Hearing ordered on Paris's release

Emin takes more classic look at her "scary" psyche

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - You will not see names of the people she slept with, or a bed soiled with used condoms. But artist Tracey Emin says her new, more classical exhibition unveiled on Thursday in Venice takes a deeply introspective look at her life, including her sexual abuse as a child and her feelings after an abortion.

Connery says no to next "Indiana Jones" film

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Retirement has been good to actor Sean Connery. So good, in fact, the 76-year-old Scottish actor has decided against appearing in the upcoming "Indiana Jones" film, the fourth in the series, Connery said in a Web posting on Thursday.

"Borat" draws another lawsuit in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hit movie and lawsuit magnet "Borat" has drawn yet another court action, this time from a man filmed running away from the fictional Kazakh television reporter on the streets of New York City. Last year’s "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" was driven by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s improvised encounters with ordinary Americans who become his unsuspecting comic foils.

Sharon Stone runs for president...at Venice art fair

VENICE (Reuters) - Move over Hillary. Sharon Stone is the only woman running in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, at least as far as the Venice Biennale art festival is concerned. Stone appears in a mock TV campaign ad dreamt up by Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli and crafted by the same media guru who used to advise U.S. President George W. Bush.

"Sex and the City" star Parker sparks fashion frenzy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - She won fans and became a fashion icon with her tales of single life in "Sex and the City," and on Thursday Sarah Jessica Parker sparked a shopping frenzy when she unveiled her own clothing collection. Hundreds of women queued in a New York mall to see Parker launch her Bitten label, based on her belief that it’s "every woman’s inalienable right to have a pulled-together, stylish, confident wardrobe with money left over to live."

Contestant thrown off Big Brother for racism

LONDON (Reuters) - A contestant on the latest series of Big Brother was thrown off the show on Thursday for using a racially offensive word, just days after bosses were forced to apologise for a racist row on the show’s celebrity version. Student Emily Parr, 19, was removed from the house in the early hours after she was heard to say: "Are you pushing it out, you nigger?" to black contestant Charley Uchea, 21, Channel 4 said in a statement.

Edinburgh Fringe boots Blair into retirement

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Tony Blair will get a sardonic boot from behind at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival this year to help him into retirement after 10 years as prime minister. The rumbustuous Fringe runs from August 5 to 27 in parallel with the city’s International Arts Festival.

Making their mark in Britain, Poles get subtitles

LONDON (Reuters) - If there were still any doubts about the growing influence of the Polish community in Britain, a Welsh TV channel may well have dispelled them. In what the channel has described as a broadcasting first, it screened a documentary this week about Poles living and working in Wales that went out with subtitles in Polish.