20 years after the Wall, Berlin holds MTV awards
Berlin hosts the MTV Europe Music Awards tomorrow, where German pop rock band Tokio Hotel will perform alongside US rapper Jay-Z and Latin pop star Shakira. The event is one of pop’s biggest nights outside the US and is being held in the German capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the...

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Leona Lewis performs at The Hackney Empire London: British singer Leona Lewis performs at The Hackney Empire. reuters

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‘Chris was my first big love’
Pop singer Rihanna is due to speak for the first time about the night she was beaten by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, saying in a TV interview that this could happen to anyone. In an interview with Diana Sawyer due to be aired on ABC’s programme ‘Good Morning America’ this week, the Barbadian singer...

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Winslet wins damages over exercise libel
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepted libel damages of 25,000 pounds ($40,000) on Tuesday over allegations she publicly lied about her exercise regime. The British star, who won a best actress Academy Award for her role in ‘The Reader’, was not at London’s High Court for the settlement of her...

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Katrina Kaif’s ‘konfessions’
The stunning beauty spills the beans on her tumultuous rise to success, her childhood, and of course, beau Salman
Katrina Kaif is one of Bollywood’s leading actresses - the most searched-for Indian female film star on the Internet and a former top model with an A-list boyfriend. But the...

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Shanghai set to build Disneyland
The Chinese government could give the green light this week for a multi-billion dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said. Quoting an unnamed government official with direct knowledge of the project, the South China Morning Post said the $3.6 billion amusement park had been approved. Shanghai...

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China Fashion Week Beijing: A model displays a creation from the NE TIGER Haute Couture Collection at the China Fashion Week. The bi-annual fashion extravaganza showcases China’s fashion houses and their latest collections to buyers from all over the world. afp

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Obese German dies after refusing x-ray at zoo
A German man weighing 230 kilogrammes has died after refusing to go to the zoo for an x-ray because he was too heavy for machines designed for humans, daily Bild reported. “It sounded like they were trying to wind us up,” Thomas Lessmann’s widow Petra told the paper. Complaining he was feeling ill and...

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South Korean cabbies win right to watch TV while driving
A South Korean court has rejected an attempt to prosecute Seoul taxi drivers for one of their scariest habits - watching television while driving. The Seoul Administrative Court ordered a district office in the capital to cancel a fine of 600,000 won ($507) imposed on a cabbie.
The city government...

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Heart of London gets Tokyo-style makeover
Oxford Circus, the heart of London’s West End shopping and entertainment district, got a Tokyo-style makeover with a new “scramble crossing” layout. London Mayor Boris Johnson launched the new scheme, aimed at cutting crowd congestion and the lengthy traipse round the interchange. People are now able...

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