Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy May 17th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dylan, inducted, honorary, member, arts, academy, Top Keywords

Britain's "Bond girl" queen wins honorary film award Apr 4th, 2013 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen was awarded one of Britain's most prestigious entertainment honours on Thursday for her support for the film and television industry. Actor and director Kenneth Branagh presented the 86-year-old monarch with an honor... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain's, "bond, girl", queen, wins, honorary, film, award, Top Keywords

Report: Morocco honorary consul in Syria killed Dec 5th, 2012 - 23:10h (CET +01.00) The official Moroccan news agency says the north African country's honorary consul in Aleppo, Syria, has been killed by armed men as he left a hotel in the city. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : report, morocco, honorary, consul, syria, killed, film, award, Top Keywords

Britain's over-50s ignorant of retirement prospects - report Nov 30th, 2012 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's over-50s are in blissful ignorance of how little their pension pots will pay out and need an urgent financial health check if their retirements are to be as comfortable as they expect, an industry report said. Worker... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain's, over50s, ignorant, retirement, prospects, report, film, award, Top Keywords

SKorea: US socialite to lose honorary consul title Nov 27th, 2012 - 11:30h (CET +01.00) South Korea will revoke an honorary title given to an American socialite tied to a scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus, officials said Tuesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : skorea, socialite, lose, honorary, consul, title, film, award, Top Keywords

Chen Guang-who? Chinese official claims ignorance of blind activist Nov 9th, 2012 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (Reuters) - Despite causing a huge diplomatic incident between the world's two largest economies earlier this year, the Chinese official in charge of the hometown of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Friday that he has no idea... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : chen, guangwho?, chinese, official, claims, ignorance, blind, activist, Top Keywords

Tom Hanks to make Broadway debut in new Nora Ephron play Oct 11th, 2012 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Hanks will make his Broadway debut playing a tabloid journalist in "Lucky Guy", a new drama by the late Nora Ephron, producers said in a statement on Thursday. The Hollywood star will continue his long collaboration... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hanks, make, broadway, debut, nora, ephron, play, activist, Top Keywords

Spain king ousted as WWF branch honorary president Jul 21st, 2012 - 18:10h (CET +01.00) The World Wildlife Fund's branch in Spain has ousted King Juan Carlos as its honorary president - a title he'd held since 1968 - after deciding his recent elephant hunting safari was incompatible with its goal of conserving endangered speci... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : spain, king, ousted, branch, honorary, president, play, activist, Top Keywords

Writer-filmmaker Nora Ephron dies at 71 Jun 27th, 2012 - 08:50h (CET +01.00) Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism, has died. She was 71. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : writerfilmmaker, nora, ephron, dies, honorary, president, play, activist, Top Keywords

Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71 Jun 27th, 2012 - 04:00h (CET +01.00) Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism and was loved, respected and feared for her wit, died on Tuesday of leukemia. She was 71. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nora, ephron, writerfilmmaker, dies, honorary, president, play, activist, Top Keywords