US First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Qatar on Monday as part of a two-country Mideast tour.

She plans to visit a crucial air base in America's war against the Islamic State group and give a speech on the importance of girl's education.

Obama touched down in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Monday night, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported, without elaborating.

She is scheduled to give a speech on Wednesday on her 'Let Girls Learn' initiative at the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.

From Qatar, Obama will travel to Jordan and visit a school supported by the US Agency for International Development with Queen Rania.

She also plans to visit Petra, an ancient city hewn from rose-coloured rock that's a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Obama is travelling without the president, her daughters or other immediate family members on this week's trip.

US First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Qatar on Monday as part of a two-country Mideast tour.

She plans to visit a crucial air base in America's war against the Islamic State group and give a speech on the importance of girl's education.

Obama touched down in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Monday night, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported, without elaborating.

She is scheduled to give a speech on Wednesday on her 'Let Girls Learn' initiative at the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.

From Qatar, Obama will travel to Jordan and visit a school supported by the US Agency for International Development with Queen Rania.

She also plans to visit Petra, an ancient city hewn from rose-coloured rock that's a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Obama is travelling without the president, her daughters or other immediate family members on this week's trip.

AP TELEVISION

Doha - 2 November 2015

1. US presidential plane on tarmac

2. Airstair, covered in red carpet, being moved towards plane

3. Woman walking down steps, followed by US First Lady Michelle Obama, greeting Qatari officials and getting into car

4. Convoy of vehicles leaving

SHOTLIST (including transcript):-

AP Entertainment

New York, 11 September 2014

1. Wide of Cantor Fitzgerald office building, pan up

2. Med shot of Ben Stiller posing for photo with fan on Cantor Fitzgerald trading floor

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Stiller/Actor:

"I wanted to just be a part of the - I've done it a couple of years. I've done it I guess - I guess I did it in 2011 and we do a lot of work down in Haiti, work that happened after the earthquake and I think it's just having this event is a good thing because it gives people a chance to sort of reflect on what happened and try to do something positive."

4. Med shot of Ben Stiller talking to a trader on the phone on Cantor Fitzgerald trading floor

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Stiller/Actor:

"I think it's always a day where you remember and being a New Yorker - I think anybody has a feeling about it - so I think this is a great thing where you can just come back and do something that sort of honors everybody who was affected, you know?"

6. Medium of Michael J. Fox posing for photographers

7. Medium of Fox talking to reporters

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael J. Fox/Actor:

"What always comes back to me is the shock, just the shock of it, that our world could be turned upside down in an instant. And that again reinforces the idea that these moments that we have, these hours and days and weeks and months and years that we have, to be able to do something and make it count, make it important, is the greatest bulwark against something that shocking happening. We can't prevent that all the time, but we can be strong in our response and people have done that. That's what I take away from it."

8. Med shot of Swizz Beatz signing the Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day board

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Swizz Beatz/Recording Artist, Music Producer:

"It just lets you know the type of world we live in and that even with my wife's (Alicia Keys) new song 'We Are Here' - that song is a message to encourage people to stay positive in a world where you might not have so many positive people. So the song is a message: We are here. She just released a video and actually they did it today as the moment of silence, on Z-100, I think it was like 40 different stations.So it was pretty amazing."

10. Medium of Zosia Mamet posing for photographers

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Zosia Mamet/Actress;

"Yeah, I mean I think it absolutely... time always gives it perspective and healing. But I think New York particularly, more so than anywhere else in the world, is a city that in times of need really bands together. And they're so proud and they're so loyal, New Yorkers, and I think that it really goes to show, every year, it's not something that's ever forgotten. It's something that's remembered even more so as time goes on. And that's really why I wanted to be here today, you know?"

12. Med shot of John Slattery talking with a fan at Cantor Fitzgerald

13. SOUNDBITE (English) John Slattery/Actor:

"I was, my son, talking to him about it last night, it was his first day of school. I lived in the West Village, and the prominent feature of my view outside the window was the World Trade Center. I saw the plane, second plane... you know, it was a terrible day for a lot of people here, a lot of people everywhere. So I was talking with him about it, 15-years-old, it would have been his first day of school, it was his first day of school, they cancelled school obviously, but yeah, it's hard to believe it was that long ago. The passage of time does strange things to events like this."

