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Last year, Helen Mirren for “The Queen” and Forest Whitaker for “The Last King of Scotland” were both guild and Oscar winners, as was supporting-actress Jennifer Hudson for “DreamGirls.” The guild’s supporting-actor winner, Eddie Murphy for “DreamGirls,” lost at the Oscars to Alan Arkin for “Little Miss Sunshine.” “Little Miss Sunshine” won the guild prize for overall acting ensemble, SAG’s equivalent of a best-picture honor, while “The Departed” won best picture at the Oscars
Directed by Sean Penn, “Into the Wild” also was nominated for performance by its overall cast, along with the Western “3:10 to Yuma,” the crime sagas “American Gangster” and “No Country for Old Men,” and the musical “Hairspray.” Conspicuously absent…
If fully confirmed, the death of Waliur Rehman would be a strong blow to the militant group responsible for hundreds of bombings and shootings across Pakistan
Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET PESHAWAR, Pakistan A suspected U.S. drone strike Wednesday killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban, although the militant group denied he was killed. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from London that Waliur…
“She’s extremely generous and we are great friends and we love each other very much
(CBS) Even before she reigned over a fictional country in “The Princess Diaries,” Julie Andrews cemented herself as a member of film royalty. Now, the star of “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music” is celebrating all things princess with…
Grace Meng detailed the last messages she exchanged with her husband, Interpol President Meng Hongwei, to reporters as part of her unusual appeal
LYON, France — The wife of Interpol’s president made an impassioned plea Sunday for help in bringing her missing husband to safety, saying she thinks he sent an image of a knife before he disappeared in China as a way to…
Pakistan has been hit by 355 such attacks since 2004, according to the New America Foundation, a U.S.-based think tank
Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET PESHAWAR, Pakistan A suspected U.S. drone strike Wednesday killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban, although the militant group denied he was killed. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from London that Waliur…
PARIS A group of skinheads attacked a French far-left activist in the heart of Paris’ shopping district, leaving the young man brain-dead in the hospital Thursday, officials said, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right violence
PARIS A group of skinheads attacked a French far-left activist in the heart of Paris’ shopping district, leaving the young man brain-dead in the hospital Thursday, officials said, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right violence. Political tensions…
Mobsters control rackets for prostitution, trafficking in illegal immigration and other forms of slavery
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has hailed a priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia and urged mobsters to stop exploiting people in criminal rackets including prostitution. The pontiff exhorted Mafiosi to change their ways, issuing the call Sunday, a day after…
Synthetic marijuana is made with chemicals similar to those found in natural marijuana to give users a high
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand officials on Friday were urging people to stop smoking synthetic marijuana after finding nine people had died after using the drug this month in the nation’s largest city. The latest was a 31-year-old woman…