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Monthly Archives: December 2014

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Jamie Oliver has revealed he turned down the chance to appear as a Hobbit in one of Peter Jackson's big screen blockbusters. The celebrity chef...

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Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street was the most illegally downloaded movie of 2014. Disney’s animated movie Frozen was second on the list, said...

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Classical pianist Claude Frank has died at the age of 89 at his home in New York. The musician died on December 27 due to...

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Former F1 champion Michael Schumacher faces a "long fight" on the road to full recovery, his manager, Sabine Kehm, has said. One year ago, Michael...

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Sony’s controversial comedy The Interview has become the company's most-downloaded title of all time, just 4 days after its release on December 24. The Interview...

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Rescue operations are under way as more than 120 people are still stranded on the deck of a blazing Norman Atlantic ferry amid freezing...

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AirAsia flight QZ8501 is likely to be at the bottom of the sea, the head of Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency has said. Bambang Soelistyo said the...

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South Korea’s Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae has offered to resume high-level talks  with North Korea in January 2015. The talks are meant to focus on...

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Buddy DeFranco, known for working with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday and other well-known musicians, has died aged 91. His family said the jazz clarinetist...

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David Ryall, known for playing Elphias Doge in the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows, has died at the age of 79. The actor passed away on...

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Italian ferry Norman Atlantic carrying 478 people caught fire north-west of Corfu. Ships and helicopters are now taking part in a major rescue operation. One person...

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No distress call is reported to have been issued by the crew of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, officials report. The aircraft was flying from...

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Idris Elba has responded to rumors of becoming the next James Bond after Sony attack. The actor has said he's done nothing to deny the...

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AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people on board travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control. Flight QZ8501 lost contact at...

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Malaysian PM Najib Razak has announced an extra 500 million ringgit ($142 million) to help victims of the country's worst flooding in decades. At least...

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Croatia is voting to elect a new president, with the poll seen as a test for the main political parties. The incumbent, Ivo Josipovic, is...

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More than 15,000 vehicles are stranded in the French Alps due to snow and ice, snarling the holiday traffic to and from ski resorts,...

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Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot and injured former Pope John Paul II in 1981, has laid flowers on the late pontiff's tomb in the...

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President George H.W. Bush remained at Houston Methodist Hospital for a fifth day in a row after experiencing shortness of breath on Tuesday, December...

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A child dubbed the "Christmas baby" was born on Philadelphia’s Market-Frankford subway train when his mother suddenly went into labor. A group of passengers crowded...

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Tens of thousands of people are attending the funeral of Rafael Ramos, one of the two New York policemen shot dead a week ago. VP...

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Dustin Diamond has been charged with stabbing a man in a bar fight. The actor is best known for playing Screech in Saved by the...

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Yoon Mi-rae has threatened to sue Sony Pictures Entertainment for using one of her songs in the controversial movie The Interview without permission, according...

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Adam Sandler has topped Forbes' Most Overpaid Actor List for a second year in a row. Adam Sandler came ahead of Johnny Depp and Ben...

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North Korea has berated President Barack Obama over the release of The Interview movie in the US. The Interview is about a fictional plot to...