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[Archive 2025-01-17] Times Square marks New Year's Eve 2025 in New York City

Historical Wikinews report from 2025-01-17. People from around the world celebrated the coming new year with the ceremonial ball drop in Times Square, New York on the Ne

[Archive 2009-09-11] Timothy Dalton to voice a character in Toy Story 3

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-09-11. Disney president John Lasseter has announced that British actor Timothy Dalton will be voicing a character in Toy Story 3. Da

[Archive 2010-09-27] Titanic actress Gloria Stuart dies at age 100

Historical Wikinews report from 2010-09-27. Gloria Stuart, US Academy Award nominated film actress, has died at the age of 100. Stuart died at her home in West Los Angel

[Archive 2006-02-02] Tom Baker launched as voice of BT text messaging

Historical Wikinews report from 2006-02-02. Tom Baker, one of the ten actors to play The Doctor in the BBC's long-running television series Doctor Who, has become the vo

[Archive 2005-10-29] Tom Cruise parody site defiant in face of Scientology threats, demands its day in court

Historical Wikinews report from 2005-10-29. The Church of Scientology "cease and desist" order isssued last month to the New Zealand owner of a Tom Cruise parody website

[Archive 2008-01-17] Tom Cruise Scientology promotional video leaked to the Internet

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-01-17. Two days before Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, w

[Archive 2008-03-28] Tom Cruise spoofed in film 'Superhero Movie'

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-03-28. Producers of the film Superhero Movie, out today, released clips from the film on the Internet parodying a Church of Scientol

[Archive 2007-10-20] Top 100 Canadian albums named

Historical Wikinews report from 2007-10-20. The new "coffee table book" The Top 100 Canadian Albums has been released. Bob Mersereau, a reporter for CBC New Brunswick, w

[Archive 2009-07-19] Torchwood star John Barrowman in high speed crash

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-07-19. Actor John Barrowman escaped serious injury in a 80mph crash while filming a segment for TV show Fifth Gear in Powys, Wales.

[Archive 2006-11-11] Toronto and Rockettes kick into the records book

Historical Wikinews report from 2006-11-11. Starting at 5:00 a.m., nearly two-thousand Torontonians started gathering to kick up their heels. A promotion for The Rockett

[Archive 2019-03-29] Toronto Comicon 2019 welcomes fans with celebrities, creativity, cosplay

Historical Wikinews report from 2019-03-29. Toronto Comicon 2019 returned to its titular city from March 15 to 17, as one of the largest pop culture events in Canada. Th

[Archive 2019-05-31] Toronto's Anime North 2019 brings thousands of fans together

Historical Wikinews report from 2019-05-31. Many thousands of anime and manga fans descended on the Toronto Congress Centre for Anime North, a fan-run convention launche

[Archive 2020-09-02] Tributes paid to recently deceased US actor Chadwick Boseman

Historical Wikinews report from 2020-09-02. Over the weekend, tributes were paid to US actor Chadwick Boseman, including Sunday's commercial-free airing of Black Panther

[Archive 2012-04-25] Trinidad TV host bailed on teen rape broadcast charges

Historical Wikinews report from 2012-04-25. Trinidad's Ian Alleyene, host of TV6's Crime Watch, has been released on bail. He spent the weekend in custody after being ch

[Archive 2011-06-08] Trump criticizes media bias towards Obama, especially during UK state visit

Historical Wikinews report from 2011-06-08. Business mogul and television personality Donald Trump spoke at the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washingt

[Archive 2006-06-06] Tubes, Grateful Dead musician Vince Welnick died of 'probable suicide'

Historical Wikinews report from 2006-06-06. Former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist/vocalist Vince Welnick is dead of a "probable suicide", according to the Sonoma Co

[Archive 2019-03-31] Turkey's President Erdogan proposes converting Hagia Sophia Museum to mosque

Historical Wikinews report from 2019-03-31. On Wednesday, as a part of his pre-election campaign, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged converting Hagia Sop

[Archive 2010-01-21] TV host Conan O'Brien accepts US$45 million settlement with NBC

Historical Wikinews report from 2010-01-21. After a long night of negotiations, United States television personality and seven-month host of The Tonight Show Conan O'Bri

[Archive 2009-03-24] TV late night show host David Letterman marries girlfriend of 23 years

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-03-24. David Letterman, host of the late night American television show Late Show with David Letterman, has married his girlfriend o

[Archive 2007-10-31] Two Lordi fans mugged while manager and bodyguard were shot at in Louisville, US

Historical Wikinews report from 2007-10-31. It has been reported recently by Blabbermouth and DotMusic.com that two fans of Finnish theatrical hard rock band Lordi were

