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News: Former New York Times executive Arthur Sulzberger dies at 86 Jay-Z goes back to his roots at Brooklyn stadium launch Ang Lee's 3D 'Life of Pi' opens NY film festival Voom HD case between Dish, Cablevision kicks off "Parent power" film stirs hopes of education reform activists Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" in 3D opens NY film festival "Winter of the World" debuts on top of U.S. bestseller list Dresses that hid Frida Kahlo's pain come to light decades on Spitzer, Slate win dismissal of ex-Marsh exec's libel lawsuit Rebel Wilson proves you can eat dessert every day in Hollywood Rushdie says writers losing influence in West Schwarzenegger calls affair with housekeeper "stupidest thing" Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against actor John Travolta No press complaint over UK Prince Harry's naked pictures Christie's offers Bond items on 50th anniversary Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler who fell from grace Paintings stolen from bond fund manager's California home found Auction of $7 Renoir canceled, may be stolen from Baltimore museum Rowling "obsessed" with death, reads reviews later Lionsgate Closes 5-Year, $800M Refinancing Deal Primetime TV Directing Still Mainly Male, White: DGA Report "Hitchcock" World Premiere to Open AFI Fest New York Times Taps Deborah Needleman for Fashion Mag "Cheers": The Day Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson Ditched and Did Shrooms Adele Singing James Bond Title Song for "Skyfall" ... and Someone Heard It Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank Take On "The Homesman" With Tommy Lee Jones "Looper" Review: Stylish Time-Travel Tale That Loses Race With Clock Rapper Lil Wayne breaks Elvis Presley's Billboard record "Fifty Shades of Grey" sparks marketing mania Actor Johnny Lewis found dead in LA, linked to killing Bacon Pope painting unseen for decades up for U.S. auction "Pitch Perfect" review: Forget "Glee," this tuneful, silly college musical stays on key U.S. actress sues anti-Islam filmmaker, YouTube in federal court "Original Mona Lisa" given Geneva launch Reese Witherspoon delivers third child, a boy named Tennessee Whitney Houston's legacy to be celebrated in Grammy salute Amanda Bynes pleads not guilty in two hit-and-run cases Trial of pope's ex-butler to shine big light on tiny Vatican Barbara Bui says sales trends unchanged since June 30 Nigerian rights worker wins Norway human rights prize Former New York Times executive Arthur Sulzberger dies at 86 Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, who led the company for 34 years in a period of growth that made it a multibillion-dollar media enterprise, died on Saturday at the age of 86, the newspaper said. Sulzberger, whose family bought the Times in 1896, died at his home in Southampton, New York, after a lengthy illness, his family said. Sulzberger, known by his childhood nickname Punch, became publisher of the Times in 1963 and turned over that job to his son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., in 1992. He handed the chairman's position to his son in 1997. ... Full Story Top Jay-Z goes back to his roots at Brooklyn stadium launch Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:45 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rap superstar Jay-Z returned to his home borough for a sold-out concert on Friday night to open Brooklyn's new basketball stadium. The rapper who grew up just two miles away from the new Barclays Center arena - now the home court of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team - talked about how far he had come in a show sprinkled with emotional speeches. "I've been on many stages all around the world and nothing feels like tonight," Jay-Z told the cheering audience. ... Full Story Top Ang Lee's 3D 'Life of Pi' opens NY film festival Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:20 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Once considered impossible to make, the big-screen 3D adaptation of the bestselling novel "Life of Pi" opened the 50th New York Film Festival on Friday, marking another advance in digital filmmaking. The movie's director, Ang Lee, hit the red carpet at the big-budget movie's world premiere, with the black-tie audience getting the first glimpse of the spiritual story of a boy stranded on a boat with a tiger. It kicked off the screenings of more than 160 films over 17 days at the New York festival. ... Full Story Top Voom HD case between Dish, Cablevision kicks off Fri,28 Sep 2012 05:47 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Dish Network is so "obsessed" with beating No. 1 satellite provider DirecTV that it schemed to get out of a pricey Cablevision contract when its larger rival began to offer more HD channels, an attorney for the cable company said on Friday. In the opening arguments of a multibillion legal battle pitting Cablevision Systems Corp against Dish Network Corp in New York State Supreme Court, Cablevision attorney Orin Snyder said Dish was "hell-bent" on getting out of a contract covering a high definition channel package offered by Voom HD, then a unit of Cablevision. ... Full Story Top "Parent power" film stirs hopes of education reform activists Fri,28 Sep 2012 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Education reform film "Won't Back Down" opened Friday to terrible reviews - and high hopes from activists who expect the movie to inspire parents everywhere to demand big changes in public schools. The drama stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a