(Reuters) – Babe Ruth may have died more than 70 years ago, but the baseball slugger is still turning out big numbers. FILE PHOTO: Babe Ruth’s 500th home run bat is held by SCP Auctions president David Kohler before it goes up for auction in Laguna Niguel, California, U.S., November 25, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Contestants, who are mostly housewives, react to the camera as they participate in a shouting competition at Betawi traditional festival in Jakarta, Indonesia December 14, 2019. Picture taken December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Dozens of Indonesians have taken part in a shouting competition in the capital Jakarta, given five minutes on
LONDON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh was crowned as Miss World 2019 on Saturday and said she wanted to use her title to work for “sustainable change” for women and their children. Asked about the value of beauty contests in today’s world of MeToo# and the drive for equality and respect for women, the 23-year-old
FILE PHOTO: Actor Colin Firth and his wife Livia Giuggioli attend the European premiere of “Mary Poppins Returns” in London, Britain December 12, 2018. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo (Reuters) – British actor Colin Firth and his Italian wife on Friday announced they had split up after 22 years of marriage. Firth, 59, known for playing stiff-upper-lipped
(Reuters) – Danny Aiello, a veteran stage and film actor remembered for his roles in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing,” Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo” and dozens of other movies, died at age 86, his publicist and agent said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Actor Danny Aiello arrives for the Amy Winehouse Foundation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for one of the women who brought lawsuits accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct said Thursday that a proposed $25 million settlement for most of the Hollywood producer’s alleged victims was unfair and designed to pressure her into accepting it. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits following a
FILE PHOTO: Models present creations from the Alexander McQueen catwalk show at the “London Collections: Men” Autumn/Winter 16 in London, Britain January 10, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo (Reuters) – Italy’s Fashion Chamber (CNMI) announced on Thursday a collaboration with the British Fashion Council which will bring part of London’s Fashion week to Milan’s men’s fall-winter
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – The dance floor is packed, the disco lights are flashing and the DJ is spinning R&B and pop beats. Iliana Hazzard holds her 20-month-old daughter Daphne while facing the DJ booth at a “Baby Rave” in Oakland, California, U.S. November 10, 2019. Picture taken November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jane Ross But this
Film producer Harvey Weinstein (C) exits the courtroom at the New York Supreme Court in New York, U.S., December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein posted additional security on Wednesday as a pledge that he will not flee a criminal sexual assault case brought by New York prosecutors, who had sought
LONDON (Reuters) – A sweeping gown Princess Diana wore when she danced with John Travolta at the White House has been bought for more than $280,000 by the charity that looks after her former palace. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Princess Diana’s Victor Edelstein midnight-blue velvet evening gown (estimated at £250,000 – £350,000), which was worn by
(Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement with dozens of women who accused the former Hollywood producer of sexual misconduct, The New York Times said here on Wednesday, citing lawyers involved in the negotiations. Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits the courtroom at the
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – On a chilly evening before Christmas, more than a dozen cyclists emerge from the basement of an old apartment building in Budapest with backpacks full of sandwiches to feed the homeless. Volunteers of Budapest Bike Maffia, a Hungarian civil organization of biking fans who help the poor and homeless, make sandwiches to
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Olivia Newton-John attends a 40th anniversary screening of “Grease” at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo (Reuters) – The buyer of Olivia Newton-John’s famous leather “Grease” jacket has returned it to the singer and donated the $243,000 he
CLAREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) – A Methodist church in Southern California has turned a classic Christmas tradition – the Nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus – into a statement about immigration by putting the Holy Family in cages. The United Methodist Church in Claremont, about 30 miles east of Los Angeles, built the display last
FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits following a hearing in his sexual assault case at New York State Supreme Court in New York, U.S., December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (Reuters) – Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is to undergo back surgery this week, his lawyer said on Tuesday, ahead of the start of his
