When we played with him in the yard, Mother would come out and say, "You’re tearing up the grass”. “We’re not raising grass," Dad would reply.  "We’re raising boys."…is the household tale. Though he is always been accused of spoiling us, he continues to spoil. “MY DADDY STRONGEST and he has the unprecedented powers to make impossible possible for me”… And thus they are our super-dad’s. Our televisions super-dad’s share their fatherly experience with us. 

Real woman in Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” is very ill; helped by Julian Lennon

LONDON — They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck.

Francis Ford Coppola casts fresh face Alden Ehrenreich in starring role in ‘Tetro’

CANNES, France — Alden Ehrenreich has a short but impressive resume.

Danny Boyle inks 3-year deal with Fox Searchlight, Pathe Pictures

WASHINGTON - Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has signed a three-year producing deal with Fox Searchlight and Pathe Pictures, which will co-finance and co-distribute the British filmmaker’s future films.

US writer Michael Thomas wins IMPAC Dublin literary award for debut novel ‘Man Gone Down’

DUBLIN, Ireland — American writer Michael Thomas won one of the world’s most lucrative literary prizes Thursday for his debut novel “Man Gone Down.”

Tom Hanks to revisit D-Day site for TV documentary

LONDON - Tom Hanks is so fascinated by world history that he is all set to revisit the D-Day landings for a new TV documentary.

French minister: Picasso sketchbook stolen at Paris museum will be hard to sell

PARIS — A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso stolen from the Paris museum bearing his name will be hard for thieves to sell, France’s culture minister said Wednesday.

Lauryn Hill cancels all European tour dates this summer due to health reasons

STOCKHOLM — Festival organizers say hip-hop and R&B singer Lauryn Hill has canceled all tour dates in Europe this summer for health reasons.

Notebook of Picasso sketches, worth millions, stolen from Paris museum

PARIS — A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso has been stolen from a specially locked glass case in the Paris museum that bears the painter’s name, authorities said Tuesday.

French official says notebook of Picasso sketches, worth millions, stolen from museum

PARIS — A police official says a notebook full of Pablo Picasso’s sketches worth several million euros (dollars) has been stolen from the Paris museum that bears the painter’s name.

Movie Review: ‘Imagine That,’ Eddie Murphy stars in an enjoyable family comedy

LOS ANGELES — The words “Eddie Murphy family comedy” are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover.

Paris Air Show organizers expect big turnout despite cutbacks by some in industry

PARIS — Organizers of next week’s centennial Paris Air Show said Monday the world’s biggest aviation industry gathering won’t be diminished by the global economic crisis, which has hit the aviation industry hard.

Dying Manson cultist who killed Sharon Tate seeks parole, but hearing postponed until Sept.

LOS ANGELES — Susan Atkins was expected to succumb to brain cancer months ago, but the former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for killing actress Sharon Tate nearly four decades ago still clings to life.

Hollywood movie producers embrace Digital 3-D; theater owners trying to catch up

SACO, Maine — To hear the folks in Hollywood talk about it, improved 3-D technology and the quality films that are quickly lining up behind it represent nothing short of a moviegoing revolution. Tell that to the folks who still live hours from the nearest 3-D-equipped theater.

‘Home’ documentary about planet’s ecosystem takes risk for Gucci leather handbag maker PPR

LOS ANGELES — A new film about human excess and its impact on Earth’s fragile ecosystem debuts Friday, marking an unusual risk for its financial backer, one of the planet’s biggest retailing conglomerates, France’s PPR SA.

Obama a perfect guest for a French president who loves America and craves the limelight

PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy is a big fan of the United States and makes no secret of his craving for the limelight. Enter Barack Obama, the perfect guest.

Prince Charles to attend D-Day commemoration in France after row over royal ’snub’

LONDON — Prince Charles’ office said Tuesday that he will attend a D-Day commemoration in France this week after a diplomatic spat over the omission from the guest list of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

White House wants Queen Elizabeth II to attend D-Day ceremonies despite French snub

WASHINGTON — The White House wants Queen Elizabeth II at D-Day ceremonies later this week.

Johnny Depp wants a beer belly

BEIJING - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp says he wants to acquire a “beer belly”.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star daydreams about eating and drinking whatever he likes when he eventually retires from movies with a beer belly adorning his torso, reports China Daily.

Johnny Depp wants to retire as a normal man with a beer belly

NEW DELHI - Johnny Depp knows what he wants to do after retiring from his acting career, and that is to grow some grey hair and a beer belly.

‘The White Ribbon’ wins Cannes’ Palme d’Or

CANNES - Austrian director Michael Haneke Sunday won the Palme d’Or for best film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for his movie “Das Weisse Band” (The White Ribbon), a chilling story about rural Germany in the buildup to World War One.

Paris Hilton misplaces her phone…again

WASHINGTON - Paris Hilton is upset after misplacing her BlackBerry during her trip to France.

The 28-year-old hotel heiress, who’s currently in the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival, was spotted rushing through Antibes’ Hotel Du Cap in the early hours of Friday, searching for her missing gadget.