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Blogs, videos and verse – an Iraqi poet’s quest to heal her homeland

October 22, 2014 0

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iraqi-born poet Amal al-Jubouri may not have the Hollywood recognition of Angelina Jolie, but both women are artists who have decided to use their talents and profile to help the victims of war. When al-Jubouri, one of foremost poets writing in Arabic, met Jolie this year, she urged the actress and U.N. humanitarian envoy to go with her and see the worsening hardships in her homeland. Jolie has already visited Iraq in previous years. “I said: ‘Iraq is burning, Angelina. …

Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies at 93

October 22, 2014 0
Ben Bradlee, a former Washington Post executive editor discusses about the Watergate Hotel burglary and stories for the Post at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda

By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ben Bradlee, the hard-driving editor who reigned over the Washington Post newsroom with the style of a well-dressed swashbuckler and the profane vocabulary of dockworker as the newspaper helped topple President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, died on Tuesday at age 93. Bradlee’s death at his Washington home of natural causes was announced by the Post, which reported late last month that its former editor had begun hospice care after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for the past several years. …

Oscar de la Renta remembered for his elegant designs, generosity

October 21, 2014 0
Designers Oscar De La Renta and Donna Karan greet each other during the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 in New York

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oscar de la Renta, the legendary fashion designer who dressed first ladies and Hollywood stars during a career that spanned five decades, was remembered on Tuesday for his exquisite style, generous heart and tireless philanthropy. Tributes poured in for the tall, Dominican-born designer who died late on Monday at the age of 82, surrounded by family at his Connecticut home after a battle with cancer. “He died exactly as he wished: with tremendous grace, great dignity and very much on his own terms,” his family said on his website. …

Dominican Republic mourns death of fashion icon Oscar de la Renta

October 21, 2014 0
Designer Oscar de la Renta waves at the end of his Spring 2008 fashion show during New York Fashion Week

By Manuel Jimenez SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Government officials, artists and citizens on Tuesday mourned the death of Oscar de la Renta, the fashion designer who raised the profile of the Caribbean nation where he was born and which he supported throughout his life. News of de la Renta’s death from cancer late on Monday at the age of 82 dominated national newspapers. President Danilo Medina led the nation in paying tribute to de la Renta, who died at his home in Connecticut, saying the designer had “raised up the name of the Dominican Republic. …

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Cult filmmaker Robert Altman in focus at MFF

October 21, 2014 0

Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Robert Altman, a cult figure from Hollywood who introduced new techniques and trends in the field of cinema, was in the spotlight at the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), which screened a documentary chronicling his life.

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Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta dead

October 21, 2014 0

Los Angeles, Oct 21 (IANS) Oscar de la Renta, who designed for several Hollywood stars like Penélope Cruz and Sandra Bullock, for more than four decades, died at the age of 82.

Oscar de la Renta, legendary designer, dead at 82

October 21, 2014 0
FILE - This Sept. 11, 2012 file photo released by Starpix shows designer Oscar de la Renta, right, and model Karlie Kloss backstage before the presentation of the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013 collection sponsored by Revlon at Fashion Week in New York. The designer, a favorite of socialites and movie stars alike, has died. He was 82. (AP Photo/Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — At his Fashion Week runway show in September, Oscar de la Renta sat in his usual spot: in a chair right inside the wings, where he could carefully inspect each model just as she was about to emerge in one of his sumptuous, impeccably constructed designs.