CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university’s provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces Susan Hockfield, the first female president of...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jennifer Lopez is casting doubt on whether she will return to “American Idol” next year as she juggles motherhood with a comeback in both her pop music and acting careers. Lopez, who has young twins, told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres this week that she wasn’t...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans bid farewell to renowned author Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday in an emotional tribute attended by the president and the country’s most prominent intellectuals before a planned burial in France. Fuentes, who died suddenly on Tuesday at 83 after an internal hemorrhage,...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Chuck Brown, known as the “Godfather of Go-Go” for the subgenre of funk music he helped create, died on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore after being admitted earlier this month suffering from pneumonia. A spokeswoman for the hospital...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Britney Spears hasn’t even taken her seat as the new judge of “The X Factor,” but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, talent show television. Spears had barely wrapped up an appearance in New York confirming she is joining...
Alexander Wang, Balenciaga and Roberto Cavalli are just some of the big names contributing looks to a Carine Roitfeld-curated fashion show at the upcoming amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS gala during the Cannes Film Festival.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On the face of it, Universal Music Group’s bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world’s leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal’s star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company’s deep library...
Following the regal-meets-rock Chanel Cruise collection at the Château de Versailles near Paris on Monday, Karl Lagerfeld already has plans for next year in mind, citing a ballroom in Deauville as a possible setting.
LONDON (Reuters) – A decadent gown made from feathers and a printed lace latex dress designed by some of fashion’s luminaries will go on display as part of a new exhibition to celebrate the glitz and glamour of Britain’s ball gowns. Ball gowns: British Glamour Since 1950, on at London’s...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Simon Cowell and Fox television are gambling on pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato to revive “The X Factor”, but for many media watchers it could be a case of “Oops!…” did they do it again? Spears, 30, and former Disney Channel...
