NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- "Never Gonna Dance," the new Broadway musical adaptation of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' 1936 RKO film, "Swing Time," is a lovable homage to the romantic musical comedy of yore with a score to die for by Jerome Kern.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- No matter what the song says, for writer-director Anthony Minghella something could be finer than to be in Carolina when it came to filming "Cold Mountain."
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin, known for close calls with dangerous reptiles, has escaped again -- but this time it was the law he escaped.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Listeners to one of Britain's top radio shows have drawn the ire of a lawmaker who ripped them as "bastards," the Independent reported Friday.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Rumors that Cunard's new cruise ship Queen Mary II is jinxed escalated when two women with broken bones had to be evacuated from the ship off the British coast.
RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Complaints from Muslim citizens about pork flavored potato chips has sparked an investigation by the United Arab Emirates, Gulf News reported Friday.
CHENGDU, China, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The first Chinese woman to have a sex change operation has married and received a marriage certificate from the government, the Xi'an Evening Post reported.
MONTREAL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A Montreal housecat beat out former pro players and sports analysts in the Montreal Gazette's NFL pool, the newspaper reported Friday.
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- An Argentine journalist in a new book claims that Adolf Hitler faked his suicide, escaped Russian capture and fled to South America after World War II. Abel Basti´s new book -- which Argentine news reports say is due on shelves next week -- alleges that H
The Lake Superior State University word banishment selection committee released its annual "List of Words Banished" from the Queen's English with metrosexual topping the list.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Mmmmmm, brains! With eggs or fried as fritters, they're just like grandma used to make, but you might not want to eat them anytime soon in the U.S. market.
PARIS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Anyone in Paris trying to buy more than two items at once from the Louis Vuitton mega-boutique will discover their money does them no good.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- After seven years of non-stop broadcast, the webcams that relayed every intimate detail of Jennifer Ringley's life were switched off Thursday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- New Zealand police were involved in a major rescue operation Thursday as a local Wellington family with a poor sense of direction got itself into trouble.
MOSCOW, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Moscow police arrested a man on the Metro who claimed to be the world's most-wanted Osama bin Laden, but he was more of a nuisance than a terrorist.
As the NFL playoffs near, expect to see a lot of "BIRGing" -- meaning "basking in reflected glory -- among fans of the teams going into the post-season.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- "Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood," a new book on Lew Wasserman, blends investigative reporting with celebrity gossip for an inside look at the legendary Hollywood mogul.
