LONDON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady", praised the former British prime minister on Monday as a pioneer for the role of women in politics. Britain&#... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - They've both helped make millions at the box office and are two of Hollywood's most sought after talents, but "The Croods" voice stars Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone say they still get self-conscious hearing themselv... [Full Article]
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the Kurdish rebel leader's call for a cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to leave Turkey. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LUWERO, Uganda (Reuters) - Over the past century, the Catholic Church has been growing fastest in one of the regions other Catholics know least. Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for only one percent of the world Catholic population in 1910. By 2010, that... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's most prominent Muslim cleric, the sheik of al-Azhar, has warned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against interfering in Arab Gulf countries or trying to spread Shiite influence. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says he's interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it. He says evidence shows such technology may have curtailed what happened last mont... [Full Article]
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly expressed serious concern on Monday over violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar and called upon its government to address reports of human rights abuses by some authorities. The... [Full Article]
After opening its season with a small-scale comedy devoid of spectacle, the Metropolitan Opera quickly made up for it Wednesday night with a revival of Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's final opera, "Turandot." (Source: ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Marjane Satrapi will direct "The Voices" for Mandalay Vision and Vertigo Entertainment, Mandalay confirmed on Tuesday. This will be the first English language, live-action film for Satrapi, the director of 2007 anim... [Full Article]
A contentious debate over nuclear power in Japan is also bringing another question out of the shadows: Should Japan keep open the possibility of making nuclear weapons - even if only as an option? (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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