Entertainment

Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:12 UTC
Chilean artist illustrator and storyteller of Disney’s Donald Duck dies

Chilean artist and storyteller Victor Arriagada died last week following a long struggle with leukaemia. He leaves behind a legacy of characters, stories and artwork which will continue to thrill readers for decades to come.
Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:48 UTC
Dakar rally suspended because Andes snow storms prevent the crossing to Chile

The sixth stage of the Rally Dakar 2012, the first one in Chilean territory, has been suspended due to intense snow storms that do not allow the trespassing of the vehicles from Argentina.
Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:50 UTC
The grueling three-country Dakar Rally takes off from Mar del Plata to Lima

The 33 edition of the Dakar Rally got off to a symbolic start on Saturday ahead of a 15-day race that will take 466 registered competitors from Argentina through Chile to a finish in Lima, Peru.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:48 UTC
The Iron Lady opens Friday in the US, “a Shakespearean story about power and loss”

Making a film about an iconic politician like Britain's Margaret Thatcher is akin to walking into a movie minefield, and casting an American -- even one as revered as Meryl Streep -- is asking for more trouble.
Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 04:26 UTC
Meryl Streep in awe of Thatcher who she portrays in the “Iron Lady”

Hollywood legend Meryl Streep concedes her own personality may bear more than a passing resemblance to Britain's steely former Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher, whom she portrays in the new movie “Iron Lady” based on the days leading to the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982
Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:53 UTC
“The Iron Lady” Meryl Streep makes it to the cover of the Vogue January edition

Meryl Streep, the star of the new Margaret Thatcher film, “The Iron Lady” and considered one of the best living cinema actresses has made the cover of the Vogue’s January 2012 US issue.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Dakar rally 2012 takes off from the Atlantic and ends in Peru on the Pacific

Dakar Rally chief Etienne Lavigne said that the next edition of the competition which takes off from Mar del Plata, Argentina next January first and ends in Lima, Peru, fifteen days later, is the most renewed and challenging version since the rally moved to South America in 2008.
Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 13:42 UTC
IOC shelves an investigation into former FIFA head Joao Havelange

The International Olympic Committee has shelved an investigation into former FIFA head Joao Havelange after he resigned as an IOC member just days before an ethics hearing into his conduct, IOC President Jacques Rogge told reporters.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 21:57 UTC
The most expensive car crash reported in the south of Japan

A luxury sports car outing in Japan has ended in what may be one of the most expensive car crashes in history. Eight Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes, a Lamborghini and two other vehicles were involved in the pile-up in the southern prefecture of Yamaguchi.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:00 UTC
China becomes the first to congratulate Latinamerica countries on CELAC

Chinese president Hu Jintao was the first to congratulate the newly formed CELAC and expressed Beijing’s wishes to strengthen trade relations, cooperation and political understanding with the region.