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'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' favorites for Emmys glory
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Stylish period drama "Mad Men" and network comedy "30 Rock" are favorites to scoop top honors at Sunday's 61st Emmy Awards, the US television industry's equivalent to the Oscars.
People:Bryan Cranston Jon Hamm Sarah Palin Mariska Hargitay Sally Field Gabriel Byrne Activities:2009 Emmy Awards Source:(AFP)
2009-09-19
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57
LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Nations:U.S. People:Patrick Swayze Tom Cruise Emilio Estevez Forest Whitaker Rob Lowe Matt Dillon
2009-09-14
Bollywood triumph: 'Slumdog' claims 8 Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood has met Bollywood at the Academy Awards, and the makers of Oscar champ "Slumdog Millionaire" hope it's a sign of future melding between the U.S. dream factory with its counterparts in India and elsewhere in the world.
Nations:India People:Michelle Williams Will Smith Kevin Kline Hugh Jackman Sean Penn Heath Ledger
2009-02-23
'Slumdog' rules Oscars with 8 prizes, best picture
LOS ANGELES - "Slumdog Millionaire" took the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film's unlikely rise to Hollywood's summit.
Nations:India U.S. Australia People:Marion Cotillard Baz Luhrmann Jon Stewart Tilda Swinton Christopher Nolan Beyonce Knowles Activities:Holocaust
2009-02-23
Inspector Clouseau is like Hamlet, Steve Martin says
BERLIN (AFP) - Steve Martin described Inspector Clouseau as "the comedian's Hamlet" on Friday after his "Pink Panther 2" tickled the Berlin Film Festival almost 30 years after the death of original star Peter Sellers.
Nations:U.S. Germany France People:Peter Sellers Beyonce Knowles Kevin Kline Jeremy Irons Aishwarya Rai Activities:2009 Berlin Film Festival
2009-02-13
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