[Archive 2008-11-21] Two veteran actors to depart beleaguered soap 'Days of our Lives'

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-11-21. One week after the eleventh-hour renewal of the American soap opera Days of our Lives, NBC, the network airing the series in

[Archive 2009-03-03] Two-time Eurovision entrant Edsilia Rombley discusses music, love, and her contrasting Contest experiences

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-03-03. When she was barely 20 years old, Dutch singer Edsilia Rombley got her first large taste of international acclaim. Already a

[Archive 2017-01-02] Tyrus Wong, Bambi artist, dies at 106

Historical Wikinews report from 2017-01-02. On Friday, Tyrus Wong, a Chinese-US painter who inspired the style of Disney animated film Bambi, died at home of natural cau

[Archive 2008-02-12] U.S. entertainment writers' strike may end this week

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-02-12. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, which has crippled entertainment productions in Hollywood since November, may be o

[Archive 2019-06-20] U.S. heiress, designer, and author Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95

Historical Wikinews report from 2019-06-20. U.S. heiress Gloria Vanderbilt died on Monday at the age of 95, her son Anderson Cooper announced. She had advanced stomach c

[Archive 2005-10-19] U.S. isolated in opposition to cultural diversity treaty

Historical Wikinews report from 2005-10-19. The United States has become increasingly isolated this week in its stance against a new treaty designed to protect and promo

[Archive 2010-12-24] U.S. vice president Joe Biden says positive consensus on same-sex marriage is 'inevitable'

Historical Wikinews report from 2010-12-24. In an interview on the United States television show Good Morning America today, U.S. vice president Joe Biden said that a po

[Archive 2008-08-14] U2 fan ordered to destroy CDs

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-08-14. A man living in South Wales, United Kingdom was ordered to destroy his entire music collection after creating a ruckus by lis

[Archive 2007-01-18] UK Celebrity Big Brother loses sponsorship over racism allegations

Historical Wikinews report from 2007-01-18. In the United Kingdom, The Carphone Warehouse, Celebrity Big Brother's sponsor, has pulled out after some of the reality TV s

[Archive 2009-08-19] UK film board rejects Japanese horror 'Grotesque'

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-08-19. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has refused to issue a certificate for Grotesque. The move makes it illegal t

[Archive 2008-05-31] UK group Liberty, Edinburgh city council on Scientology 'cult' signs

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-05-31. The United Kingdom-based human rights group Liberty and the City of Edinburgh Council in Scotland have weighed in on the righ

[Archive 2025-02-10] UK heavy metal band Black Sabbath announces final performance with original lineup

Historical Wikinews report from 2025-02-10. On Wednesday, it was announced that the UK heavy metal music act Black Sabbath was scheduled to play a final show with the ba

[Archive 2012-12-05] UK police charge presenter Stuart Hall over indecent assault allegations

Historical Wikinews report from 2012-12-05. In the United Kingdom, Lancashire Constabulary have charged television and radio presenter Stuart Hall with three counts of i

[Archive 2010-04-17] UK politician Nick Clegg wins historic first televised political debate

Historical Wikinews report from 2010-04-17. Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has been unofficially declared the winner of the first televised election de

[Archive 2008-06-07] UK tabloid Daily Star pays libel damages to Ozzy Osbourne

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-06-07. The Daily Star, a tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom, has paid an undisclosed amount of libel damages to Ozzy Osbourne s

[Archive 2007-06-14] UK TV star Michael Barrymore re-arrested over pool death probe

Historical Wikinews report from 2007-06-14. United Kingdom entertainer and former television presenter Michael Barrymore, 55, and two other men have been arrested on sus

[Archive 2009-12-22] UK Wikinews Shorts: December 22, 2009

Historical Wikinews report from 2009-12-22. A man has appeared in a court case regarding the murder of a woman from Glasgow, Scotland. Khalid Mamoun Sarwar, aged 28, app

[Archive 2010-03-26] UK's ITV cancels police drama "The Bill" after 27 years

Historical Wikinews report from 2010-03-26. British television network ITV announced today that it will cancel long running police drama The Bill. The Bill is one of the

[Archive 2007-05-20] UK's Radio 1 "Big Weekend" closes, sinister plot game continues

Historical Wikinews report from 2007-05-20. Europe's largest free ticketed music event, Radio 1's Big Weekend, today drew to a close after two days of entertainment and

[Archive 2008-01-25] "Unauthorized" Tom Cruise bio hits number one on Amazon.com, New York Times best sellers list

Historical Wikinews report from 2008-01-25. Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, has hit the numbe