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Historic Oscars draws smallest-ever audience

This year's historic Oscars were watched by the award show's smallest ever audience, with just 23.6 million viewers tuning in to ABC's domestic television broadcast.    

The glitzy show in Hollywood on Feb. 9 night saw "Parasite" become the first-ever non-English-language film to scoop best picture, the movie industry's biggest prize.    

US comic Colbert steps into TV legend Letterman's shoes

A new era in American talk show comedy begins Sept. 8 when Stephen Colbert officially steps into the shoes of television legend David Letterman at the helm of "The Late Show." The man who shot to prominence on Comedy Central with an ultra-conservative alter-ego on "The Colbert Report" moves to CBS and a world of late night vastly different from the golden years of Letterman.
 

Reinventing Spain's 'ageless art' of flamenco

Stamping her heels to the brisk strumming of a guitar, Merche Esmeralda, 68, twirls her black shawl in the sunshine as the Madrid traffic streams by a roundabout behind her.

At an age when most top ballet and contemporary dancers would long ago have hung up their pumps, this flamenco star still shines - and now a generation of new artists is rising to follow.

After Brussels: Tsipras faces challenge in trying to impose EU-dictated ‘medicine’

The battle to save economically-shackled Greece has left the halls of Brussels as controversial reforms are brought to Greek Parliament. Bleary-eyed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with a selection of SYRIZA deputies on Monday night to come up with a plan to sway radical left coalition (SYRIZA) MPs to accept the most draconian measures imposed on a sovereign nation since World War II.

Latest men’s fashion craze … ‘anti-ball crushing pants’!

Finally! Pants / trousers / slacks that are … men friendly! And by “men friendly”, manufacturers mean “roomy” for … male genitalia.

Enter Lululemon’s “ABC” men’s pants, which are turning out to be amongst the company’s best selling items.

ABC doesn’t involve the alphabet, by the way, but the term “anti-ball crushing”, as in testicles.

Queen Elizabeth II’s life in photos

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 88th birthday on Tuesday, and ABC channel decided to honor her with rare photos of her life.

 

The photographic material includes photos from her childhood and younger years. The Queen of England has been on the throne since 1952, and she rules over the 16 commonwealth states.

 

 

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