Hangover 2 earns big
The holiday weekend is off to a good start for “The Hangover Part II” crew – the movie collected $31.7 million at the domestic box office on Thursday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. That total gives “Part II” the third best Thursday opening total of all time, THR reports,…
Lady Gaga tops Forbes magazine celebrity power list
US pop singer Lady Gaga has claimed the top spot in Forbes magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 list, at the expense of chat show mogul Oprah Winfrey. The flamboyant star – real name Stefani Germanotta – moved up four positions from last year to knock Winfrey, 2010’s chart-topper, down to two….
Taliban suicide attack kills 80 in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Friday for suicide attacks on a military training facility in the nation’s northwest, saying they were carried out in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The twin suicide bombings killed at least 80 people, nearly all of them military recruits who…
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as those in the equivalent House committees, will be allowed to view the photographs taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed, a U.S. official told CNN Tuesday. The viewings will take place at CIA…
Egyptian Copts, reeling from violence, want protection
Muslim-Christian sectarian violence intensified in Egypt this weekend, spurring an emergency meeting of the Cabinet and public exhortations from Coptic Christians for international protection. At least 12 people were killed and 232 others were wounded in sectarian clashes outside a Cairo church, according to state TV. Officials said violence began…
Hollywood star Jackie Cooper dies
Former US child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to work as a TV producer, film director and feature in four Superman movies, has died at the age of 88. Cooper died in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday of complications related to old age, his lawyer said. Aged nine he…