spirited mother who teams up with a passionate teacher to seize control of their failing neighborhood school, over the opposition of a self-serving teachers union. ... Full Story Top Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" in 3D opens NY film festival Fri,28 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Once considered impossible to make, the big screen 3D adaptation of the bestselling novel "Life of Pi" will open the 50th New York Film Festival on Friday, marking another advance in digital filmmaking. The movie's director, "Brokeback Mountain" filmmaker Ang Lee, was due to hit the red carpet at the big-budget movie's world premiere on Friday. Audiences will get their first glimpse of the spiritual story of a boy stranded on a boat with a Bengal tiger, as it kicks off the screenings of more than 160 films over 17 days. ... Full Story Top "Winter of the World" debuts on top of U.S. bestseller list Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Ken Follett's "Winter of the World" debuted at the top spot on Publishers Weekly's bestseller list on Thursday. The list is compiled using data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. Hardcover Fiction Last Week 1. "Winter of the World" by Ken - (Follett Dutton, $36.00) 2. "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child 1 (Delacorte, $28.00) 3. "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom 2 (Hyperion, $24.99) 4. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn 5 (Crown, $25.00) 5. "Low Pressure" by Sandra Brown- (Grand Central, $26.99) 6. ... Full Story Top Dresses that hid Frida Kahlo's pain come to light decades on Fri,28 Sep 2012 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The colorful dresses of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo will go on display for the first time in November after being kept hidden from public view for 50 years at the request of her husband, acclaimed muralist Diego Rivera. Curators of the Kahlo's "Blue House" in Mexico City discovered a trove of 300 dresses, bathing suits, accessories and photographs in 2004 and are now ready to show the public 22 items from the unique wardrobe that turned her into a fashion muse. ... Full Story Top Spitzer, Slate win dismissal of ex-Marsh exec's libel lawsuit Fri,28 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the online magazine Slate on Friday won dismissal of a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh & McLennan Cos executive over a column about an insurance bid-rigging scandal. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken in Manhattan threw out former executive marketing director William Gilman's 13-month-old lawsuit against Spitzer and The Slate Group LLC. He also dismissed the defendants' request for damages from Gilman for having allegedly brought a meritless case to harass them and silence criticism. ... Full Story Top Rebel Wilson proves you can eat dessert every day in Hollywood Fri,28 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playing a character called Fat Amy is probably not the dream of most Hollywood actresses but Australian comedienne Rebel Wilson enjoys breaking the rules - and she's not about to stop eating dessert. After several small but memorable roles in films such as "Bridesmaids" and "Bachelorette," the 27-year-old Wilson looks poised to make it big in the musical film "Pitch Perfect," which opens in U.S. movie theaters on Friday. ... Full Story Top Rushdie says writers losing influence in West Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:43 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie believes literature has lost much of its influence in the West, and movie stars like George Clooney and Angelina Jolie have taken the place of Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer when it comes to addressing the big issues. The British author, who has just released his account of 10 years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa was declared against him in 1989, believes the "Arab Spring" uprisings have failed but that there is hope for freer Muslim societies in the future. ... Full Story Top Schwarzenegger calls affair with housekeeper "stupidest thing" Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger, talking about his affair with a family housekeeper for the first time in a television interview, said it was "the stupidest thing" he did in his marriage to Maria Shriver and said it "inflicted tremendous pain" on his family. In a "60 Minutes" interview with reporter Leslie Stahl due to air on September 30, Schwarzenegger admitted that he lied to Shriver about the affair. CBS released a clip of the interview on Friday. "I think it was the stupidest thing I've done in the whole relationship. It was terrible. ... Full Story Top Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against actor John Travolta Fri,28 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - John Travolta has scored another legal victory with the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man who wrote a book alleging he had gay encounters with the film star. A judge in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday dismissed the defamation lawsuit against Travolta and his lawyer, Martin Singer, filed by Robert Randolph. ... Full Story Top No press complaint over UK Prince Harry's naked pictures Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's royal family said on Friday it would not lodge a complaint with the country's press watchdog over the publication of photographs showing Prince Harry cavorting naked in