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Crowe and ‘Noah’ filmmakers attend papal audience Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:16 PM PDT The actor famed for playing a Roman gladiator in Ridley Scott's 2000 film tweeted pictures of himself at the audience with the makers of the blockbuster, appearing pleased to be back in "a city where they treat me like a prodigal son". "Ciao Roma, my love for your eternal light just grows deeper. Thank you holy father for the blessing," he said on Twitter. Paramount, the studios behind the film, had reportedly been hoping to arrange a screening of the film and private audience for the makers with the pope, but Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said he had no knowledge of the request. The film has already angered some Christian institutions in the United States, with Crowe's reportedly unconventional portrayal of the pre-flood patriarch. Egypt's top Islamic body has also slammed it as irreligious and said it should not be screened in the country. "Noah", which also stars Emma Watson, Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Connelly, is released in the United States on March 28. The huge success of the film "Gladiator" saw a spike in the number of visitors to Rome's Colosseum, from one million people a year, to around six million. – AFP, March 20, 2014. |
New York coroner confirms L’Wren Scott’s suicide Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:06 PM PDT Scott, 49, a former model turned fashion designer, was found dead in her luxury apartment in Manhattan on Monday. Following an autopsy carried out on Tuesday, the New York coroner's office confirmed what had been widely reported since news of Scott's death broke. "Decedent: L'Wren Scott. Cause of death: Hanging. Manner of death: Suicide," a coroner's office spokeswoman confirmed to AFP by email. Jagger, 70, is reported to have travelled to New York following Scott's death, which forced the indefinite postponement of the Rolling Stones's tour of Australia and New Zealand. The veteran rocker on Tuesday said he was "struggling to understand" why Scott, who he had been dating for well over a decade, would take her own life. It has emerged that Scott's fashion design business was millions of dollars in debt at the time of her death. A spokesman for Jagger has dismissed a report in the New York Post tabloid which said the rocker had recently broken up with Scott. "This is a complete and utter fabrication and a result of ill-informed gossip at this tragic time for Mick. It is absurd and not true," Jagger's spokesman Bernard Doherty said. – AFP, March 20, 2014. |
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