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TV Anchor in Latest Case of Egypt Travel Ban

A prominent television anchor, Amr El Leithy, said he was barred from leaving Egypt on Thursday, in the third case of authorities imposing a travel ban in less than a week.

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FBI Clears Brad Pitt over Abuse Claim

Brad Pitt has been cleared after a probe into allegations he mistreated one of his children in a mid-air altercation, the FBI said on Tuesday.

The claims centered on an alleged incident with his 15-year-old son Maddox in September on a flight from France to Los Angeles. Pitt's wife Angelina Jolie claimed he had struck the boy.

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Kanye Hospitalized after Scrapping US Tour

Rap superstar Kanye West was hospitalized on Monday with a "medical emergency" after canceling his tour, two days after a rambling onstage tirade against fellow artists Jay Z and Beyonce.

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Tommy Hilfiger Says You Can be Too Popular

Sometimes, there is such a thing as being too popular, Tommy Hilfiger says, explaining that after his label's crazy romp in the 1990s, he had to reinvent the brand.

Decked out in red trousers and a white shirt with blue stripes, and white sneakers -- poster boy for his brand's staple colors -- the 65-year-old designer chatted with AFP about the evolution of his label, and his memoir "American Dreamer," at the Miami Book Fair International on Sunday.

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Kanye Scraps LA Concert after Rant about Trump, Beyonce

Rap superstar Kanye West canceled a planned show in Los Angeles just hours before it was set to start, following a rant against fellow singer Beyonce and a public announcement of support for US President-elect Donald Trump.

The Forum, an indoor arena in the LA suburb of Inglewood where West had been scheduled to perform, tweeted less than three hours before Sunday's show that it was being scrapped. It said refunds would be made available at the point of purchase.

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Hidden Bergman 'Masterpiece' to Hit Swedish Movie Screens

Discovered in Ingmar Bergman's archive, a previously unknown manuscript about sexual and social revolution in the 1960s is to be turned into a movie, nearly a decade after the Swedish director's death. 

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Tintin Drawing Sells for Record 1.55 mn Euros in Paris

An original drawing from "Explorers on the Moon", widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55 million euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial announced.

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Amazon Video Going Global with Rival to 'Top Gear'

Amazon is set to challenge Netflix worldwide with a massive expansion of its on-demand video streaming service featuring its remake of the BBC's global hit "Top Gear."

Amazon Prime Video is currently available in Austria, Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States, with a promise of availability soon in India.

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'Brexit: The Musical' Gives Boris Johnson Star Billing

Wearing a blonde wig and bicycle helmet, a disheveled Boris Johnson sings and raps at a demonic Vladimir Putin -- Brexit as tragicomedy has hit the London stage.

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Bob Dylan Can't Make Nobel Ceremony, Says Swedish Academy

Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December to accept his literature prize because he has "other commitments", the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday. 

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