[Archive 2008-07-19] Former Beatle set for Quebec City concert amid protests
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-07-19. Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney received a hostile reception this week from some Quebec separatists as he prepares for his c
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[Archive 2008-08-30] Former head of comedy for the BBC, Geoffrey Perkins dies in a road accident age 55
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-08-30. British comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins died in a road accident on Friday. It is believed he collapsed and fell into the pat
[Archive 2009-09-12] Former WWE superstar Jeff Hardy arrested on major drug charges
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-09-12. Former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Jeff Hardy has been arrested on five major drug charges. The former WWE Champi
[Archive 2009-07-20] Fortieth anniversary of first manned Moon landing
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-07-20. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever landing of humans on the Moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 touche
[Archive 2025-12-10] Four countries back out of Eurovision 2026 amid ongoing boycott
Historical Wikinews report from 2025-12-10. Last Thursday, the European Broadcasting Union confirmed Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. In respo
[Archive 2009-04-08] Fox News movie reviewer fired for downloading film
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-04-08. Editorial journalist Roger Friedman has lost his job at Fox News following a dispute with the company. Friedman admitted in a
[Archive 2007-10-03] Frank Messina: An interview with the 'Mets Poet'
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-10-03. In the early Olympic games, athletes used to run a mile and then recite a poem. The first poet-in-residence of an English foo
[Archive 2007-05-02] Free to air digital TV switched on in New Zealand
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-05-02. New Zealand's new digital free to air television platform, Freeview was 'switched on' today at the Auckland Museum by the Gov
[Archive 2007-09-12] Free-to-air channel sues pay TV operator over rugby screening
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-09-12. The owner of TV3 and the music channel C4, has made an unprecedented move by winning an interim injunction against New Zealan
[Archive 2007-09-19] Free-to-air channel wins suit against pay TV operator over rugby screening
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-09-19. MediaWorks has won their suit against the only pay television operator in New Zealand, Sky Network Television. The injunction
[Archive 2008-10-09] French author Le Clézio wins the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-10-09. French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has been awarded by the Swedish Academy with the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. L
[Archive 2015-01-05] French campaigning film director René Vautier dies
Historical Wikinews report from 2015-01-05. René Vautier, the self-described "most censored director in France", died yesterday aged 86. Vautier focused on French coloni
[Archive 2008-06-19] French director Jean Delannoy dies at age 100
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-06-19. Jean Delannoy, an early actor who started out in silent film movies and became a film director has died yesterday at the age
[Archive 2010-08-31] French film director Alain Corneau dies at age 67
Historical Wikinews report from 2010-08-31. Alain Corneau, a French film director, has died at the age of 67. His death was announced by the Artmedia talent agency. The
[Archive 2009-11-04] French structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at age 100
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-11-04. Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist who developed structuralism as a method of understanding human society and culture
[Archive 2008-01-20] French TV director Alain Jaubert talks about art programs in Taiwan
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-01-20. Alain Jaubert, director of the famous art program "Palettes" by Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne (ARTE) was in
[Archive 2006-07-03] Full-length open source movie ‘Boy Who Never Slept’ is released online
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-07-03. The movie is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license; this allows people to use, ed
[Archive 2019-03-25] Fur fans flock to Toronto's Furnal Equinox 2019
Historical Wikinews report from 2019-03-25. From March 15 to 17, the Canadian city of Toronto played host to the tenth Furnal Equinox, an annual event dedicated to the "
[Archive 2007-02-06] Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-02-06. Cell phones, cigarette lighters and glowsticks are raised in tribute as Circle of Life begins playing. Soon cheers drown out
[Archive 2013-11-02] Galician emigrant Rufino López receives 2013 Spanish-American International Award
