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'Everybody Loves Raymond' Star Doris Roberts Dies at 90

Tributes poured in Monday for Emmy-winning actress Doris Roberts, the star of U.S. sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," who has died aged 90.

Roberts picked up best supporting actress four times in the early 2000s for her portrayal of Marie Barone, the mother of Ray Romano's sportswriter character in the show, which ran for nine seasons.

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Ronit Elkabetz, Ambassador of Israeli Cinema, Dies at 51

Israeli actress Ronit Elkabetz, who helped bring her country's films to the world and became a star in France, died on Tuesday aged 51 after battling cancer, her agent said.

A mother of two, the actress, screenwriter and director appeared in films including "The Girl on the Train" alongside Catherine Deneuve and "Ashes and Blood".

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'Hunger Games' Memorabilia to Go under the Hammer

Collectors with a good arm and a few thousand dollars to burn are being invited to bid for Jennifer Lawrence's iconic hunting bow in an auction of memorabilia from blockbuster film franchise "The Hunger Games."

The weapon -- expected to fetch up to $12,000 -- is among almost 500 costumes, props and other items up for grabs from the original film and its sequels "Catching Fire" and the two-part "Mockingjay."

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Surprises Galore including Bernie Sanders at Coachella Festival

The Coachella music festival is famous for its surprises, and the latest edition included one of the more uncommon -- an appearance, although remotely, of a presidential candidate.

Senator Bernie Sanders showed up late Saturday on the screen of the main stage in the California desert of the leading U.S. music festival, bringing cheers to the mostly young crowd -- the left-wing candidate's main support base.

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Hollywood Mogul Blasts Obama, Google over Piracy

Movie mogul Avi Lerner branded U.S. President Barack Obama "a coward" on Saturday, berating him for not taking on Google over piracy.

The 68-year-old American-Israeli producer told AFP that the White House's failure to force the search engine giant to improve its anti-piracy measures was costing Hollywood millions of dollars a year.

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Axl Rose, back with Guns N' Roses, to Front AC/DC

Axl Rose fired up a reunited Guns N' Roses at the Coachella festival on Saturday as he was announced as the new frontman of an even more veteran hard rock group -- AC/DC.

In one of rock's most long discussed reunions, Rose performed on the festival stage in the California desert with guitarist Slash, who until this month had not joined his former bandmate and on-off nemesis for more than two decades.

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Coy Putin Laughs Off Remarriage Question in Annual Phone-in

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday laughed off a question about Russia's next first lady during his annual phone-in with the nation, but hinted that "maybe" he will remarry one day.

In 2013, the Russian strongman and his wife Lyudmila, his partner of nearly 30 years with whom he has two daughters, stunned Russia by announcing their divorce on television after attending a ballet performance at the Kremlin.

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Cannes Film Festival Line-up

The organizers of the Cannes film festival unveiled Thursday the list of the 20 movies which will be shown in competition for the Palme d'Or next month.

Here are the films showing in and out of competition.

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Best New TV Series Fight it out for Festival Title

One of the world's top television series festivals -- Series Mania -- opens in Paris Friday with "The Sopranos" creator David Chase chairing a jury that will choose the best of the new small-screen epics from across the globe.

The official competition, the first of its type for a festival aimed at the public as well as the TV industry, has eight new series including U.S. crime writer Harlan Coben's "The Five" competing for the Grand Prix.

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Lights, Camera, Action! Charlie Chaplin Museum Springs to Life

Imagine moving along the cogs within giant machinery like Charlie Chaplin in "Modern Times", or tumbling inside a cabin teetering on the edge of a cliff as he did in "Gold Rush".

That will be possible when an ambitious, immersive museum showcasing the life and works of the groundbreaking filmmaker opens in Switzerland on Sunday.

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