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Stelian Tanase: I'm Bucharest's prisoner, I couldn't forget it even if I moved out

Bucharest has preserved up to now the character it had in the past as a crossroads, a crossing and a passage, writer Stelian Tanase tells an interview with the AGERPRES National News Agency for the 'MY CITY, BUCHAREST' project.

Photo: (c) RADU TUTA/ AGERPRES FLOW

Joan Rivers, queen of US 'comediennes,' dies aged 81

Joan Rivers, the caustic stand-up comic and television host who blazed a trail at a time when comedy was all but off-limits to women, died in New York on Thursday. She was 81.
      
The award-winning star had been in Mount Sinai Hospital since August 28, when she reportedly stopped breathing during a medical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York.
      

Sofia Vergara tops TV actress rich list

"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid US TV actress for the third year in a row, earning some $37 million, according to a 2014 list published Wednesday.
      
The 42-year-old earned significantly more than the top paid actor, Ashton Kutcher, who made some $26 million, according to Forbes magazine, known for celebrity and other rich lists.
      

Member of audiovisual watchdog indicted for influence peddling

Anticorruption prosecutors have indicted Narcisa Iorga, a member of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA, broadcast media supervising authority) for influence peddling or abuse of authority for personal or third party profits, in a case also involving Viorel Hrebenciuc, a parliament member of the Social Democratic Party.

INTERVIEW: Razvan Theodorescu: Bucharest is, for me, the most beautiful city in the world

Bucharest is the most beautiful city in the world, combining the occidental and oriental styles, said Academician Razvan Theodorescu, the head of the Department for Art, Architecture and Audiovisual of the Romanian Academy, in an interview with AGERPRES, as part of the project 'MY CITY, BUCHAREST.'

Hollywood superstars targeted in photo hack

Nude photos purportedly showing many top stars, including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Rihanna, bounced around social media on Aug. 31, in an apparent massive hacking leak, U.S. media reported. “It’s so weird and hard how people take your privacy away from you,” Lawrence said in a tweet. The actress’ agent, meanwhile, vowed to take legal action.

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