a Las Vegas hotel room. Pictures of the 27-year-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, surfaced in August on a U.S. gossip website and were later published by the best-selling Sun tabloid - the only British title to run the photos. Harry's office in St. James's Palace said the royals had decided not to pursue a formal complaint given the prince's current deployment in Afghanistan. ... Full Story Top Christie's offers Bond items on 50th anniversary Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's will offer 50 items of James Bond memorabilia over the coming week in a charity sale that culminates in a live auction next Friday, the 50th anniversary of the release of the first 007 movie "Dr. No". The auction, which will raise funds for a range of charities including UNICEF, is one of a series of events being held around the world to mark the anniversary of one of the world's longest-running and most successful film franchises. Fifty lots will be up for sale, many of them coming from EON Productions, the company behind the movie series. ... Full Story Top Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler who fell from grace Fri,28 Sep 2012 01:58 AM PDT Reuters - VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - By day, Paolo Gabriele was a member of the Vatican's innermost circle, the "papal family", possessing a key held by fewer than 10 people to an elevator leading from a small Vatican courtyard directly into Pope Benedict's apartments. By night, he was a different man, obsessed with helping root out what he saw as corruption in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Full Story Top Paintings stolen from bond fund manager's California home found Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:29 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police recovered a multimillion-dollar collection of paintings stolen from the Southern California home of superstar bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach, and two men are in jail on suspicion of possessing the stolen property, authorities said on Thursday. The 13 paintings, which included works by Jasper Johns and Piet Mondrian, were taken from Gundlach's home in the coastal city of Santa Monica between September 12 and September 14, officials with the city's police department said. Gundlach, who was in New York at the time, put forward a $1. ... Full Story Top Auction of $7 Renoir canceled, may be stolen from Baltimore museum Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:51 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia auction house on Thursday canceled the sale of a Renoir painting bought at a flea market for $7 after signs the work was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art decades ago. The painting "Paysage Bords de Seine" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir was to have gone under the hammer on Saturday but ownership questions halted the sale, said Lucie Holland, a spokeswoman for Potomack Co, the Alexandria, Virginia, auctioneer. "The rest of the auction will go on, but the Renoir has been withdrawn," she said. ... Full Story Top Rowling "obsessed" with death, reads reviews later Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - What does the author of the most eagerly awaited book of the year do on publication day? If you are J.K. Rowling, whose adult fiction debut "The Casual Vacancy" hit the shelves on Thursday, you watch a movie in your hotel, avoid reading newspaper reviews and later in the evening address 900 people at a question-and-answer session. The 47-year-old read from her new novel and took questions on death, digital publishing and the Olympics opening ceremony at her first public appearance to promote The Casual Vacancy held at London's Southbank Centre (southbankcentre.co.uk). ... Full Story Top Lionsgate Closes 5-Year, $800M Refinancing Deal Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Lionsgate has closed $800 million in refinancing with the help of JPMorganChase, Bank of America and several other major financial institutions, the studio announced on Thursday. The five-year credit facility replaces a $340 million facility, closed in 2008, and thus gives the studio a larger borrowing base and more money to play with over the next few years. The studio is likely to use the credit to pay down some of its debt, as it holds $436 million in high yield notes - those bonds deemed below investment grade but that offer a higher yield (hence the name). ... Full Story Top Primetime TV Directing Still Mainly Male, White: DGA Report Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - When it comes to ethnic and gender diversity, primetime television directing isn't getting any better, according to a report issued Thursday by the Directors Guild of America. ... Full Story Top "Hitchcock" World Premiere to Open AFI Fest Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Hitchcock," the Sacha Gervasi film starring Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitcock and Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville, will have its world premiere on the opening night of the 2012 AFI Fest, the American Film Institute announced on Thursday. The film, which was recently scheduled for a November release by Fox Searchlight, will premiere at AFI Fest on Thursday, November 1. "Hitchcock" focuses on the making of the 1960 film "Psycho," and also features Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles and James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins. ... Full Story Top New York Times Taps Deborah Needleman