14. Med shot of Michelle Williams walking into Cantor Fitzgerald lobby

15. Med shot of camera monitor with shot of Michelle Williams on viewfinder

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Williams/Actress:

"I'm here on behalf of Opening Act, which is an organization that brings theatre into high-needs schools in Brooklyn and in the Bronx. And I'm also here because it's, you know, on September 11th, it's hard to figure out what to do, how to commemorate the day. And this is a way that I can pass it in good conscience."

17. Medium of Steve Buscemi signing the Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day board

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Buscemi/Actor:

"I get comfort out of being with the firefighters each year on 9/11. I just came from the firefighter breakfast at Engine 55 and the Battalion 2 mass. There were over, you know, 30 members that were lost in Battalion 2, five of them were in Engine 55. It's sad, but we all get comfort from being together."

19. Wide of trading floor

CELEBRITIES COME OUT FOR ANNUAL 9/11 CHARITY DAY

Michael J. Fox, Michelle Williams and Swizz Beatz were among some of the entertainers who attended the annual Charity Day at Cantor Fitzgerald.

The event takes place each year on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on America in 2001. More than 650 employees of the financial firm were killed when two airplanes flown by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center.

In their honor, the company donates all of its revenue earned on September 11 to various charities, some of them chosen by the celebrities.

"I'm here on behalf of Opening Act, which is an organization that brings theatre into high-needs schools in Brooklyn and in the Bronx," said actress Michelle Williams. "And I'm also here because it's, you know, on September 11th, it's hard to figure out what to do, how to commemorate the day. And this is a way that I can pass it in good conscience."

New York City native Ben Stiller feels the same way.

"I think it's always a day where you remember and being a New Yorker - I think anybody has a feeling about it - so I think this is a great thing where you can just come back and do something that sort of honors everybody who was affected, you know?" he said, before walking the trading floor and greeting Cantor Fitzgerald employees.

Actor Michael J. Fox, whose Parkinson's charity -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation -- benefits from the day, said 9/11 always reminds him that individuals can make a difference.

"What always comes back to me is the shock, just the shock of it, that our world could be turned upside down in an instant. And that again reinforces the idea that these moments that we have, these hours and days and weeks and months and years that we have, to be able to do something and make it count, make it important, is the greatest bulwark against something that shocking happening," he said. "We can't prevent that all the time, but we can be strong in our response and people have done that. That's what I take away from it."

"Girls" actress Zosia Mamet put it another way:

"I think New York particularly, more so than anywhere else in the world, is a city that in times of need really bands together," she said. "And they're so proud and they're so loyal, New Yorkers, and I think that it really goes to show, every year, it's not something that's ever forgotten. It's something that's remembered even more so as time goes on. And that's really why I wanted to be here today."

US First Lady Michelle Obama met with American troops in Doha on Tuesday when she visited the Al-Udeid Air Base with comedian and late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien.

The base in Qatar hosts the forward headquarters for US Central Command, as well as aircraft involved in the military campaign targeting Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq.

The US First Lady spoke with soldiers stationed at the base as she prepares to deliver a speech on Wednesday as part of her "Let Girls Learn" initiative at the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.

US First Lady Michelle Obama met with American troops in Doha on Tuesday when she visited the Al-Udeid Air Base with comedian and late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien.

The base in Qatar hosts the forward headquarters for US Central Command, as well as aircraft involved in the military campaign targeting Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq.

The US First Lady spoke with soldiers stationed at the base as she prepares to deliver a speech on Wednesday as part of her "Let Girls Learn" initiative at the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education, sponsored by the Qatar Foundation.

AP TELEVISION

Al-Udeid Air Base, Doha - 3 November 2015

++INTERIOR SHOTS++

1. Tracking shot of US First Lady Michelle Obama and US comedian and talk show host Conan O'Brien arriving to meet American troops, pan to seated troops applauding

2. Obama and O'brien speaking to troops

3. Wide of Obama and O'brien taking their seats amongst soldiers

4. Various of Obama talking with soldiers

++NIGHT SHOTS++

5. Obama walks on stage, embraces soldier and waves to cheering troops

6. Wide of audience, some waving US flags

7. Various of Obama addressing troops

English/Nat

NOW'S THE TIME TO SNAP UP THAT LITTLE VERSACE NUMBER FOR OSCAR NIGHT

Just days before the American Academy Awards, Christie's in New York auctioned off 54 dresses, evening gowns and ensembles worn by famous actresses at earlier Oscars.

