Despite the many millions of records he has sold in his career and as famous as he was in his heyday, Frankie Valli says that he's finally feeling some real love and respect. Only now, as the story of Valli and the Four Seasons has been immortalized in the Broadway hit "Jersey Boys" and is on its way to becoming a worldwide juggernaut, does the 74-year-old say he and his brethren are getting their due.
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Swedish pop group ABBA will never reform despite the success of "Mamma Mia!", the musical and film based on their hits, former member and songwriter Bjoern Ulvaeus said in an interview. Ulvaeus, who along with Benny Andersson wrote songs like "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo", told the Sunday Telegraph he wanted fans to remember the band as "young, exuberent, full of energy and ambition". 
US actor and producer Robert De Niro spoke out at a film festival here Saturday against a threatened strike by film and television actors. "I do not think it is good time to be striking now," he said during a news conference at the Karlovy Vary film festival in the west Czech spa town. "I personally think it is not a good idea to strike." 
Malaysian singer Gary Chaw and Tanya Chua of Singapore scooped top honours Saturday at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards, dubbed the Chinese-language Grammys. Chaw saw off favourites Eason Chan and Khalil Fong of Hong Kong as well as Taiwanese rocker Shin to receive the Best Mandarin Male Singer accolade for his album "Super Sunshine." 
The strange teenage cult of manga, the Japanese world of fantasy cartoons and their gaming and toy offshoots, came to Paris at the weekend, with tens of thousands of youngsters queuing up -- and dressing up -- for this year's Japan Expo. Looking the part, where devotees engage in the world of so-called "cosplay" (an amalgam of "costume" and "play" as in role-playing), is at least as important as turning up. 
A wax figure of Adolf Hitler had its head ripped off soon after the opening of a new branch of Madame Tussauds in Berlin on Saturday, police said. A 41-year-old Berliner was arrested and faces charges of causing criminal damage and bodily harm, after he pushed away a security guard and a museum official who tried to stop him, spokesman Uwe Kozelnik said. AP
Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to "come and get me" in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion. Speaking outside his Santa Barbara mansion, the 68-year-old told Australia's Ten Network television "they should build a statue of me up there at the tax office." Overcoming prejudices lingering since World War II between Japanese and Americans is the theme of a new film featuring and co-produced by American actor Danny Glover. "The Harimaya Bridge," filmed in Kochi, southwestern Japan and San Francisco, is scheduled for worldwide release next year, Glover told the Foreign Corespondents' Club in Japan earlier this week. Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded. Indianapolis residents watched in 1911 as two trains purposely collided at full speed, the locomotive personnel bailing out before the crash. Historian James Heintze can tick off colorful accounts of how the nation has celebrated the Fourth of July over the years: In the 19th century, canons fired, church bells sounded and fireworks exploded. Indianapolis residents watched in 1911 as two trains purposely collided at full speed, their conductors bailing out at the last minute. Hollywood's fighting cartoon panda is a hit in the furry animal's home country. The American animated movie "Kung Fu Panda" has made nearly 110 million Chinese yuan (US$16 million) at the Chinese box office as of Wednesday, according to its distributors. Other Entertainment Stories
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Despite the many millions of records he has sold in his career and as famous as he was in his heyday, Frankie Valli says that he's finally feeling some real love and respect. Only now, as the story of Valli and the Four Seasons has been immortalized in the Broadway hit "Jersey Boys" and is on its way to becoming a worldwide juggernaut, does the 74-year-old say he and his brethren are getting their due.
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Venus Williams outhit younger sister Serena to claim her fifth Wimbledon crown in exhilarating fashion here on Saturday. The defending champion recovered from a whirlwind start by her younger sister to land her seventh Grand Slam title courtesy of a 7-5, 6-4 win.
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