photo taken by local snake catcher Stuart McKenzie.
Australian wakes up to invading python in her bed
SYDNEY - An Australian snake catcher shared a photo of the unexpected intruder a resident found in bed with them in the middle of the night - a large python, reports UPI. Stuart McKenzie of The Snake Catcher 24/7 - Sunshine Coast posted a photo to Facebook showing a large python curled up next to a pillow in the middle of an Eumundi-area resident's bed. McKenzie said the resident discovered the snake in her bed when she woke up around 3 a.m. He said the snake was previously known by the resident, as it had been living in her roof for some time. "Snakes don't want to hurt us, sometimes they just want to snuggle," McKenzie wrote. - Agencies
January 09, 2018

Australian wakes up to invading python in her bed

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Aussie actor Craig McLachlan denies sexual misconduct claims
CANBERRA - Australian actor Craig McLachlan has left a stage show and a TV series he was to star in suspended production after three actresses accused him of indecent assault, sexual harassment and bullying four years ago.The 52-year-old actor, who is a household name in Australia, has denied the allegations, which were first reported in the media on Tuesday.McLachlan gained international followings in the 1980s and 1990s through his roles in the Australian television soap operas "Neighbours" and "Home and Away," and the British spy drama series "Bugs."The accusations were leveled by three actresses who were cast members of a 2014 production in the city of Melbourne of the "The Rocky Horror Show," in which McLachlan starred as the alien Dr....
January 09, 2018

Aussie actor Craig McLachlan denies sexual misconduct claims

Attendees are seen walking the grounds during the Pitti Uomo trade fair in this Jan. 2017 file photo. - AFP
Forget Milan, Florence is cradle of Italian fashion
ROME - Think Italian fashion and you are likely to think of chic central, Milan. But "Made in Italy" actually has its roots in Florence, where the hotly anticipated Pitti Uomo trade fair opens this week.Every year, the Tuscan city becomes the capital of men's fashion, putting on four heady days of ready-to-wear shows.The event, which kicks off Tuesday, is a must for buyers, journalists and fashionistas - drawing some 36,000 last year - who gather to gawp, gossip and go mad over the latest trends at the city's imposing Fortezza da Basso fortress.Some 1,200 brands are expected to present their autumn-winter collections at the 93rd edition under headliner Karl Lagerfeld, with old hands like Paul&Shark alongside newcomers such as M1992 by Italian DJ Dorian Stefano...
January 08, 2018

Forget Milan, Florence is cradle of Italian fashion

Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. - Reuters
Oprah declares 'new day' for women in campaign-like Globe speech
LOS ANGELES - Oprah Winfrey on Monday declared a "new day" for women and girls facing down abusive men as her powerful speech to the Golden Globe Awards stirred talk that she has a political future.Within moments of the daytime television trailblazer's remarks at the Hollywood gala, effusive fans called for her to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020, although she has given no indication she is interested.The 63-year-old Winfrey, whose former talk show ushered in an era of confessional television and helped make her a billionaire, delivered a forceful but tightly focused speech that brought together issues of gender, poverty and race as she accepted a lifetime achievement award.She saluted the #MeToo movement that has quickly gained steam after revelations of rampant...
January 08, 2018

Oprah declares 'new day' for women in campaign-like Globe speech

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'Jumanji,' 'Insidious' top 'Star Wars' in its fourth weekend
LOS ANGELES - Move over, "Star Wars," there are some new box office champs this weekend. "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" has topped the charts after three weekends in theaters, and newcomer "Insidious: The Last Key" opened in second, pushing "The Last Jedi" into third place.Columbia Pictures said Monday that the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart-led "Jumanji" is estimated to have earned an additional $36 million this weekend, bringing its total to $244.4 million.In second place is the horror film "Insidious: The Last Key," the fourth in the franchise, which earned $29.3 million. The Universal and Blumhouse Pictures film even outperformed the third chapter in the series. That film launched to $22.7 million in June of 2015."Star...
January 08, 2018

