Hallyday parlayed the huge success from Gallic covers of US rock’n’roll, such as “Blue Suede Shoes” and “C’est Le Mash Potatoes”, into a long career in music, film and tabloid gossip before his death at age 74
‘I was in horror films for a long time. It gave me a foothold in the business, but the women’s movement hated me,’ Curtis said. ‘Then I was in “Trading Places” and took off my shirt. All of a sudden, I was what they call legitimate, an A-lister’
Fans and stars paid tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo on Tuesday, saying the charismatic French actor, who died on Monday aged 88, would live on forever in people's minds and on screen.
With his devil-may-care charm, Jean-Paul Belmondo, who has died aged 88, was the poster boy of the New Wave, France's James Dean and Humphrey Bogart rolled into one irresistible man.
A prolific talent who personified the modern face of Greek music, he was perhaps best-known around the world for his film title scores which also included ‘Z’...
Asner was known for his liberal politics and his stint as Screen Actors Guild president in the 1980s when he criticized US involvement in Central America...
Watts played drums on all of the group’s 30 albums and on every tour. No cause of death was given for his passing, but the announcement followed an Aug. 4...
The famed French-American dancer, singer and actor who fought in the French resistance during WWII and later battled racism, will become just the sixth woman...
Imagined in 1961 by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo, ‘L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’ was brought to life by Christo’s nephew, Vladimir Yavatchev, at a...
The late artist and his wife and collaborator Jean-Claude wowed the world with their spectacular projects wrapping famous landmarks around the world. From...
A Taliban guard shows AFP a storeroom full of intact musical instruments that were left behind, after reports that everything had been trashed. The caretaker...
From a seven-hour “silent opera” and productions of Verdi and Puccini influenced by Japanese “Noh” theatre, to collaborations with songwriters Tom Waits and...
‘If you’re afraid of wolves,’ 36-year-old screen star Yulia Peresild told journalists, a month before being dispatched to the International Space Station,...
The musician believes the health crisis showed that people actually yearn for a better society, as he envisions in his Broadway show
Close was known for his gigantic portraits or self-portraits – some of which were mosaics and others so detailed that they looked like photographs to the...
A spokesman for Dylan, now 80, said the allegations were false. ‘The 56-year-old claim is untrue,’ the spokesman said, ‘and will be vigorously defended’
Wong, 51, was one of the city’s best-known provocateurs, an artist who specialised in satirising and criticising those in power. As China’s crackdown on...