Andy Warhol's iconic 1960s painting "White Disaster" sold for $85 million at auction Wednesday evening at Sotheby's in New York.. In May, Warhol's 1962 portrait of Marilyn Monroe, "Shot Sage Blue Marylin," was auctioned for $195 million, becoming the most expensive 20th century work ever sold at auction.
It is Cambodia's next Oscars entry, has a Korean-born France-based star, a French-Cambodian director, and was shot in South Korea.. "Return to Seoul" was just one of the films with non-Korean directors and Korean crews to screen at the Busan fest, including Singapore's Oscars entry "Ajoomma" and Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Broker" -- which explored South Korea's "baby boxes" where infants are abandoned.
Cable news giant CNN has told its celebrity presenters they need to cut back the on-air boozing this New Year's Eve, with bosses seemingly determined to make their broadcast a more sober affair.. "During the meeting, Licht told employees he felt on-camera drinking eroded the credibility of CNN personnel and damaged the 'respectability' they may enjoy among viewers," Variety reported. hg/bgs
When Taylor Swift announced her first tour in five years, Jacob Landry couldn't wait to jump in line to see his favorite artist take the stage.. Landry said he was originally willing to pay around $300 to see Swift, but with fees the final price landed at a $569.
US talk show host Jay Leno required skin grafts for significant burns to his face and hands from an explosion involving a vintage car, and will undergo further surgery this week, his doctor said Wednesday.. Grossman told journalists it was too early to say if Leno will require additional surgery beyond the second procedure scheduled later this week.
He was held for weeks in detention, beaten and electrocuted.. Stotsky, who spoke to AFP at his home in central Kherson, said he was arrested twice and held for weeks in detention where he was tied up, beaten and electrocuted by Russian and pro-Russian forces.
From the political jungle in Westminster to an actual jungle in Australia, Britain's scandal-tarred former health secretary Matt Hancock has courted fresh controversy by participating in a reality TV show.. "The Matt Hancock story is a small illustration of a much bigger worry," he said.
A Pakistani film portraying romance between a married man and a transgender woman was cleared for domestic screenings on Wednesday, officials said, reversing a government ban forced by Islamist pressure.. Transgender activists rallied around the cause of the film on social media following news of the ban.
A musical adaptation of "Monsoon Wedding" starting Thursday in Qatar had to remove alcohol and kissing, but the hit film's director Mira Nair insists it has not lost its "soul".. Nair had been a sought-after director before "Monsoon Wedding", but it has certainly boosted her reputation.
Prosecutors in London on Wednesday said they have approved seven new sexual offence charges against the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey. . A New York court last month dismissed a $40 million sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against Spacey by an actor, Anthony Rapp, who claimed the Hollywood star targeted him when he was 14.