Historical Wikinews report from 2013-11-02. Emigrant Rufino Lopez, born in Cedeira, Galicia, Spain in 1955, was awarded on Wednesday with the 2013 Spanish-American Inter
[Archive 2007-02-15] Gamespy, IGN award Galactic Civilizations II expansion Editors' Choice
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-02-15. Plymouth, Michigan, United States - This week, independent software developer Stardock released Galactic Civilizations II: Da
[Archive 2011-04-04] Genetically modified dairy cows produce 'human milk'
Historical Wikinews report from 2011-04-04. A team from the China Agricultural University is reporting success after transferring human genes into a herd of 300 dairy co
[Archive 2012-01-25] Geoffrey Rush named 2012 Australian of the Year
Historical Wikinews report from 2012-01-25. On the eve of Australia's national day celebrations, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Geoffrey Rush's receipt of this y
[Archive 2012-09-19] George Entwistle becomes new BBC director general
Historical Wikinews report from 2012-09-19. George Entwistle became the new Director-General of the BBC Monday. He replaces Mark Thompson, who had held the position sinc
[Archive 2010-01-13] George Garanian, Russian Armenian jazz band leader, dies at age 75
Historical Wikinews report from 2010-01-13. Russian alto saxophone player, conductor, and composer of Armenian origin George Garanian died aged 75 years last Monday at a
[Archive 2010-03-14] Georgia panicked by fake Russia invasion broadcast
Historical Wikinews report from 2010-03-14. A Georgian television station sparked panic today when it broadcast a report containing a simulation of events that might occ
[Archive 2008-03-13] German actor Erwin Geschonneck dies at 101
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-03-13. Erwin Geschonneck, German actor died Wednesday. He was 101. His biggest success occurred in the German Democratic Republic, w
[Archive 2010-08-23] German director Christoph Schlingensief dies at age 49
Historical Wikinews report from 2010-08-23. German director Christoph Schlingensief has died at the age of 49. His death was announced by Oliver Golloch, a spokesman for
[Archive 2009-02-14] Germany's GUN Records closes
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-02-14. German rock and metal label GUN Records (Great Unlimited Noises) announced Friday that they were to close. No explanation has
[Archive 2008-04-22] Getting even with the law: Wikinews interviews New York City's 'Jimmy Justice'
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-04-22. A civilian known as 'Jimmy Justice' who resides in New York City (NYC), New York, the largest city in the United States, has
[Archive 2007-07-06] Ghana's first female Chief Justice receives award
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-07-06. The first female Chief Justice of Ghana, Georgina Theodora Wood was among 77 others who received national awards in Accra tod
[Archive 2009-01-28] GLAAD Media Awards nominees announced
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-01-28. Campaign group Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has announced the nominees for this year's GLAAD Media Awa
[Archive 2013-12-16] Glasgow's Common Weal launch; 'Not me first. All of us first'
Historical Wikinews report from 2013-12-16. Last weekend, December 8, The Reid Foundation, a left-leaning think-tank, launched The Common Weal, a vision for a more socia
[Archive 2008-01-09] Global premiere of Lordi horror movie Dark Floors next month in Oulu, Finland
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-01-09. It has been announced that the global premiere of the Lordi horror movie Dark Floors will be on February 8 in Oulu, Finland.
[Archive 2010-09-04] GMTV ends broadcasting in UK after 17 years
Historical Wikinews report from 2010-09-04. GMTV, a breakfast television programme broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, finished broadcasting on Friday after broadcas
[Archive 2014-09-07] Good Omens to be made into BBC radio drama
Historical Wikinews report from 2014-09-07. Plans for a radio dramatisation of the novel Good Omens, co-written by prominent UK fantasy authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pra
[Archive 2006-03-08] Gordon Parks, African American filmmaker, dies at 93
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-03-08. Renowned African American artist Gordon Parks, known for his photography, film direction, and autobiographical works, includi
[Archive 2006-02-17] Graffiti game banned in Australia
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-02-17. The Office of Film & Literature Classification Review Board in Australia has refused to classify Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Cont
[Archive 2026-01-15] Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir dies, aged 78
Historical Wikinews report from 2026-01-15. On Saturday, the family of American musician and songwriter Bob Weir announced that he had died surrounded by loved ones. The
[Archive 2007-01-30] Greek actor Nikos Kourkoulos dies at 73
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-01-30. The famous Greek cinema and theatre actor, Nikos Kourkoulos died at the Ericos Dynan Hospital of Athens, after a long-standin