Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their six children are on a visit to Vietnam, where adopted son Pax was born.
The actors and their brood were spotted Friday eating lunch at a rustic restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, known for its delicious traditional Vietnamese fare. It was the family's first trip back to the country since Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, 7, was adopted four years ago.
Full StoryA personal assistant turned personal manager to Michael Jackson said the King of Pop had been taking propofol as early as 1999, and that the singer was drugged up ahead of his 2001 30th anniversary concerts.
Frank Cascio, who became a family friend to Jackson at age 5 and eventually one of the singer's closest friends and employees, writes in a new book that he first noticed Jackson taking the drug Demerol while accompanying the singer on his "Dangerous" tour in 1993.
Full StoryAs the Dallas Museum of Art prepares to open an exhibit of Jean Paul Gaultier's sometimes outrageous, always head-turning fashion designs, the city's well-heeled residents are mobilizing.
Dallas is one of just three North American cities — along with Montreal and San Francisco — hosting the exhibit of works by the French designer. And while Dallas is not a fashion industry center like New York, Paris or Milan, designers and retailers know very well that some of their most devoted and fashion-conscious clientele can be found in Texas — both in Dallas and farther south in Houston.
Full StoryGrammy-winning jazz crooner Tony Bennett is championing a rebuilding effort to help New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
At the site of the 101st and final house built by Project Home Again, the 85-year-old singer said Friday that bringing people home is important to protecting the culture and traditions of New Orleans.
Full StoryLebanon’s Jeita Grotto failed to garner enough votes to become one of the world's new seven wonders of nature, according to preliminary results announced Friday.
The Lebanese landmark, however, was among the 14 finalists.
Full StorySinger Sean Kingston says he feels blessed to be back on stage after a major Jet Ski accident — and says he's not afraid to get back in the water next time he gets the chance.
The 21-year-old star told reporters Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas that he's bounced back from the May 29 crash and is happy to have another chance at life.
Full StoryActor Ashton Kutcher, the first person to amass a million followers on Twitter, is taking a break from the service after a tweet landed him in hot water.
Kutcher, who has 8.27 million followers on Twitter, sent a tweet Wednesday night about the firing of Pennsylvania State University's iconic football coach Joe Paterno.
Full StoryUpmarket French leisure group Club Med said on Thursday it intends to open a second holiday village in China, in the southern province of Guilin to add to its northern ski resort.
Club Med said it had signed a 10-year accord with Chinese group China Pao Shan, owner of the site, with the resort to open next year and then be revamped and more than doubled in capacity to 300 rooms for 2013.
Full StoryTwenty years ago, a retired Malian portrait photographer called Seydou Keita sat at home in Bamako, quietly tinkering with his motorbike, when a Paris art dealer came knocking on his door.
Today, a decade after his death, Keita is perhaps Africa's most revered photographer, and his stylish studio snaps are a highlight of this year's Paris Photo fair, which opened Thursday with a focus on the continent.
Full StoryOscars veteran Billy Crystal stepped in Thursday to host this year's Academy Awards show, after actor Eddie Murphy pulled out following a row over a producer's anti-gay comments.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hailed Crystal -- who has hosted the top Hollywood awards eight times before -- as an "Oscar icon" who would be "back where he belongs" on stage at the February 26 show.
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