The charity auction raised nearly 800 thousand dollars for the American Foundation for AIDS research.

The highest price - 167-thousand-500 dollars - was fetched by Elizabeth Taylor's dress, worn at the 1969 Academy Awards and designed by Edith Head.

The Academy Awards, affectionately known as the Oscars, have become synonymous with glamour and each ceremony is now renowned for presenting the pinnacle of the year's fashion.

Christie's auction house in New York decided to use this pseudo fashion event to host a charity auction called "Unforgettable: Fashion of the Oscars" to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

The gala event presented a stunning selection of 54 of the most beautiful -- and sometimes the most outrageous -- dresses worn to the Academy Awards by some of the most distinguished actresses.

The highest price was fetched by a periwinkle blue and violet faille crepe evening dress designed by Edith Head and worn by Elizabeth Taylor in 1969.

A dress by Madonna brought the second highest price, at nearly 80 thousand dollars.

The third highest price was paid for a dress worn by Kate Winslet, nominated for best supporting actress in Titanic.

Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Glenn Close and Sharon Stone were just some of the Academy Award winners, nominees, presenter and guests who opened their closets and donated their Oscar couture gowns to help amfAR's work in AIDS research.

After rigorous bidding, Mattel Inc. bought the dress for over 150 thousand dollars, but not without stiff competition from A-M-C, American Movie Classics.

Madonna's black silk faille and dove-grey tulle evening ensemble, designed by Olivier Theyskens and Jean Paul Gaultier brought in the second highest price of the evening, just shy of 80 thousand dollars.

The dress worn by Kate Winslet, nominated for best supporting actress in 1997 for her role in "Titanic," brought in the third highest price of 57-thousand-500 dollars.

Designed by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, the forest green silk crepe marocain and duchesse silk satin evening ensemble was bought by American Movie Classics.

Almost immediately after appearing in the dress, Winslet was dubbed a "Hollywood heavyweight, " implying she was fat by the industry's standards.

For this reason, Lane Bryant, the largest plus-size retailer in the U-S had high hopes for acquiring the dress, in order to make a statement about what it calls "the outrageous standards set for women's bodies at the end of the 20th century. "

Other highlights of the auction included a dress made of 171 gold American Express credit cards, worn by Lizzy Gardiner at the 1994 Academy Awards.

Ms. Gardiner won an Oscar for Best Costume Design with Tim Chappel, for the "Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."

The oldest dress sold at auction was originally worn by Janet Leigh in 1959.

The silver beaded dress was designed by Edith Head and sold for 30 thousand dollars.

The world auction record for a dress is 222-thousand-500 dollars, paid for a dress worn by the late Princess Diana.

Location: Los Angeles

Date: 18 March 1999/File

MS DRESSES ON DISPLAY;ZOOM OUT FROM 1969 PHOTO OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR; CLOSE UP LIZ TAYLOR DRESS; MS PEOPLE TAKING PHONE BIDS; MS AUCTIONEER STRIKING FINAL PRICE; CU PHOTOS ON WALL, PULL OUT TO WS AUCTION ROOM; MS MADONNA'S DRESS; WS BIDDERS UNDER PHOTO OF MADONNA AT OSCARS; FILE MADONNA AT OSCARS; FILE KATE WINSLET AT OSCARS; MS KATE WINSLET DRESS; MS AUCTIONEER GIVING FINAL PRICE; SOT CATHERINE LIPPINCOTT, SPOKESWOMAN, LANE BRYANT; WS AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD DRESS; TILT UP DRESS; WS AUCTION ROOM

English/Nat

Just days before the American Academy Awards, Christie's in New York auctioned off 54 dresses, evening gowns and ensembles worn by famous actresses at earlier Oscars.

The charity auction raised nearly 800 thousand dollars for the American Foundation for AIDS research.

The highest price - 167-thousand-500 dollars - was fetched by Elizabeth Taylor's dress, worn at the 1969 Academy Awards and designed by Edith Head.

The Academy Awards, affectionately known as the Oscars, have become synonymous with glamour and each ceremony is now renowned for presenting the pinnacle of the year's fashion.

