OSCAR-WINNING composer John Barry, who wrote the scores for Out of Africa and numerous Bond films including Goldfinger, has died at the age of 77, his family said on Monday.

A huge rock, some 500-metres-long, hit Jupiter and created a hole the size of the Pacific Ocean, roughly the equivalent of Jupiter’s Little Red Spot, scientists say.

A bad taste in music can really ruin a relationship, say researchers.

Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has bought a $14 million palazzo in Venice after falling in love with the city while shooting his film The Tourist there.

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood feels uncomfortable watching his children play because he feels he is much older than the other parents.

A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.

Women never change, it seems. They spend more on their looks than on their health, a new survey has revealed.

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s son Charlie Gilmour has been charged with violent disorder and theft of a mannequin leg during a protest by students against the hike in university fees last Decem

Astronomers have claimed that a planet discovered in 2010 is the hottest ever found in the universe, where the temperature is a scorching 3,200ºC.

Indian diplomat Anil Verma, who is accused of allegedly assaulting his wife, has a history of violent behaviour, his wife Paromita’s uncle Robert Chase has claimed.
“Following the attack on my niece Paromita, when she was hospitalised, I tried to inform the high commission of India of the situation and of Mr Verma’s violent behaviour,” Mr Chase said in a statement to this newspaper released by Ms Verma’s lawyers late on Thursday.