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Auctioneers and owners bank on Russian recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses are banking on a recovery at next week's series of big Russian art sales in London, at which they expect to show that the market dominated by new money is through the worst of the recession. Full Article
Confusion surrounds Robbie Williams "proposal"
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams "proposed" to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman then said it was a joke. Full Article
UPDATE 1-Robbie Williams "proposal" was a joke-spokesman
LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters Life!) - British singer Robbie Williams "proposed" to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman later said it was a joke. Full Article
Jackson has break from big budgets in Lovely Bones
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones", an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family from heaven. ... Full Article
Peter Jackson has break from big budgets in Lovely Bones
LONDON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Peter Jackson takes a break from blockbusters with "The Lovely Bones," an adaptation of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel about girl who is brutally raped and murdered and who looks down on her family from heaven. Full Article
Iranian director, opposition campaigner wins award
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf won the Freedom to Create Prize on Wednesday, and dedicated his award to leading cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri and the popular opposition movement he supports. Full Article
Julie Andrews plans London stage comeback in 2010
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Julie Andrews, famous for her roles in musical classics "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins," will return to the British stage in 2010 for the first time in 30 years for a one-off performance. Full Article
New show on identity asks why we are as we are
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A new show on human identity tackles one of life's most fundamental questions -- what, or who, is the real me? Full Article
Delaroche work "ruined" in war rescued for show
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941 has been unrolled and found to be in good condition. Full Article
Delaroche work "ruined" in war rescued for show
LONDON (Reuters) - A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche, thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941, has been unrolled and found to be in good condition. Full Article