for Fashion Mag Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The New York Times has lured Deborah Needleman away from rival The Wall Street Journal to run herd at its fashion and lifestyle magazine. Needleman will oversee T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the paper said Thursday. She will replace Sally Singer, who was pushed out last August after reportedly clashing with management and failing to boost ad pages. In a statement, Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, said Needleman had been tapped to strengthen T's reach. ... Full Story Top "Cheers": The Day Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson Ditched and Did Shrooms Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Starring on the classic sitcom "Cheers" brought lots of joy to Ted Danson - but ditching work once led to what he calls "the worst day of my life." In a fantastic oral history of the NBC series in the new GQ, Danson says he once played hooky with Woody Harrelson, George Wendt, and John Ratzenberger. "Shelley and Rhea were carrying that week's episode, and the guys were just, 'Let's play hooky.' We'd never done anything wrong before. John had a boat, so we met at Marina del Rey at 8 A.M. We all called in sick, and Jimmy caught on and was so pissed. ... Full Story Top Adele Singing James Bond Title Song for "Skyfall" ... and Someone Heard It Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Adele and her brassy, jazzy vocals will help kick off the upcoming James Bond adventure, "Skyfall." There have been previous reports of the British belter's involvement in the latest 007 adventure, but "Skyfall"s' producer MGM has remained mum about who will be providing the latest Bond anthem. Roger Friedman, over atShowbiz 411, confirms, however, that Adele will be featured prominently on the "Skyfall" soundtrack. He also says he's heard the song, and that it's a show-stopper. ... Full Story Top Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank Take On "The Homesman" With Tommy Lee Jones Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Are Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank joining Tommy Lee Jones on the American prairie? With the American Film Market just around the corner, a number of pre-sales projects have begun to circulate among buyers, including "The Homesman" with Streep and Swank part of the package, TheWrap has learned. In May it was announced that Jones would write, direct, produce and star in the period piece, which follows a pioneer, played by Jones, and a frontier woman as they escort three insane women across the American prairie. No additional cast was announced at that time. ... Full Story Top "Looper" Review: Stylish Time-Travel Tale That Loses Race With Clock Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - For a movie that's concerned with the passage of time, "Looper" allows the pacing to get painfully flaccid in its middle section. More's the pity, because the strong first act promises a smart and stylish movie about the vagaries of time travel. While the stylish never goes away, the smart does, making this the second Rian Johnson movie in a row (following "The Brothers Bloom," the writer-director's sophomore effort after his Sundance hit debut "Brick") that looks great but meanders while doing it. ... Full Story Top Rapper Lil Wayne breaks Elvis Presley's Billboard record Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Little Wayne toppled Elvis Presley to become the new King of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on Thursday, with a total of 109 songs, Billboard said. Wayne, who also celebrated his 30th birthday on Thursday, surpassed Presley's count of 108 entries in the Hot 100 singles chart between 1958 and 2003, as an artist on rapper Game's latest track "Celebration." That track also features Chris Brown, Tyga and Wiz Khalifa, entering the chart at No. 82 this week. The rapper, nicknamed Weezy, released his debut studio album "Tha Block Is Hot" in 1999. ... Full Story Top "Fifty Shades of Grey" sparks marketing mania Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wildly popular erotica trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" has inspired publishers, record labels, sex shops, and even crafty parents to submit - to the desire to cash in, that is. The trio of novels by British writer E.L. James that has so far sold 32 million copies in the United States has spawned a legion of fans clamoring for anything and everything Grey-related. And businesses are aiming to meet that demand. ... Full Story Top Actor Johnny Lewis found dead in LA, linked to killing Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Johnny Lewis, who had a supporting role in the TV show "Sons of Anarchy," was found dead on Wednesday in a Los Angeles neighborhood where he was suspected of killing an 81-year-old woman from whom he may have been renting a room, police said on Thursday. Police responded to a call on Wednesday morning about a screaming woman in the affluent Los Feliz section and found Catherine Davis dead in her home, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Officer Cleon Joseph said. ... Full Story Top Bacon Pope painting unseen for decades up for U.S. auction Thu,27 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A painting from Francis Bacon's iconic screaming Pope series, which has not been seen in public since 1975, is hitting the auction block where it is expected to sell for as much as $25 million, Sotheby's said on Thursday. "Untitled (Pope)," which Bacon painted circa 1954, will be sold at the November 13 