Christie's auction house in New York decided to use this pseudo fashion event to host a charity auction called "Unforgettable: Fashion of the Oscars" to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

The gala event presented a stunning selection of 54 of the most beautiful -- and sometimes the most outrageous -- dresses worn to the Academy Awards by some of the most distinguished actresses.

The highest price was fetched by a periwinkle blue and violet faille crepe evening dress designed by Edith Head and worn by Elizabeth Taylor in 1969.

A dress by Madonna brought the second highest price, at nearly 80 thousand dollars.

The third highest price was paid for a dress worn by Kate Winslet, nominated for best supporting actress in Titanic.

Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Glenn Close and Sharon Stone were just some of the Academy Award winners, nominees, presenter and guests who opened their closets and donated their Oscar couture gowns to help amfAR's work in AIDS research.

After rigorous bidding, Mattel Inc. bought the dress for over 150 thousand dollars, but not without stiff competition from A-M-C, American Movie Classics.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"Well we had thought that it would go for around a hundred thousand to maybe a hundred and twenty five thousand. So we were prepared to go up, a little over budget to 140, and lost. But it's all for a good cause."

SUPER CAPTION: Kate McEnroe, President, AMC and RC

Madonna's black silk faille and dove-grey tulle evening ensemble, designed by Olivier Theyskens and Jean Paul Gaultier brought in the second highest price of the evening, just shy of 80 thousand dollars.

The dress worn by Kate Winslet, nominated for best supporting actress in 1997 for her role in "Titanic," brought in the third highest price of 57-thousand-500 dollars.

Designed by Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, the forest green silk crepe marocain and duchesse silk satin evening ensemble was bought by American Movie Classics.

Almost immediately after appearing in the dress, Winslet was dubbed a "Hollywood heavyweight, " implying she was fat by the industry's standards.

For this reason, Lane Bryant, the largest plus-size retailer in the U-S had high hopes for acquiring the dress, in order to make a statement about what it calls "the outrageous standards set for women's bodies at the end of the 20th century. "

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"Well, we really wanted to bid on the Kate Winslet dress because she wore it at a time when everyone was calling her fat. And Lane Bryant starts at a size 14. And we really wanted to buy the dress, travel with it around the country and show our customers how skewed and warped Hollywood's sense of body image is. And this is a beautiful, voluptuous woman, and she looked gorgeous."

SUPER CAPTION: Catherine Lippincott, Spokeswoman, Lane Bryant

Other highlights of the auction included a dress made of 171 gold American Express credit cards, worn by Lizzy Gardiner at the 1994 Academy Awards.

Ms. Gardiner won an Oscar for Best Costume Design with Tim Chappel, for the "Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."

The oldest dress sold at auction was originally worn by Janet Leigh in 1959.

The silver beaded dress was designed by Edith Head and sold for 30 thousand dollars.

The world auction record for a dress is 222-thousand-500 dollars, paid for a dress worn by the late Princess Diana.

New York, USA - 10th & 18th March 1999

March 18 1999

1. Wide shot of Christie's auction room

2. Zoom into auctioneer

March 10 1999

3. Medium shot of dresses on display

March 18 1999

4. Zoom out of 1969 photo of Elizabeth Taylor

5. Close up of Elizabeth Taylor's dress

6. Wide shot of auction room

7. Medium shot of telephone bidders

8. Medium shot of auctioneer striking final price

9. Close up of bidding board

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kate McEnroe, President of American Movie Classics and The Romance Channel

11. Close up of photos on wall, pull-out to wide shot of auction room

12. Medium shot of Madonna's dress

13. Wide shot bidders under photo of Madonna at Academy awards

14. Medium shot of bidders

15. Close-up bidder in audience

16. Medium shot of auctioneer

17. Close-up of currency board

18. Wide shot of audience

19. Close-up of cameraman

20. Medium shot Kate Winslet's dress

21. Wide shot of auctioneer

22. Medium shot of bidders

23. Medium shot of auctioneer giving final price

24. Wide shot of audience

25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Catherine Lippincott, Spokeswoman, Lane Bryant

26. Wide shot, American Express Card dress

27. Pan up dress

28. Close-up of currency board

29. Close-up of audience

30. Close-up of catalogue

31. Wide shot of zoom to Janet Leigh's dress

32. Medium shot of bidder in audience

33. Medium shot of auctioneer giving final price

English/Nat

It was a case of the prince and the pauper when the heir to the British throne met an old schoolmate in London on Thursday.

