Jackie Chan goes out fighting
Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career.
Fiat’s Elkann gets behind the wheel for Mille Miglia
BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) – John Elkann, the media-shy chairman of one of the world’s biggest car companies, got behind the wheel and demonstrated his driving skills on Thursday in Italy’s legendary four-day Mille Miglia rally race. The 36-year-old head of Fiat, which now control Chrysler and was founded by his great-great grandfather Giovanni Agnelli in 1899, will take turns driving a custom-made 1952 eight-cylinder Fiat 8V with his wife, Lavinia Borromeo, who also has a passion for iconic cars. …
Japanese woman, 73, scales Everest for the second time
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – For the second time, a 73-year-old Japanese woman has become the world’s oldest woman to climb Mount Everest, repeating her own record set 10 years ago, the company that organized the climb said on Saturday. Tamae Watanabe reached the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) summit with a Japanese partner and three Nepali Sherpa guides on Saturday morning, said Ang Tshering Sherpa, who runs the Asian Trekking company, which provided logistics to the team. “Watanabe and other climbers are in good physical condition. …
Ed Westwick: TV Romeo turned movie star
From the Upper Eastside to the south of France – via medieval Italy – Ed Westwick is on the move.
Rocker Cave, director Hillcoat slam ‘failed’ war on drugs
Rocker Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat on Saturday took a swipe at the “failed” war on drugs as they presented their “Lawless” Prohibition-era rural gangster movie at Cannes.