LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Robert "Bob" Crowley was declared the winner of the television competition series "Survivor Gabon: Earth's Last Eden" on the show's finale Sunday.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The American Film Institute Sunday announced its AFI Awards 2008, recognizing "the year's most outstanding achievements" in film and TV.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro said his new movie, "Che," should find an audience despite being 4 1/2 hours long and in Spanish.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The San Diego Zoo will receive pandas from China during the next five years under a new loan agreement between the two sides, officials say.
ROME, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Italian designer Gai Mattiolo says being placed under house arrest in Rome while he faces financial fraud and tax charges is unfair.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. country star Brad Paisley said despite his accomplishments this year, he is hopeful he will reach new heights of success next year.
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Singer Paul McCartney says he, not fellow Beatles star John Lennon, was the seminal British rock band's most vocal opponent to the Vietnam War.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A witness in Lillo Brancato's murder trial has testified the "Sopranos" actor allegedly tried to buy drugs at a New York home where a cop was killed.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The science fiction remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still" opened strongly in U.S. theaters this weekend, grabbing the top spot, Box Office Mojo said Sunday.
LONDON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Three years after being dropped from "The X-Factor," contestant Alexandra Burke won the British talent competition in its televised finale.
MALIBU, Calif., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Actor Charlie Sheen's two daughters with actress Denise Richards are unhurt following a traffic accident in Malibu, Calif., the actor's representative says.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Malta national Kevin Borg's performance of "With Every Bit of Me" helped him win the title of Swedish "Idol" 2008, officials said.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Russian beauty pageant contestant Kseniya Sukhinova was crowned Miss World 2008 in an internationally televised competition in South Africa.
PARIS, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is suing a clothing company that produced a shopping bag with an image of her posing naked.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Actress Phylicia Rashad, known best for her role on "The Cosby Show," is the new spokeswoman for Jenny Craig, the U.S. weight-loss group says.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- CBS News has made staff cuts to its European and Middle Eastern bureaus, including closing its one-person bureau in Bonn, Germany, industry sources say.
LONDON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Elton John was not defamed by a British newspaper that offered a satirical take of the rock singer, a High Court judge has ruled.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- "The Dark Knight" is one of 15 U.S. movies nominated for an Academy Award in best visual effects, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A&E Television Networks and ReelzChannel have both laid off employees because of the struggling U.S. economy, an official says.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A birthday gift made homicide suspect William Balfour so jealous he killed three family members of actress Jennifer Hudson in Chicago, prosecutors allege.
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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
