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US actress Meryl Streep (Photo: AP)

Meryl Streep blasts white male studio bosses

Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep told young actors at the Berlin film festival on Sunday that Hollywood would never...

15 Feb 2016 3:40 AM IST

Leonardo DiCaprio

BAFTA 2106: Leonardo DiCaprio bookies’ favorite for best actor

Leonardo DiCaprio could add to his accolades for epic endurance story The Revenant with a win at the British Academy...

15 Feb 2016 3:35 AM IST

French twins, 104, say closeness is the secret

Twins Paulette Olivier and Simone Thiot pose with pictures of when they were in 20s at Onzain, central France. (Photo:...

14 Feb 2016 2:20 AM IST

Bill Cosby appeals to halt sexual assault case

Disgraced US TV legend Bill Cosby on Friday appealed a Pennsylvania judge’s refusal to dismiss a sexual assault...

14 Feb 2016 2:14 AM IST

Forget diamonds, try ichnusaite this Valentine’s Day

Far rarer than diamonds or emeralds, some minerals on Earth are known only from thimbleful samples, according to a first...

14 Feb 2016 2:10 AM IST

Neem extract may help treat pancreatic cancer

A natural extract derived from the neem tree, commonly found in India, could potentially be used to treat pancreatic...

13 Feb 2016 3:29 AM IST

Earth says goodbye to comet probe Philae

Earth says goodbye to comet probe Philae

Scientists gave up on Friday trying to contact robot lab Philae, stubbornly silent on the surface of a comet streaking...

13 Feb 2016 3:26 AM IST

George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Germany. (Photo: AP)

Berlin Film Festival opens with focus on refugees

Hollywood will be out in force to kick off the Berlin film festival on Thursday, with Meryl Streep joining George...

12 Feb 2016 6:45 AM IST

Sikh actor flies home to New York wearing his turban

Sikh actor flies home to New York wearing his turban

Ending his two-day standoff with Aeromexico, Sikh-American actor Waris Ahluwalia has returned home onboard...

12 Feb 2016 6:45 AM IST

A ‘magical’ space-time ripple that wasn’t believed,...

Hebrew University’s Roni Gross in Jerusalem on Thursday holds the original historical documents related to Albert...

12 Feb 2016 6:43 AM IST

The charity warned that pets fed improperly could develop cancer or arthritis due to being too fat.

‘Obese British pets fed cake and alcohol’

Takeaway food, cake and even alcohol is helping make British pets dangerously overweight and develop diabetes and heart...

11 Feb 2016 5:46 AM IST

Widow of chef Benoit Violier to run Swiss restaurant

The widow of top chef Benoit Violier, whose January 31 suicide shoc-ked the culinary world, said she would take cha-rge...

11 Feb 2016 5:39 AM IST