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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government changed its tone on Wednesday on the arrest of Roman Polanski for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, describing the charges as serious after initially rushing to the film director’s defense.

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York (Reuters) – Chinua Achebe, the grandfather of modern African literature, first began telling stories as a means to reaching the truth. Fiction, he knew, could sometimes strike deeper than real life.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Michelle Moran never had any doubts what she wanted to be in life — a writer.

There are many things most people would rather not dwell upon when considering the facts behind the marriage between Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, perhaps the most reviled pairing in reality TV.

When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival.

By the end of World War II in April 1945, with about two-thirds of European Jewry wiped out, Jewish survivors stepped out of the darkness in search of a place to call home.

Not long after Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their divorce on the hit TLC show “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the speculation began: did Jon want to pursue other opportunities?

Tyrese Gibson is far from the first singer to make the transition from music to movies. However, the “Transformers” star is blazing a whole new trail with his latest crossover venture.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys for Michael Jackson sued two California charities on Tuesday, accusing them of scamming the dead singer’s fans by using his name and catchphrases to solicit funds.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The new Broadway drama “A Steady Rain,” starring Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, has set the record for the highest weekly ticket sales of a non-musical play, its producers said on Tuesday.