New York sale of impressionist and modern art, the auction house said in a statement. "This is a great collecting opportunity," Oliver Barker, Sotheby's senior specialist for contemporary art, told Reuters in a telephone interview. ... Full Story Top "Pitch Perfect" review: Forget "Glee," this tuneful, silly college musical stays on key Thu,27 Sep 2012 01:49 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Whether you're a card-carrying Gleek or you think Fox's weekly high -chool musical long ago jumped the shark (with jazz hands), you may find yourself falling under the spell of "Pitch Perfect," an unassuming little comedy with enough cleverness, energy and sheer charm to break out among the crowded slate of fall films. Even if its underdogs-go-for-the-title storyline doesn't break much new ground, the very appealing cast (led by ingénue superstar Anna Kendrick) and an overall sense of buoyant silliness advances it to the top of the class. ... Full Story Top U.S. actress sues anti-Islam filmmaker, YouTube in federal court Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world took her legal bid to federal court on Wednesday in a renewed effort to force it off YouTube. The lawsuit filed by Cindy Lee Garcia names the popular online video site YouTube and its parent company Google Inc. as defendants, along with the Egyptian-American Coptic Christian from California believed to be behind the making of the film. ... Full Story Top "Original Mona Lisa" given Geneva launch Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss-based art foundation on Thursday unveiled what it argues is Leonardo da Vinci's original "Mona Lisa", backing its claim with evidence from a U.S. research physicist, a forensic imaging specialist and a top Italian expert on the artist. Members of the group told a packed Geneva news conference that the portrait of a woman who appears to be some 10 years younger than the sitter in the famous painting in the Paris Louvre could only be the work of the Renaissance genius. ... Full Story Top Reese Witherspoon delivers third child, a boy named Tennessee Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday, her first child with husband Jim Toth, and has named him Tennessee James, her representative said. Witherspoon has two older children - daughter Ava, 12, and son Deacon, 9 - with first husband Ryan Phillippe. The couple divorced in 2007. "Reese Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth welcomed Tennessee James into their family today. Both mom and baby are healthy and the entire family is thrilled," Witherspoon's spokeswoman Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Whitney Houston's legacy to be celebrated in Grammy salute Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston will be remembered in a star-studded Grammy televised concert as well the release of a greatest hits album and a television reality series following the singer's family as they cope with her sudden death. Celine Dion, Usher and Jennifer Hudson were the first performers to be announced by The Recording Academy on Thursday for "We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston" on CBS on November 16. ... Full Story Top Amanda Bynes pleads not guilty in two hit-and-run cases Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former child star Amanda Bynes pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a pair of hit-and-run charges - just two of a slew of alleged driving violations over the past six months that have led to the suspension of her license. Bynes, 26, did not show up for the brief court hearing in a Los Angeles suburb, but entered the pleas through her attorney. The misdemeanor charges resulted from two minor crashes in April and August, according to court documents. ... Full Story Top Trial of pope's ex-butler to shine big light on tiny Vatican Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:23 AM PDT Reuters - VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has certainly seen more sensational trials in its long history. The Inquisition ordered Galileo to recant his theory that the earth revolves around the sun, and philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy. But even those cases, both in the 17th century, did not involve a breach of trust by a papal aide - the issue at the core of this Saturday's trial of papal butler Paolo Gabriele for stealing and leaking the pontiff's personal papers. ... Full Story Top Barbara Bui says sales trends unchanged since June 30 Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:22 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - French luxury fashion brand Barbara Bui has seen sales trends broadly unchanged since June 30 when compared to the first half, its deputy chief executive said on Thursday. "For the moment, we are on the same trends as during the first half," Jean-Michel Lagarde told Reuters in an interview after the brand's fashion show. "We worked relatively well during the summer but September has been slow. ... Full Story Top Nigerian rights worker wins Norway human rights prize Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - A Nigerian man who has fought against environmental destruction on behalf of poor Africans has won an annual Norwegian human rights award that sometimes presages the Nobel Peace Prize. The Rafto Foundation said on Thursday it awarded Nnimmo Bassey, 54, its 2012 prize to recognize his fight for the right to life, health, food and water, particularly for those disadvantaged by the global oil industry. ... Full Story Top

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