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Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dead at 96 Posted: 15 Dec 2013 08:10 PM PST December 16, 2013 This photo dated September 5, 1983 shows US actress Joan Fontaine at a press conference during the 9th American Film Festival of Deauville. - AFP pic, December 16, 2013.Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine (pic), whose film career was marked by a long-running rivalry with her sister, Olivia de Havilland, died yesterday at age 96 at her home in Carmel, California, Hollywood's two trade publications reported. The Hollywood Reporter said Fontaine's death from natural causes was confirmed by the star's assistant, Susan Pfeiffer. Among Fontaine's most memorable films was the Alfred Hitchcock picture "Suspicion", co-starring Cary Grant, for which she won an Academy Award in 1942, beating out her older sister in the competition. The honour gave Fontaine the distinction of being the only performer, actor or actress, ever to win an Academy Award for a starring role in one of Hitchcock's many movies. De Havilland, who was nominated that year for "Hold Back the Dawn", went on to win two Oscars of her own for leading roles in the 1946 film "To Each His Own" and the 1949 picture "The Heiress". Fontaine also earned Oscar nominations for her star turns in Hitchcock's 1940 thriller "Rebecca", co-starring Laurence Olivier, and the 1943 romantic drama "The Constant Nymph", opposite Charles Boyer. Fontaine appeared mousy and innocent in her early movies but later carefully selected her roles and went on to play worldly, sophisticated women. - Reuters, December 16, 2013.

Obamas, stars come out for Christmas in Washington show Posted: 15 Dec 2013 05:17 PM PST December 16, 2013 US President Barack Obama (second left) and his family are greeted by a team of elves made up of former patients of the Children's National Medical Centre, as they arrive for the 'Christmas in Washington' television benefit programme at the National Building Museum in Washington, yesterday. - Reuters pic, December 16, 2013. President Barack Obama mixed the Christmas spirit and the X-Men movies yesterday at a taping of a holiday show that included performances from a host of stars from Sheryl Crow to the Backstreet Boys. Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia attended the taping of "Christmas in Washington", an annual concert that benefits the Children's National Medical Centre. The show is to air on television network TNT on December 20. With Hugh Jackman playing the host of the programme, Obama could not resist connecting the actor to the Wolverine character he has played in the X-Men movies. "I want to thank our host Hugh Jackman for keeping our safety in mind by leaving Wolverine's claws at home," he said. "It can't be easy to wrap presents with those things; good for carving up roast beast though," Obama said. The show's lineup included performances of holiday favourites by the Backstreet Boys, singers Sheryl Crow and Janelle Monae, and actress Anna Kendrick. - Reuters, December 16, 2013.

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