US heartthrob Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie paid a visit to a dinosaur museum exhibit in western Canada with Jolie's adopted son, a Canadian newspaper reported Tuesday.
The superstars visited the museum in Drumheller in the western province of Alberta late Monday after checking with the museum to see if they could call by without causing too much of a stir.
"Brad phoned to ask about the accessibility of the museum and how easy it might be for him to visit unnoticed -- they did not ask us to close the museum or for an after-hours visit or any special treatment," Royal Tyrell's Museum spokesperson Wendy Taylor told the Calgary Sun.
Pitt was in nearby Calgary to begin work later this month on his latest film project, The Assassination of Jesse James.
Oct. 13 is being declared Peel Day to celebrate the life and legacy of trail-blazing BBC disc jockey John Peel, who died suddenly last year at the age of 65, the public broadcaster announced.
Gigs will take place across Britain in as many venues as possible, and organizers hope Peel Day will become an annual event.
"Peel Day is about celebrating John's legacy and his unrivalled passion for music," said Andy Parfitt, head of pop-oriented BBC Radio One, where Peel was the longest-serving presenter.
Peel, who died on October 25 last year whilst on holiday in Peru, discovered dozens of major and influential rock, punk and new wave bands, and also championed world music.
Authorities searching for Grease star Olivia Newton-John's missing boyfriend said on Tuesday they were chasing new leads generated by news coverage of the case but no closer to solving it. Patrick McDermott vanished on a June 30 fishing expedition off the California coast, but his disappearance escaped media attention until several days ago when he was identified as the Grammy-winning singer's boyfriend.
Actress Scarlett Johansson, star of 2003 hit Lost in Translation, was involved in a minor car crash near Disneyland last week while trying to elude photographers, her publicist said on Tuesday. There were no injuries when Johansson clipped another car with her black Mercedes convertible but publicist Marcel Pariseau said the 20-year-old actress was so fed up with the paparazzi that she had left Los Angeles.
The mother of the teenage boy who accused Michael Jackson of sex abuse was charged with welfare fraud on Tuesday by prosecutors who say she lied about her finances when she applied for public assistance. The woman, who was called a con artist and a welfare cheat by Jackson's attorneys as they successfully defended the pop star at his child molestation trial this summer, faces arrest if she fails to surrender by Sept. 7, prosecutors said.
Spanish singer Bebe earned five Latin Grammy nominations on Tuesday, including best new artist and song of the year for Malo, to top the list of veterans and newcomers vying for the annual music honors. Bebe also was nominated for album of the year and best female pop vocal album for Pafuera Telaranas," as well as record of the year with Malo.
Harry Potter is battling another angst-ridden teen magician -- at least in book stores. Christopher Paolini's Eldest, the tale of magically gifted farm-boy Eragon and his dragon Saphira and their fight against an evil empire, has knocked JK Rowling's boy wizard off his perch.
An opera about the murder of an American Jew during a cruise liner hijack by Palestinian guerrillas gets its British stage premiere on Tuesday amid complaints by Jewish groups over the production. The Death of Klinghoffer, running on four nights, is one of the highlights of the Edinburgh international arts festival.
Seven hundred years to the day after Scottish hero William "Braveheart" Wallace was executed by his English foes, a historian has retraced his final journey to
promote his dream of independence for Scotland. David Ross, who has written books on Wallace and other Scottish national heroes, strode from Westminster through the old City of London on Tuesday wearing a kilt and carrying a sword. -- agencies
A few weeks ago I found myself at a Family Mart talking with the morning shift worker there, who has become my coffee guy. Both of us were in a funk over the “unseasonable” warm weather, a state of mind known as “solastalgia” — distress produced by environmental change. In fact, the weather was not that out of the ordinary in boiling Central Taiwan, and likely cooler than the temperatures we will experience in the near-future. According to the Taiwan Adaptation Platform, between 1957 and 2006, summer lengthened by 27.8 days, while winter shrunk by 29.7 days. Winter is not
A sultry sea mist blankets New Taipei City as I pedal from Tamsui District (淡水) up the coast. This might not be ideal beach weather but it’s fine weather for riding –– the cloud cover sheltering arms and legs from the scourge of the subtropical sun. The dedicated bikeway that connects downtown Taipei with the west coast of New Taipei City ends just past Fisherman’s Wharf (漁人碼頭) so I’m not the only cyclist jostling for space among the SUVs and scooters on National Highway No. 2. Many Lycra-clad enthusiasts are racing north on stealthy Giants and Meridas, rounding “the crown coast”
March 25 to March 31 A 56-year-old Wu Li Yu-ke (吳李玉哥) was straightening out her artist son’s piles of drawings when she inadvertently flipped one over, revealing the blank backside of the paper. Absent-mindedly, she picked up a pencil and recalled how she used to sketch embroidery designs for her clothing business. Without clients and budget or labor constraints to worry about, Wu Li drew freely whatever image came to her mind. With much more free time now that her son had found a job, she found herself missing her home village in China, where she
In recent years, Slovakia has been seen as a highly democratic and Western-oriented Central European country. This image was reinforced by the election of the country’s first female president in 2019, efforts to provide extensive assistance to Ukraine and the strengthening of relations with Taiwan, all of which strengthened Slovakia’s position within the European Union. However, the latest developments in the country suggest that the situation is changing rapidly. As such, the presidential elections to be held on March 23 will be an indicator of whether Slovakia remains in the Western sphere of influence or moves eastward, notably towards Russia and