Prince Charles was visiting the offices of "The Big Issue" - a magazine sold by the homeless - when he was introduced to Clive Harold.

The two had last met 44 years ago when they were pupils at the posh London preparatory school Hill House.

Both their lives have undergone big changes since then.

While on his tour of the Big Issue Offices, Clive Harold introduced himself to the Prince Charles.

They Royal appeared taken aback when Harold noted he had attended London's Hill House School with the prince 44 years ago.

They talked for some time about their school days and the Prince heard how Clive's life had taken a downward turn about ten years ago.

Clive had come from a privileged background, living in the most desirable part of London, opposite a member of the English Royal family.

Clive had told the Prince that selling the magazine had brought discipline back into his life, "It gives people a purpose and discipline in their lives."

He sells the Big Issue outside a train station in London, and at this time of year he dons a red Father Christmas hat, which he asked the Prince to try on.

Prince Charles, not surprisingly, politely refused.

Clive Harold had a philosophical reaction to his meeting with the Prince, finding similarities in their respective lives, despite them being poles apart.

SOUNDBITE: (English)

"It was strange, because my family home is in Launceston Place and Princess Margaret lived opposite , you know, and it was all......it was all up, up an running. He went to Gordonstone, and I went to Millfield, and it was, you know...and the idea that we would meet 44 years later, and I'd be on the streets, he'd be obviously where he is now...erm...

it was, it was strange, it was strange. But he was very encouraging, and he enjoys the project here, as I do, and because he's been through his own pain , and you know his life has taken all sorts of twists and turns, as mine has, we sort of had a...... we sort of had a meeting of minds"

SUPER CAPTION: Clive Harold, former school colleague and Big Issue vendor

Prince Charles went on to tour the jobs education and training section of the Big Issue Foundation, the company's charity wing.

The Big Issue has become an overwhelming success, founded in London it can now be bought in most of Europe's capitals.

Vendors of the publication receive a proportion of the cover price, which gives them a small income, a degree of self respect, but most importantly a sense of purpose.

London, England 4th December 1997

1. Prince Charles' car arriving outside offices of "The Big Issue".

2. Charles gets out and enters building.

3. Charles enters room and is greeted by Clive Harold and other Big Issue vendors

4. Charles seated talking to Clive.

5. Cutaway copy of The Big Issue in Charles' hands, pullout to show both men.

6. Cutaway two vendors listening.

7. Clive wearing his red Father Christmas hat, suggesting Prince Charles try it on.

8. Charles leaving room.

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clive Harold, former fellow pupil of Prince Charles

10. Woman holding pile of Big Issue magazines, pan to see Prince Charles entering room

where he buys a copy of the magazine from a seated vendor.

Natural Sound

Allan Boesak, one of the most visible figures during the anti-apartheid struggle, was convicted on Wednesday of stealing money donated to fight white rule, including funds from singer Paul Simon.

Boesak was found guilty on four counts of fraud or theft totalling 400-thousand dollars and acquitted on 23 other charges.

Judge John Foxcroft pronounced guilty of one count of fraud and one of theft in the Simon case.

Singer Paul Simon donated two hundred thousand dollars to the Foundation for Peace and Justice charity, headed by Boesak, after a South African concert tour in 1988.

But Boesak only passed one hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars on to charity and Judge Foxcroft ruled that Boesak had used the remainder for his own purposes.

Foxcroft said that part of the problem had been that trustees and donors had been blinded by Boesak's "larger than life personality" and reputation.

He also said Boesak was guilty of the theft of 226-thousand U-S dollars donated by a Swedish government aid agency.

The money was supposed to have gone to make voter-education videos but was used instead to develop a radio studio to be used by his wife, Elna.

Boesak was also found guilty of taking a total of 93-thousand U-S dollars to help buy houses in the upmarket Cape Town suburbs of Vredehoek and Constantia and giving 4-thousand-200 U-S dollars to Elna.

Foxcroft took almost three hours to read through the 27 charges one by one.

Boesak showed little emotion and refused to comment to reporters.

The former head of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches was accused of taking more than 300-thousand U-S dollars for himself and misusing a further 2-point-42 (m) million dollars donated to the Foundation for Peace and Justice charity he headed.

