Russian man takes hostages, demands pizza and Sprit
A MAN in southern Russia took four people hostage for several hours yesterday in a bizarre abduction where his only demand was a takeaway pizza and Sprite, police said. A…
Little magic in ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’
The only incredible thing about ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ is the way it makes Steve Carell so thoroughly and irreparably unlikeable. In a film about magic tricks, this is the…
US to send missile defences to Guam over North Korea threat
The United States said it would soon send a missile defence system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military adjusts to what Defense Secretary Chuck…
Jim Carrey is back in ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’
The screenwriting duo behind raunchy workplace comedy ‘Horrible Bosses’ have tapped the competitive world of Las Vegas magicians to bring the absurd antics of ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ to the…
Ben Kingsley went bonkers for Iron Man 3 role
British actor Ben Kingsley says that director Shane Black allowed him to go a bit bonkers to play The Mandarin in Iron Man 3. The Oscar-winner is one of the…
N. Korea to restart reactor to fuel arms programme
North Korea said Tuesday it would restart a nuclear reactor to feed its atomic weapons programme, in its clearest rebuff yet of UN sanctions at the heart of soaring tensions…
S.Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets
South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean…
North Korea declares ‘state of war’ with South
North Korea said Saturday it had formally entered into a "state of war" with South Korea -- an announcement largely dismissed by Seoul as an old threat dressed in slightly…
George Clooney shoots Second World War film ‘The Monuments Men’
Spring came to still-frosty Berlin this week courtesy of George Clooney, who had ice cleared from sidewalks and added green trees to the landscape for the filming of The Monuments…
Angry Birds roosting at NASA
Angry Birds have a new space coop. At NASA's invitation, the online game birds are roosting at Kennedy Space Center for the next one and a half years in an…
