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Bowie Learned he Would be Grandfather Days before Death

Days before he died from cancer rock legend David Bowie found out that he would have been a grandfather.

Marking one month since Bowie's death, his son, film director Duncan Jones, said Wednesday that he had revealed the news to his father in the form of a Christmas card.

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Saint Laurent Debuts New Collection in Glittering LA Show

Saint Laurent showed its new men's collection in Los Angeles on Wednesday in front of a host of stars amid persistent rumors over the future of its artistic director Hedi Slimane.

The French fashion house showcased its autumn-winter collection, and part of its women's range, to a backdrop of raucous punk rock at the Hollywood Palladium, five days ahead of the music industry's prestigious Grammy Awards.

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Johnny Depp Stars in Fake Trump Biopic

Donald Trump's outlandish campaign claims -- and hair -- are a regular gift to late-night comedy writers. But now Hollywood is getting in on the game with a spoof biopic starring Johnny Depp unveiled after the billionaire's triumph in the New Hampshire primary.

The satirical website Funny or Die began streaming the faux documentary the morning after Trump's resounding victory Tuesday night placed him firmly back atop the Republican field of White House contenders.

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French Dancer Fined for Selfie with Snoozing Far-Right Le Pen

French dancer Brahim Zaibat, a former lover of Madonna, was fined one euro by a Paris court Wednesday for sneaking a selfie with far-right patriarch Jean-Marie Le Pen as he snoozed on an airplane.

Zaibat was also ordered to take down the offending picture, which was tweeted more than 12,000 times when posted on December 12, ahead of regional elections in France.

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'Frozen' Set for Broadway in 2018

It took cinemas by storm and now the smash-hit Disney animation "Frozen" is heading to Broadway, the entertainment giant said Tuesday, confirming months of fevered speculation.

The musical adaptation will open outside New York in August 2017 and then hit Broadway in spring 2018.

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Rules Change for Oscars Acceptance Speeches

We've all yawned each year as Oscar winners rush through the names of the people they want to thank during their brief acceptance speeches, hoping no one is forgotten.

Well, things are about to change.

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Hendrix's Restored Flat a Glimpse into Swinging London Life

"It's like travelling in a time capsule," enthused Jimi Hendrix's former girlfriend, marveling at their old London flat which has been painstakingly recreated to look exactly the way he left it in the swinging Sixties.

The apartment where Hendrix and Kathy Etchingham lived between 1968 and 1969, which opens to the public on Wednesday, reveals the ordered domestic life behind the extraordinary US rock star's mind-blowing music.

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Use Sunscreen Urges Actor Hugh Jackman after Cancer Removed

Australian movie star Hugh Jackman has again undergone treatment for skin cancer, urging people Tuesday to wear sunscreen and have regular check-ups.

The 47-year-old first had a basal cell carcinoma removed in 2013 after his wife Deborra-Lee Furness told him to get a mark on his nose checked.

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Court Says ex-Model Can Seek Divorce Payout from Saudi Sheikh in UK

A former model who was married to a wealthy Saudi sheikh won the right to seek a payout from him in London, after a court rejected Monday his claim to have diplomatic immunity.

Christina Estrada, 53, who has appeared in the Pirelli calendar and was once linked to Britain's Prince Andrew, will be able to seek a share of Sheikh Walid Juffali's estimated £4 billion (five billion euro, $5.7 billion) fortune.

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Controversy Mounts as Spanish Artists Held over ETA Word-Play

Two puppeteers detailed for allegedly "glorifying terrorism" with a play on words on ETA during a show asked to be freed Monday, as controversy over the case mounted.

The artists were held after a Friday performance during which they displayed a sign that read "Gora Alka-ETA", which combines the "Gora ETA (Long Live ETA)" chant of the banned Basque separatist group with the made-up word alka, to create a slogan that sounds like "Long Live al-Qaida".

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