Boesak faces an unspecified fine or jail term - defence lawyer Mike Maritz said no decision had yet been made on an appeal.

Boesak's conviction comes after his bookkeeper Freddie Steenkamp was jailed for six years after embezzling cash from the Foundation.

Once a top African National Congress leader in the Cape Town area, Boesak played a leading role in the anti-apartheid struggle that ended in the country's first all-race elections in 1994.

He gave up an appointment as ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva when the scandal involving his charity emerged.

Cape Town, South Africa March 17 1999

1. Wide-shot exterior Cape High Court

2. Mid-shot sign reading "High Court"

3. Wide-shot press outside court

4. Mid-shot Boesak and wife Elna arrive in car

5. Close-up supporters looking on

6. Wide-shot crowds milling outside court

7. Mid-shot Boesak gets out of car, puts on jacket and greets the media

8. Wide-shot Boesak and Elna climbing steps to court and hugging well-wisher

9. Close-up cutaway cameraman

10. Close-up policeman guarding court

11. Mid-shot crowds outside court

12. Mid-shot Boesak and Elna leave court building

13. Wide-shot Boesak pushing through crowd

14. Wide-shot pushing

15. Wide-shot Boesak in crowd

16. Close-up Elna and Allan talking to their lawyer

17. Close-up same

LEADIN

Art worth millions of dollars is about to go on sale in New York.

The highlight of the Sotheby's auction is a rare Andy Warhol, which is expected to sell for around $60 million plus works Picasso, and the first portrait of Prince Charles by a Chinese artist.

STORYLINE

Sotheby's isn't pulling any punches, it hits you as soon as you enter the gallery.

Warhol's Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) is definitely the star attraction of this sale.

The auction house estimates it'll fetch in excess of $60 million dollars when it goes under the hammer.

This huge work of art has only been seen in public once in 26 years.

The 1963 silkscreen measures 8 feet by 13 feet and is a print of multiple photographs that show the aftermath of a car crash when the vehicle hit a tree.

Art critics say it is one of Warhol's most important pieces.

On November 13th in New York, Tobias Meyer, the principal auctioneer and the worldwide head of contemporary art will bring his hammer down this sought after work.

Meyer says: "It's Warhol at the core of what he does which is deal with life and fame and death. Andy Warhol was an artist who commented of every aspect of that time American life but really global life. And what he does here is he uses a very cruel image of a car crash and makes it into a monumental history painting like 'Guernica' by Picasso or 'The Raft of Medusa' by Gericault. It's about human nature that sometimes fails, but in its failing expresses also beauty."

He adds: "As you stay away, you see a cascading black imagery of the car crash juxtaposed with the real empty reflective panel on the right and what people have said many times is when they die they see white light. It's that kind of painting."

Sotheby's says the global art market is thriving, but while art is a good investment Meyer say's these aren't the sort of paintings that will be stored until they increase in value.

He says: "I have in my whole career never been able to sell a masterpiece of this calibre to somebody who just bought it for investment. All of them end up on the wall and people live with them, because you won't spend this amount of money on a object that you don't emotionally relate to. If you want to then invest you by real estate."

Warhol fans will be spoilt, the gallery has his icons including actress Elizabeth Taylor and the Statue of Liberty

The sale is a glitzy event.

As well as the modern and contemporary artworks like Juan Munoz's Conversation Piece V, there a lot here that alludes to the world of pop like Ornamental Despair, which was painted for Joy Division's Ian Curtis.

The auction will also launch another of it's 'RED' sales set up by rock star Bono in collaboration with designers Sir Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson to raise cash to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

The sale contains the most unusual items like this pair of Christian Louboutin boots.

There's also a Dom Perignon Oenotheque 1966 Magnum in Custom red cooler and a suitcase set by Ive and Newson.

Deputy Chairman Oliver Barker says: "The pinnacle, if you like, is the collaboration between Jony and Marc because these are really the sort of Michelangelo and Donatello of their particular moment. And they've built a desk together, which is extraordinary, it's a collaborative piece that's unique in the world there's only one of one as it were. The other one is a Leica camera that they've built together literally from the ground upwards. Which, I think they spent something like two-hundred-thousand man hours sort of working on and putting into research and development and it's an exceptional work."

Among the most striking works here are Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother.

It shows the woman in a traditional Chairman Mao suit while her brother is taking chances with a western image topped off by the red tie.