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A nine-year-old Belgian boy who was on track to become the world’s youngest university graduate has terminated his studies at the Dutch university of Eindhoven following a dispute over his possible graduation date. FILE PHOTO: Nine-year-old Belgian student Laurent Simons, who studies electrical engineering and was on track to become the youngest
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday dismissed Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that a judge deprived the comedian of a fair trial by allowing other accusers to testify. FILE PHOTO: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby is seen in this booking photo released by Montgomery
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Elusive British street artist Banksy has highlighted the issue of rough sleeping in a seasonal mural showing two flying reindeer pulling a homeless man on a street-bench sleigh. The artwork, created in Banksy’s trademark stencilled graffiti style, appeared in Birmingham central England over the weekend. A video posted on Banksy’s Instagram
LES TROIS-MOUTIERS, France (Reuters) – For most of the year, Willy Nanlohij, a 62-year-old retired bank worker, lives with his wife Hilda in a comfortable yet unremarkable home in the Dutch city of Enschede. A view shows the Chateau de La Mothe Chandeniers at Les Trois-Moutiers, France, December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe But on Saturday
LONDON (Reuters) – Scottish auctioneers hope to sell off 3,900 bottles of rare whisky for up to 8 million pounds ($10.3 million) next year in what they said would be the largest private collection of the tipple ever to go up for auction. Colorado businessman Richard Gooding, who died in 2014 aged 67, amassed the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lovelorn singing whale, a world-famous feline sourpuss and ravenous goats credited with thwarting a dangerous California wildfire were among animals whose escapades across the United States made news in 2019. FILE PHOTO: Grumpy cat arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
LONDON (Reuters) – A midnight blue velvet gown that Princess Diana wore when she danced with John Travolta at a 1985 White House state dinner failed to sell at auction on Monday, though two of her other dresses went for above their estimated prices. The off-the-shoulder bodiced Victor Edelstein frock, which flares up at the
HOGE VELUWE, Netherlands (Reuters) – A national park in the Netherlands is making an unusual offer to visitors this holiday season: come and chop down your own Christmas tree – for free. A family puts a Christmas tree that they sawed on top of the car to take home for free at The Dutch Hoge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singer Linda Ronstadt, actress Sally Field, and music group Earth, Wind & Fire received the United States’ top awards for the arts on Sunday with a rocking, rousing performance at the annual Kennedy Center Honors show in Washington. From left, Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey of the band Earth, Wind
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brought boyish vulnerability to Big Bird, the towering yellow-plumed character, during 50 years on the groundbreaking children’s television show “Sesame Street” and even made garbage-loving Oscar the Grouch loveable, died on Sunday at the age of 85, the Sesame Workshop said. FILE PHOTO: Caroll Spinney signs
Serge Hennebel, nicknamed “Elf Serge”, and a man dressed as Santa Claus (Father Christmas) interact with children in a hut in Hennebel’s garden, which has been transformed into a Christmas village and adorned with hundreds of lights, in Hamme-Mille, Belgium December 7, 2019 REUTERS/Yves Herman HAMME-MILLE, Belgium (Reuters) – The Belgian village of Hamme-Mille became
A reveller dressed as devil walks through the village of Valasska Polanka during a traditional Saint Nicholas parade near the town of Vsetin, Czech Republic, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny VALASSKA POLANKA, The Czech Republic (Reuters) – Masked devils march through the village, rattling their chains and clanking bells, going door-to-door to search for
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has at times failed to wear a required electronic tracking device, New York prosecutors said Friday, asking a judge to increase his bail to $5 million, from $1 million, as he awaits trial on sexual assault charges. Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi made the request at a
Sotheby’s employees hold a “Return of the Jedi” promotional C-3PO Helmet 1983, estimated at £15,000-£25,000 created by George Lucas’ visual effects company and a prototype of an Imperial Stormtrooper helmet 1976, estimated at £30,000-£60,000 created for the first “Star Wars” film during a photocall at Sotheby’s in London, Britain December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya LONDON
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn on Thursday unveiled a new criminal charge against singer R. Kelly, accusing him of arranging to bribe an official as part of a scheme to recruit underage girls for sex. FILE PHOTO: R. Kelly appears for a hearing at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.,
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