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Richard Gere 'Bemused' By Oscars Redemption, 20 Years After He Was Banned

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Richard Gere has revealed he's pretty bemused by his belated return to the Oscars stage, 20 years after he was banished by the Academy from taking par...

Pictures Of The Week From The Huffington Post Picture Desk

Elliot Wagland, Tahira Mirza, Matthew Tucker | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK

The week kicked off with the downcast #BlueMonday, but millions in America were too busy to feel the January blues as they celebrated the inauguration...

Chicago Fire That Left Warehouse Encrusted In Ice Rekindles Once More (PICTURES, VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK

A timber warehouse which was left encrusted in ice after firefighters tackled a blaze in sub-zero temperatures is on fire once again. The fire in ...

PHOTOS: Burning Building In Chicago Freezes As Firemen Battle Blaze

Posted 25.01.2013 | UK

UPDATE: Chicago Fire That Left Warehouse Encrusted In Ice Rekindles Once More (PICTURES, VIDEO) A set of dramatic images shows how firemen in the U...

Car Smashes Into Apple Store

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK Tech

A car has crashed directly into an Apple store in Chicago - but you can write your own Apple Maps jokes. One person was injured after an "elderly" ...

WATCH: TV News Fooled By 'Plane Crash' Set

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK

Dramatic plane crashes on to busy city roads are the kind of thing you expect to see on TV crime dramas. A local news station in Chicago could possibl...

Irvine Welsh and the Freedom of a Blank Page

Gia Marie Barbera | Posted 15.01.2013 | Home
Gia Marie Barbera

Does he consider himself a Film writer or a novelist? "I'm just a storyteller really I don't really see the importance in the difference in the medium. I like books, I love them. "

Democracy Triumphs in America, Romney Wins Hearts by Being Graceful in Defeat

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK
Preetam Kaushik

2012-11-05-HP_World_Graphic_300x70.pngIf the presidential race were to be re-run after Romney's concession speech, the Republican candidate may have denied his Democrat rival a second term.

America's Unusual Polling Stations

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 07.11.2012 | UK Politics

America's a big country, and so it was that sometimes locals had to get creative in order to vote on Tuesday. In most cases, Americans could amble...

Canada, the Midwest, Montreal Junkies and Not-So-Pleasant Border Guards

Tim Thornton | Posted 08.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
Tim Thornton

Minneapolis. I don't know about you, but when I think of Minneapolis (and granted, it's not often) I imagine somewhere quite westerly within the whole US of A scheme of things. Today I am finding out quite how wrong I am. It's not in the west. It's not even in the middle. Look at a map. It's in the east.

US On Front Foot At Ryder Cup

PA | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK Sport

Davis Love's two current major champions and a pumped-up Keegan Bradley more than made up for the struggles of Tiger Woods as the United States threat...

Eight Shows a Week is No Mean Feat

Kerry Ellis | Posted 17.09.2012 | Home
Kerry Ellis

While a lot of people seemed shocked to hear the news last week that Chris Moyles was stepping down from his breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 to join the arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, I had anticipated that this would be the case from the moment he was announced in the cast.

Chicago PPP - Opportunity to Move Beyond the UK

John Tizard | Posted 11.09.2012 | UK Politics
John Tizard

The Wall Street Journal headline "Look Who's Embracing Privatization--Big City Democrats" on 6th July was certainly eye catching to one who has been involved, studied and commentated on public-private partnerships in the UK for over 25 years.

No More Jazz: Chicago To Close After Almost 15 Years

PA | Posted 12.09.2012 | Home

Dancing On Ice judge Robin Cousins could be the last Billy Flynn to take to the stage in long-running West End show Chicago. It has been announced ...

Are Afghan's Women About to be Sacrificed to the Taliban?

Kate Allen | Posted 21.07.2012 | UK Politics
Kate Allen

At a women's shelter I saw some of the consequences of Afghanistan's ingrained patriarchy. I talked to a teenage girl married off to a 70-year-old man who then suffered sustained beatings at the hands of the man's family. I also heard from a young widow who explained how she'd escaped her father-in-law who wanted to force her into marriage after her first husband had died.

WATCH: Yellow Lamborghini Crashes In An Extraordinary Way

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Ever seen a car sandwich? Ever seen a car sandwich with a Lamborghini filling? Well, now's your chance, you lucky thing. The scene took place at a...

Seven Year Ditch - Hated Marilyn Monroe Statue Dismantled

The Huffington Post UK | Sam Parker | Posted 09.07.2012 | Home

Few pieces of public art are met with unanimous applause, but the 40,000-pound, 26-foot Marilyn Monroe that was erected in Chicago’s Pioneer Court w...

Tupele Dorgu - Chicago

Samuel Evans | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Entertainment
Samuel Evans

Swapping the cobbles of Coronation Street for the Rhyl Pavilion Theatre will be a dream come true for Tupele Dorgu when she lines up as Velma Kelly in hit musical, Chicago.

Travel: Radisson Blu Chicago Reviewed

Raj Gill | Posted 26.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Raj Gill

Radisson Blu has decided to make its debut in North America and has chosen Chicago as its first location, and we get to go along for the ride. With ...

Man Fires Nail Into Head But Doesn't Notice For 24 Hours

Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK

A man in America fired a 3.5in nail into his head but didn't notice for 24 hours. Dante Autullo, from Chicago, was building a shed when he brushed ...

First Pics: America Ferrera Takes To The Stage As Chicago Killer Roxie Hart

MyDaily | Posted 08.01.2012 | UK Style

America Ferrera took to the stage in her Roxie Hart fishnets for the press night performance of Chicago on Monday....

Ugly Betty's America Ferrara To Play Roxie Hart In West End's Chicago

www.mydaily.co.uk | Posted 11.12.2011 | UK Style

Ugly Betty's America Ferrara will be heading to the West End to take the role of showgirl Roxie Hart in London's long-running production of Chicago wh...

Elisha Cuthbert Trying Comedy To 'Rediscover' Herself

Posted 05.11.2011 | UK Comedy

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Elisha Cuthbert has revealed she opted to try her hand at comedy in a bid to "rediscover herself". The 29-year-old stars in en...