The painting is next to a portrait of Mao by Yan Pei-Ming.

One of the most famous of the Chinese artworks here is Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 26.

They are all loaded with political comment.

Barker says: "Chinese contemporary art is being taken very on a global level to the extent that the price is now are very, very close to the masters of western late-twentieth century art as well. So, I think that the interesting thing about the marketplace now is that the taste for difficult subject matter is perhaps at a more acceptable level than its been ever before. People want to be challenged, this is not a superficial taste-making moment."

Yan Pei-Ming is the first artist to paint a portrait of Britain's Prince Charles.

The work is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Mimi Foundation Cancer Charity.

As well as the edgy and political works like these the sale contains one of the most celebrated Picasso's.

This is a portrait of the artist's mistress just as she became pregnant.

Sotheby's expert Simon Shaw says: "This is a really important pivotal moment in Picasso's life he meets Marie-Therese in 1927 that's in 1935 it's when Maya's born. But she's really been the muse for the past seven or eight years of his work at this point."

Lichtenstein will also boost cash from the sale, but one of the most celebrated artworks to come under the hammer is Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego which has centre stage in the gallery.

It's expected to fetch up to $50 million (US) which Andreas Gursky's panoramic photographs are estimated to fetch million more.

London, 11 October 2013

1. Mid of doormen opening doors to zoom into wide of Andy Warhol's Silver Car Crash ( Double Disaster)

2. Close of Silver Car Crash

3. Wide of Tobias Meyer looking at Silver Car Crash

4. Close pan from Meyer to detail of Silver Car Crash

5. Low mid of Meyer walking away from Warhol painting

6. SOUNDBITE ( English): Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art & principal auctioneer, Sotheby's

"It's Warhol at the core of what he does which is deal with life and fame and death. Andy Warhol was an artist who commented of every aspect of that time American life but really global life. And what he does here is he uses a very cruel image of a car crash and makes it into a monumental history painting like 'Guernica' by Picasso or 'The Raft of Medusa' by Gericault. It's about human nature that sometimes fails, but in its failing expresses also beauty."

7. Close pan up of Silver Car Crash

8. SOUNDBITE ( English): Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art & principal auctioneer, Sotheby's

"As you stay away, you see a cascading black imagery of the car crash juxtaposed with the real empty reflective panel on the right and what people have said many times is when they die they see white light. It's that kind of painting."

9. Various close showing body in Silver Car Crash

10. SOUNDBITE ( English): Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art & principal auctioneer, Sotheby's

"I have in my whole career never been able to sell a masterpiece of this calibre to somebody who just bought it for investment. All of them end up on the wall and people live with them, because you won't spend this amount of money on a object that you don't emotionally relate to. If you want to then invest you by real estate."

11. Wide of Warhol's prints of Statue of Liberty, Turquoise Car Crash and actress Elizabeth Taylor

12. Close tilt up of Elizabeth Taylor

13. Close pull to focus of Taylor's eye

14. Close of Statue of Liberty

15. Close of turquoise crash

16. Close tilt from champagne in glasses to one sculpture from of artist Juan Munoz's Conversation Piece V

17. Close from champagne being poured to "Ornamental Despair (painting for Ian Curtis) copied from The Stars Like Dust 1986 by Chris Foss

18. Close of the above

19. Tilt up from metal sculpture by John Chamberlain (1979) to painting by Chris Foss

20. Wide of central gallery

21. Mid of Oliver Barker walking into gallery and smiling at Christian Louboutin boots

22. Close pan from Barker to boots

23. Close of red version of Hermes iconic Cavale Saddle with custom red stitching

24. Wide of the Red Auction installation including Dom Perignon Oenotheque 1966 Magnum in Custom red cooler and suitcase set by Jony Ive and Mark Newson

25. SOUNDBITE ( English): Oliver Barker, deputy chairman, Sotheby's Europe

"The pinnacle, if you like, is the collaboration between Jony and Marc because these are really the sort of Michelangelo and Donatello of their particular moment. And they've built a desk together, which is extraordinary, it's a collaborative piece that's unique in the world there's only one of one as it were. The other one is a Leica camera that they've built together literally from the ground upwards. Which, I think they spent something like two-hundred-thousand man hours sort of working on and putting into research and development and it's an exceptional work."

