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Hurricane Irma blacked out much of Puerto Rico as the dangerous Category 5 storm raked the U.S. territory with heavy wind and rain while staying just out to sea, and it headed early Thursday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti.(AP Photo/Tatiana

Ross Cronjé has shrugged off his ankle injury and comes back at scrumhalf in the Springbok team for Saturday’s important Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test in Perth against Australia.Cronjé, who has established himself as the

LISBON, Sept 6 (Reuters) – New Lisbon resident Madonna has been extolling the delights of living in the Portuguese capitalLisbon, the most illustrious of a growing number of foreigners in the newly-fashionable city.“I used to be a basket

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – After welcoming twins earlier this year and mastering the art of changing diapers, George Clooney and wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney are not looking to expand their brood further.Clooney, 56, spoke candidly in

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Donald Sutherland, writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman and Belgian director Agnes Varda are getting honorary Oscars this year.The film academy announced the honorees Wednesday. They will

LOS ANGELES, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Donald Sutherland, the star of “MASH,” “The Hunger Games” and more than 140 other movies, isto get a lifetime achievement Oscar, along with Belgian director Agnes Varda, Oscar organizers

It’s a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon. You know what’s worse? To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen.That lovely bit of casting alone — Witherspoon and Bergen as daughter and mom — should have been enough to

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury awarded John Steinbeck’s stepdaughter more than $13 million in a lawsuit claiming the author’s son and daughter-in-law impeded film adaptations of his classic works.Jurors in Los Angeles found

A 35-year-old man is expected to appear in the Moutse Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, for allegedly killing a Groblesdal traffic officer and her mother.On September 1, Clement Mashego appeared in court and his case was postponed for formal