'Jumanji,' 'Insidious' top 'Star Wars' in its fourth weekend

From left, Matt Damon, Taika Waititi, Amazon Founder/CEO Jeff Bezos and Chris Hemsworth attend Amazon Studios' Golden Globe Celebration in Beverly Hills, California on Monday. - AFP
'Three Billboards,' 'Lady Bird' win top Golden Globe awards
LOS ANGELES - Dark drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and mother-daughter comedy "Lady Bird" were the top winners at the Golden Globe awards on Monday.Gary Oldman was named best drama movie actor for his role as British wartime leader in Focus Features "Darkest Hour" and Frances McDormand took home the award for drama actress for her role as an angry mother in Fox Searchlight's "Three Billboards."In comedies, the Golden Globes went to indie studio A24's "Lady Bird" actress Saoirse Ronan and James Franco for his cult movie homage "The Disaster Artist," also from A24.Mexican director Guillermo del Toro won best director for magical fantasy "The Shape of Water."The evening began with the normally...
January 08, 2018

'Three Billboards,' 'Lady Bird' win top Golden Globe awards

6-year-old Fernando smokes a cigarette in the village of Vale de Salgueiro, northern Portugal, during the local Kings' Feast on Sunday. - AP
Portuguese town encourages children to smoke in eye-raising tradition
VALE DE SALGUEIRO, Portugal - The Epiphany celebrations in the Portuguese village of Vale de Salgueiro feature a tradition that each year causes an outcry among outsiders: Parents encouraging their children, some as young as 5, to smoke cigarettes. Locals say the practice has been passed down for centuries as part of a celebration of life tied to the Christian Epiphany and the winter solstice - but nobody is sure what it symbolizes or exactly why parents buy the packs of cigarettes for their children and encourage them to take part. The two-day celebrations, which started Saturday and ended Sunday with a Mass, include dancing around bonfires, a piper playing music and an elected "king" who distributes plentiful wine and snacks. The legal age to purchase tobacco in Portugal is 18,...
January 08, 2018

Portuguese town encourages children to smoke in eye-raising tradition

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'Mom' and 'Hindi Medium' to be screened at Armenian Film Fest
MUMBAI - Pakistani actors Sajal Aly and Adnan Siddiqui’s Bollywood debut, "Mom" with veteran Bollywood actress Sridevi, will be screened at an annual festival of Indian films in Yerevan, Armenia along Saba Qamar’s "Hindi Medium".Directed by Ravi Udyawar, the film follows a story of a mother who avenges a crime committed against her step-daughter.According to a statement by the makers, the Indian embassy in Armenia organizes an annual festival of Indian films during which most popular and award-winning Indian movies of that year are screened in Armenia’s Moscow Cinema.This year the embassy was offered a list of films and "Mom," a drama thriller, was chosen to be screened among other two films including "Bahubali 2: The Conclusion" and...
January 08, 2018

'Mom' and 'Hindi Medium' to be screened at Armenian Film Fest

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French pop star France Gall dies at 70
PARIS - Singer France Gall, whose hits - including a Eurovision triumph with Serge Gainsbourg - made her an icon of French pop music, has died aged 70.Gall passed away on Sunday after a two-year struggle against cancer, French media reported.The news prompted tributes including from President Emmanuel Macron, who said on his Twitter account that "she leaves behind songs that are familiar to all French people and the example of a life devoted to others."Gall, whose father penned songs for French greats Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour, rose to fame as a teenager with help from legendary singer and songwriter Gainsbourg.Gall revived her career in the 1970s with Michel Berger, another influential French songwriter whom she later married and with whom she had two children. She halted...
January 07, 2018

French pop star France Gall dies at 70

Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Sean Penn.
Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio share love at Haiti fundraiser
LOS ANGELES - Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio used the eighth annual benefit for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization to publicly praise each other's philanthropic work.DiCaprio was the guest of honor at the $15,000-a-plate dinner Sunday at Milk Studios, which raised more than $3.5 million for Penn's Haitian Relief Organization and its nonprofit partners.DiCaprio was recognized for 20 years of supporting environmental causes through his namesake foundation.Penn said DiCaprio's work motivated him to start his own charitable organization after the devastating earthquake in 2010 that left thousands of Haitians homeless and without basic resources."As much as anyone, the inspiration for me was from Leo DiCaprio," Penn said. "Here was this young guy who had not only...
January 07, 2018

Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio share love at Haiti fundraiser

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