SYNDEY, Australia, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Kylie Minogue's gold hot pants, which helped launch her career in 2000, are unraveling as they make their way across Australia in a traveling exhibit.
LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe is reportedly in talks to star in a West End production of "Equus" to be directed by Kenneth Branagh.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Cosmetics king Sidney Factor, who helped build his father's Max Factor & Co., into a worldwide institution, has died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 89.
WINDSOR, England, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Elton John will reportedly shell out $20,000 for police to keep the peace during his impending nuptials to David Furnish in Windsor, England.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- While Time magazine named U2 frontman Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates its "Persons of the Year," several others were tapped as "People Who Mattered."
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The National Association of Theater Owners wants the Federal Communications Commission to allow the blocking of cell phone signals in theaters.
BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A Nickelodeon production assistant has been arrested for allegedly fondling a 14-year-old boy at the TV network's Burbank, Calif., studio.
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Palm Springs International Film Festival Saturday named Felicity Huffman as the winner of its Breakthrough Performance Award.
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BOMBAY, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from Lilavati Hospital in Bombay Saturday, nearly three weeks after undergoing colon surgery.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Irish Golden Globe-nominee Pierce Brosnan says he believes there is still an audience for his smooth-talking TV private eye "Remington Steele."
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Author Rodney "Trevanian" Whitaker, whose "The Eiger Sanction" became a hit 1972 Clint Eastwood film, has died in England at age 74.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Bruce Willis will play a conflicted radio personality in "Morgan's Summit," a drama from Oscar-winner Tom Schulman, it was reported Friday.
NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- New Jersey lawmakers are honoring rocker Bruce Springsteen with "Born to Run" license plates that will benefit one of his favorite charities.
LONDON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- British actor Bruce Payne, who played a hijacker in "Passenger 57," received an official caution from London police for disrupting a flight from Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Singer/actress Jessica Simpson Friday filed for divorce from her husband, singer Nick Lachey, in Los Angeles Superior Court.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- "Batman Begins" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" are among seven films that will compete this year for the visual effects Academy Award.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen decide who should control their umbrella as they wait for the arrival of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall for the Government of Canada concert and reception at the RCMP Depot in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 23, 2012 during the third leg of the 2012 Royal Tour to Canada part of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. UPI Photo /Heinz Ruckemann
