Cellar victim Kampusch raped, starved in film of ordeal
Date : 25/02/2013 15:48

VIENNA (Reuters) - A new film based on the story of Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch shows her being repeatedly raped by the captor who beat and starved her during the eight-and-a-half years that he kept her in a cellar beneath his house. Kampusch was snatched on her way to school at the age of 10 by Wolfgang Priklopil and held in a windowless cell under his garage near Vienna until she escaped in 2006, causing a sensation in Austria and abroad. Priklopil committed suicide. ...

Oscars telecast review: Guys, it's not about you
Date : 25/02/2013 15:24

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Would it shock you to learn that this year's Oscars producers also produced "Chicago"? Not at all? OK. Self-referencing was the order of the evening Sunday at an overstuffed Oscars telecast where host Seth MacFarlane and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron decided the ceremony was All About Them. That was the only explanation for a lengthy opening sequence centered on how MacFarlane would fare as host, and numerous reminders throughout the show of how much we all enjoyed "Chicago. ...

Actor Depardieu hits dance floor in Russia's Chechnya
Date : 25/02/2013 13:42

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Arms flailing to the synthesized beat of a folk tune, film star Gerard Depardieu hit the dance floor in Chechnya and vowed to make a movie in the volatile region on the latest stop of an erratic tour of his new Russian homeland. The actor, who quit France after criticizing a planned 75-percent tax on millionaires, embraced Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov during a weekend visit, then showed off traditional 'Lezginka' dance moves in television footage aired on Monday. ...

Seth MacFarlane's Sister: How Did Seth Rate His Own Oscar Hosting Performance?
Date : 25/02/2013 13:41

Seth MacFarlane was a hit with many during his first time as host of Sunday's Oscars, but what did the funny man think of his own performance?

Satire site The Onion apologizes for offensive Oscar tweet
Date : 25/02/2013 12:51

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Onion, a source for online and printed satire that routinely skewers celebrities, apologized on Monday for a what it called a crude and offensive tweet directed at nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis. The Internet was abuzz with commentary after The Onion on Sunday night referred to the young Best Actress nominee using a four-letter term seen as perhaps the most offensive word in American English. Steve Hannah, The Onion's chief executive, found the tweet devoid of humor. ...