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By Mary Milliken
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rita Boyadjian wishes she were in a better mood to celebrate the weddings of fellow gay friends after California began legally marrying same-sex couples last month.

By Pierre Thebault
NICE, France (Reuters) - Pregnant Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is doing well in a French Riviera hospital and is expected to give birth to twins in "the coming weeks", her doctor said on Wednesday.

By Gillian Murdoch
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - We do it about 215 million times a day, so humans need to stop shying away from talking about sex -- and the babies it makes -- to help avert the global climate crisis, environmentalist and author Robert Engelman says.

By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - There are enough "recession-proof", super-rich buyers to push soaring prices for the best works of art still higher, experts predict, but the picture is less rosy at the lower end of the market.

By Pierre Thebault
NICE, France (Reuters) - She arrived by helicopter and has a whole floor of the hospital to herself. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's stay in a French clinic where she is due to give birth to twins will be no ordinary one.

For centuries, Taiwan's Tsou tribe celebrated the Mayasvi war festival to honour its gods and warriors.

U.S. wine seller Acker Merrall & Condit will hold what it dubs Asia's largest ever wine auction in Hong Kong, following the city's decision to scrap duties on wine in a bid to become an Asian wine hub.

The final chapter to the tumultuous writers strike has been written, but Hollywood is bracing for a possible a sequel to the costly walkout -- this one starring film and television actors.

"American Idol" producers are shrugging off the latest sex scandal to hit the top-rated U.S. television show, saying contestant David Hernandez can stay in the competition despite his past as a stripper.

Dina Lohan took a lot of heat for managing daughter Lindsay Lohan's rise to stardom and U.S. television viewers now can watch as she shepherds 14-year-old daughter Ali into a show business career.

Sales of a bracelet will go towards a U.N. fund to combat violence against women under a plan announced on Tuesday by the United Nations, the Avon cosmetics company and movie star Reese Witherspoon.

Donny Osmond has defied the odds of many child stars whose careers went from red-hot to has-been before age 21, and now he seems as popular as ever with a new movie and a co-hosting job on a celebrity TV show.

A judge on Tuesday ruled that the baby daughter of deceased model Anna Nicole Smith is the sole heir to her estate, meaning 18-month-old Dannielynn could inherit a multimillion-dollar fortune.

A Moorish legacy, priceless pieces of Portuguese history and the finest examples of an Iberian art form have been vanishing from public buildings, palaces and museums across Portugal.

Kenny Chesney easily snagged 12 nominations on Tuesday to lead contenders for the annual Academy of Country Music awards, and Rodney Atkins, who has had four straight number one singles, was second with six.

Louis de Bernieres has always considered himself a foreign writer, so setting his latest novel in native Britain is something of a homecoming.

Texas-based Tim Love is known for his sophisticated interpretations of U.S. western cuisine while preserving its bold flavors and multi-cultural origins.

Israeli winemaker Eli-Ben Zaken counts his age in vintages. Robert Parker, founder of The Wine Advocate magazine, counted Ben-Zaken's three wines among the best in the world.

Asian expatriates have ranked Singapore as the best place to live in the world for its safe and clean environment, while Europeans chose Copenhagen, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The film "Away from Her" was the big winner on Monday night at Canada's Genie Awards, winning seven statuettes, including best picture, best actor, best actress and best director for first-time filmmaker Sarah Polley.