Berlusconi sweeps back to power in Italy election
Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems. People:[Romano Prodi][Silvio Berlusconi][George W. Bush] Activities:[2008 Italian Election] 2008-04-14 World finance leaders tackle bank reform
World financial leaders facing the gravest economic crisis in at least a decade are pledging tighter control of banks and other financial institutions and hoping the U.S. slump is short. Nations:[U.S.][Germany][Italy][Japan][U.K.][France] People:[Henry Paulson][Ben Bernanke] Activities:[2008 U.S. Recession][2007 Global Credit Crunch] 2008-04-12 China firms sink roots across the globe
Amid the torrent of clothes, electronics and toys surging out of China comes a little-noticed export: international companies. Nations:[Sweden][U.S.][China][Brazil][South Africa][Italy] 2008-03-16 Coen brothers movie wins 4 Oscars
They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face. People:[Marion Cotillard][Jon Stewart][Tilda Swinton][Javier Bardem][Holly Hunter][Daniel Day-Lewis] Activities:[2008 Oscar Awards] 2008-02-25 Coens, Bardem, Cotillard win Oscars
"No Country for Old Men" was living up to its front-runner status at Sunday's Academy Awards, winning the first two of its eight categories, adapted screenplay for the Coen brothers and supporting actor for Javier Bardem. People:[Cormac McCarthy][Marion Cotillard][Jon Stewart][Tilda Swinton][Javier Bardem][Julie Christie] Activities:[US Election 2008] 2008-02-24 Oscars arrive, to Hollywood's relief
Oscars organizers had better hope that red carpet doesn't get waterlogged. Last-minute preparations for the 80th annual Academy Awards geared up Sunday amid a forecast of showers for the arrival area along Hollywood Boulevard, where stars mince about in front of photographers, reporters and bleachers full of cheering fans. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Javier Bardem][Julie Christie][Daniel Day-Lewis] Activities:[2008 Oscar Awards] 2008-02-24 Oscars aim to put on blockbuster show
No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on. People:[Ivan Reitman][Tony Gilroy][Marion Cotillard][Jason Reitman][Jon Stewart][Javier Bardem] Activities:[2008 Oscar Awards] 2008-02-23 Athletes resist pressure to play politics in Beijing
Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues. Nations:[China][U.K.][U.S.][Canada][Italy][Germany] People:[Justine Henin][Steven Spielberg] Activities:[2008 Beijing Olympics][Darfur Genocide Crisis] 2008-02-15 French president marries former model
French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. People:[Nicolas Sarkozy][Carla Bruni][Donald Trump][Mick Jagger] 2008-02-02 Hollywood stars return to spotlight at SAG awards
Hollywood's red carpet will finally roll out for Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards in what could end up being the only big party in an awards season stripped of stars and marred by a bitter industry strike. Nations:[U.S.] People:[Julie Christie][John Travolta][Bob Dylan][Tom Cruise][George Clooney][Cate Blanchett] 2008-01-24 `No Country,' `Blood' tie for Oscar lead
No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem -- but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers' picket lines to attend the ceremony. People:[Michael Moore][Julie Christie][Johnny Depp][Cate Blanchett][Tommy Lee Jones][Philip Seymour Hoffman] Activities:[2008 Oscar Awards] 2008-01-22 Acclaimed movies eye Oscar, box office gold
Tales of tragedy and struggle will vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its final stretch. People:[Daniel Day-Lewis][Sean Penn][George Clooney][Tommy Lee Jones][Paul Thomas Anderson][Javier Bardem] Activities:[2008 Oscar Awards] 2008-01-20
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