LOS ANGELES: Actress Laura Linney, the female cast members of TV drama “Mad Men” and directors Sofia Coppola and George Lucas were named on Monday as winners of Hollywood’s annual Crystal and Lucy Awards, which honour women’s achievement in film. The Women in Film ...

Yet another day dawns in this perpetual journey of life floating and roaring, while things around me seem to be falling, crumbling and giving way to endless sufferings. As Marquis de Sade, the French novelist, puts it: “Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)Television series drama “Mad Men” and comedy “Modern Family,” last year’s winners in their respective categories, were again among the top nominees for primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday. Advertising show “Mad Men,” pulled in 17 ...

A NEW blood test to identify the human form of mad cow disease is being developed by British scientists.  Researchers have created the test for the deadly variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which is being offered to British patients for the first time. Experts said the test represented ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will the Mad Men of US television score a second Emmy best drama victory and can anyone stop comic actress Tina Fey and 30 Rock? The US television industry bestows its highest honors on Sunday at the 61st Prime Time Emmy Awards in a ceremony hosted by actor Neil Patrick ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel must have tremendously powerful weapons to deter a nuclear attack or destroy an enemy that dares to launch an atomic strike, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted on Thursday as saying. National security adviser Uzi Arad, in comments to ...

SLEEPING problems such as insomnia can leave you more prone to depression, attention deficit disorder and post traumatic stress, say scientists. Adults with depression are five times as likely to have difficulty breathing when asleep, but it had long been assumed that poor sleep was a symptom ...

LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets had mixed fortunes Friday, with fearful investors groping for direction at the end of a mad month of wild volatility and huge losses amid fears a deep recession lies ahead. Equities in Frankfurt, London, New York and Paris have all plunged by between 15-17 ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Period drama "Mad Men" scooped the top honour at the 60th Emmy Awards here Sunday as politics took centre stage at the US television industry's annual equivalent to the Oscars. The critically acclaimed cable series " about the workings of a New York advertising agency in the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online)- A rare genetic mutation may underlie some cases of mad cow disease in cattle and its discovery may help shed light on where the epidemic started, U.S researchers reported. The mutation, in an Alabama cow that tested positive in 2006 for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ...