Venice heralds Hitchcock heroine Novak with lifetime achievement award
The Venice Film Festival celebrated Hollywood actress Kim Novak on Monday, bestowing a lifetime achievement award to the reluctant star and platinum blonde heroine of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", now 92.
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French Top 14 chief calls R360 rebel league an 'abomination'
French Top 14 president Yann Roubert said on Monday the reported rebel club rugby league, R360, would be an "abomination" to the sport.
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'The Rock' finds new range in Venice debut 'The Smashing Machine'
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said Monday he had turned his heavily muscled back on action movie roles to be able to express himself as an actor in his latest film "The Smashing Machine", set to premiere later in Venice.
Read moreAfghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages
A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan on Monday, after a strong earthquake collapsed homes onto sleeping families in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people with the toll expected to rise, Taliban authorities said.
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Europe's Ryder Cup skipper Donald opts for continuity in captain's picks
Europe captain Luke Donald selected major winners Shane Lowry and Jon Rahm among his six captain's picks for the upcoming Ryder Cup on Monday.
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Donnarumma set for move to Manchester City, Gattuso says
Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma will undergo a medical and sign for Manchester City on transfer deadline day, his national coach Gennaro Gattuso said Monday.
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France striker Kolo Muani set for Tottenham loan move
France striker Randal Kolo Muani is on the brink of completing a loan move to Tottenham Hotspur from Paris Saint-Germain, a source close to the deal told AFP on Monday.
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Earthquake in Afghan village leaves no family untouched
No household was spared death or injury in the village of Wadir when a powerful earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan, reducing homes to piles of rubble.
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'The Rock' looks to stretch his range in 'The Smashing Machine'
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said Monday a "burning desire" to express himself as an actor led him to accept a role in "The Smashing Machine", which was to premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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RFK Jr 'endangering' all Americans, health agency ex-chiefs warn
Nine former leaders of the top US health body sounded the alarm Monday about the Trump administration's evisceration of the agency and warned that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr is "endangering every American's health."
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