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Kosher comics prove hit with Israel's Haredi Jews

Pages of the weekly Jewish Ultra-Orthodox comic book
AFP - Sunday, November 8

SAFED, Israel (AFP) - - A far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's minds. More »

  • Members of a local ballet perform an adaptation of Carmen, in Johannesburg. It's Bizet's classic opera but the beautiful, fiery gypsy Carmen is torn between team captain Escamillo and star player Jose as the ballet is given a football twist ahead of South Africa's World Cup in July next year.

    Football fever transforms 'Carmen' in SAfrica

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - - A red rose in her hair, the furious Carmen storms onto a sports pitch to interrupt her two paramours who erupt in bursts of pirouettes and graceful leaps around several footballs.

  • Actors perform the

    Shakespeare's MacBeth meets Africa in Botswana's opera

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    GABORONE (AFP) - - Author Alexander McCall Smith has given Shakespeare's Macbeth an African twist blending wildlife and intrigue in Botswana's first ever opera, staged in a restored garage in the capital.

  • Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    ARCADIA, Calif. - Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.

  • Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

  • Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich is pictured in 2004. Japan's Dai Miyata, 23, won the Ninth Rostropovich cello competition at the final on Saturday in Paris, among the 64 musicians who competed in this year's event, organisers said.

    Japanese cellist wins world's top competition

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    PARIS (AFP) - - Japan's Dai Miyata, 23, won the Ninth Rostropovich cello competition at the final on Saturday in Paris, among the 64 musicians who competed in this year's event, organisers said.

  • Peter Wolf to perform with Portland Symphony

    AP - Sunday, November 8

    PORTLAND, Maine - Rocker Peter Wolf says he's looking forward to trying some home-brewed beer and good wine when he arrives in Maine for a gig with the Portland Symphony Orchestra.

  • "A Prophet" nominated for six European film awards

    Reuters - Sunday, November 8

    MADRID (Reuters) -The French film "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

  • An undated photo shows Russian-born American writer Vladimir Nabokov, born in 1899 and who died in 1977. Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but

    Nabokov's unfinished -- and unburned -- novel reappears

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but "The Original of Laura" survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is about to be published for the first time.

  • Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died.

  • NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    NEW YORK - Art D'Lugoff (Duh-LOO'-guhf), who owned the famed Village Gate nightclub in New York City, has died.

  • Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

    Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.

  • Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    WARWICK, R.I. - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.

  • A&E network unveils Jackson TV show

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cable television network A&E on Friday unveiled plans for a new reality TV show starring four brothers of late pop star Michael Jackson depicting them dealing with his death and rehearsing for an upcoming concert.

  • Yoko Ono looks back on early activism

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Burton Frierson

  • Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    LAS VEGAS - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.

  • Singer Rihanna poses with her awards for favorite female artist in the pop/rock and the soul/R&B categories at the 2008 American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 23, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten

    Rihanna "embarrassed" she fell for man like Brown

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    By Alex Dobuzinskis

  • (L-R) Actor Micah Sloat, actress Katie Featherston and writer/director Oren Peli from the film

    'Paranormal Activity' scares up box-office gold

    AFP - Monday, October 26

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Fueled by rave word-of-mouth reviews and clever marketing, mini-budget horror film "Paranormal Activity" has taken the box office by storm to become the year's most unlikely number one hit.