Fashion Wire Daily - A bride-to-be might worry for months about making her wedding day perfect, and that includes finding the ultimate dress. But flash forward to the end of the night on her wedding day, to the champagne soaked floors, disheveled hair and a crinkled dress - yet she's still looking radiant - and you see that there's a real case to be made for imperfection.
AFP - Oscar-winning British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who was also nominated as a director, died aged 94 on Wednesday, the British Film Institute (BFI) said.
Reuters - For Andrei Molodkin oil is at the root of many of Russia's ills. It is no coincidence that the other material the artist likes to work with is blood. -- read full article
Reuters - In its fourth week on the Billboard 200, the "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack reached No. 1 for the first time on Wednesday, becoming the third album from the Disney franchise to accomplish this feat. -- read full article
AP - British singer Billy Bragg blasted Wednesday a proposed European Union law to nearly double music copyright to 95 years, saying it would give a huge windfall to major recording labels.
AP - Police in Colorado say shots were fired at TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and a bail bondsman when they tried to apprehend a man whose bail was revoked on an attempted murder charge.
AP - Indian police said Wednesday they have so far found no evidence that the father of a child star in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" tried to sell the 9-year-old girl to an undercover reporter.
Reuters - A Pulitzer Prize-winning book on a brutal aspect of U.S. history has reignited debate on the country's racial past just as the country's first black president is seen as evidence of racial progress. -- read full article
Reuters - It's not a musical, but Tim Firth's stage version of his screenplay for the hit 2003 film "Calendar Girls" takes aim squarely at the audience that flocked to see "Mamma Mia!" and hits its mark. -- read full article
Reuters - The movie and TV industry contributed 2.5 million jobs and $41.1 billion in wages to the U.S. economy in 2007, according to a Motion Picture Association of America report. -- read full article
