| Oprah Winfrey 'sorry' for reaction to Swiss handbag incident Posted: 13 Aug 2013 06:07 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said she was sorry for the uproar and media response caused by her comments about an incident in a Swiss luxury store last month when an assistant refused to show her a $38,100 handbag. At the premiere of her new film, "Lee Daniels' The Butler," in Los Angles on Monday evening, the U.S. actress and talk show host, recently named by Forbes as the world's most powerful celebrity, said she regretted saying it took place in Switzerland. "I'm really sorry that it got blown up. I purposefully did not mention the name of the store. ...
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| Lindsay Lohan: primed for a comeback that could be her last Posted: 13 Aug 2013 06:13 AM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At the premiere of director Paul Schrader's micro-budget thriller "The Canyons" last week in Los Angeles, the film's star and Hollywood's favorite troubled actress, Lindsay Lohan, was nowhere to be found among the booze-sipping pool-side crowd. "We get used to these last-minute situations," Schrader wryly told the audience. "We know that she wanted to come, but the drama wasn't sufficient enough. ...
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| U.S. political writer Jack Germond dies at age 85 Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:04 AM PDT  By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jack Germond, the gruff and rumpled "fat man" of American political journalism best known for his coverage of presidential campaigns, died on Wednesday at the age of 85. He died "peacefully and quickly" early in the morning at his home in West Virginia after recently finishing a novel, his wife, Alice, said in an email sent to friends and journalists. ...
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| Oprah Winfrey 'sorry' for reaction to Swiss handbag incident Posted: 13 Aug 2013 09:43 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said she was sorry for the uproar and media response caused by her comments about an incident in a Swiss luxury store last month when an assistant refused to show her a $38,100 handbag. At the premiere of her new film, "Lee Daniels' The Butler," in Los Angles on Monday evening, the U.S. actress and talk show host, recently named by Forbes as the world's most powerful celebrity, said she regretted saying it took place in Switzerland. "I'm really sorry that it got blown up. I purposefully did not mention the name of the store. ... |
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