26. Various of Louboutin boots

27. Wide of Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother, 1996 (left) next to Mao painted in 1960 by Yan Pei-Ming

28. Close tilt up of Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother

29. Wide of Wide of Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother with drill in foreground

30. Low wide of Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 26

31. Close pan of faces on Mask Series 26

32. Wide of gallery with Love sculpture by Robert Indiana in foreground

33. SOUNDBITE ( English): Oliver Barker, deputy chairman, Sotheby's Europe

"Chinese contemporary art is being taken very on a global level to the extent that the price is now are very, very close to the masters of western late-twentieth century art as well. So, I think that the interesting thing about the marketplace now is that the taste for difficult subject matter is perhaps at a more acceptable level than its been ever before. People want to be challenged, this is not a superficial taste-making moment."

34. Wide of gallery for Mimi Foundation auction with painter Yan Pei-Ming's portrait of Prince Charles at centre

35. Various close of Prince Charles portrait

36. Wide of Tenderness, sculpture made from knives by Farhad Moshiri (right) next to Chalk or Charcoal by Pascale Marthine Tayou

37. Close of knives in Tenderness sculpture

38. Close of Library 4 by Liu Wei

39. Wide of Liu Wei sculpture in front of Immersion by Jagannath Panda

40. Wide of gallery with Prince Charles portrait (right) and sculpture of crouching policeman by Wang Du in background

41. Wide zoom into Paradise Lost metal sculpture showing stabbed heart by Entang Wiharso

42. Various of giant applique by Madein Company called Night Walk Palace

43. Wide Pan of Wang Du's police siege sculpture called Image Gruguite with collage in background by Ramin Haerizadeh called Emperor's New Dress

44. Various close of policemen sculptures by Wang Du

45. Close of collage by Ramin Haerizadeh called Emperor's New Dress - We Choose To Go To the Moon

46. Wide of gallery with Magic Ball by Takashi Murakami

47. Close of detail from Magic Ball by Takashi Murakami

48. Close of sculpture called Peaked Cap by Takashi Murakami

49. Wide zoom into Love sculpture by Robert Indiana

50. Close of Reclining Figure by Henry Moore

51. Close zoom out from Tete de Femme by Pablo Picasso

52. Close of Picasso portrait

53. Close of Picasso signature

54. Mid rear view of Simon Shaw in front of Picasso painting

55. Close of Shaw

56. Zoom into Picasso as Shaw exits shot

57. SOUNDBITE ( English): Simon Shaw, head of Impressionist and Modern Art, Sotheby's

"This is a really important pivotal moment in Picasso's life he meets Marie-Therese in 1927 that's in 1935 it's when Maya's born. But she's really been the muse for the past seven or eight years of his work at this point."

58. Various of Roy Lichtenstein's Puzzled Portrait

59. Wide of gallery, Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego central on plinth with Bruce Marden's The Attended (right) and Gerhard Richter's A.B. Courbet behind

60. Wide of Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego in foreground of Gerhard Richter's A.B. Courbet

61. Various of Giacometti sculpture

62. Wide low view of Anthony Gormley sculpture Fill on floor

63. Various of Andreas Gursky's prison photograph Stateville Illinois

GAGA ON THOUSAND OAKS SHOOTING: 'ANOTHER REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER'

The union representing actors was celebrating its own Thursday (8 NOVEMBER) night in Beverly Hills.

But many attendees acknowledged they were somber in the wake of news from a city just 35 miles northwest.

Wednesday night, 12 were killed during a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks nightclub. Authorities identified the shooter as a former U.S. Marine who was armed with a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock 21 handgun.

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better," said recording artist and actress Lady Gaga. "There is so much that we need to do in this world," she continued.

Gaga, widely considered a current awards-season contender for her performance in the musical "A Star is Born," was among those honored by The SAG-AFTRA Foundation at its annual Patron of the Artists Awards.

The Foundation, which provides assistance to union members in need, also honored studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, director Spike Lee and actor Harrison Ford.

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership," noted Ford, referring to US President Donald Trump's response to the shootings. "It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

Director Lee, himself buzzed as an awards-season contender for "BlacKkKlansman," a sometimes-humorous commentary on modern-day America that Lee refuses to call a "comedy."

When asked about the Wednesday tragedy, Lee said "this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff."

"He set the tone. And his base his following up on it, and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

Emmy winner Henry Winkler, an event attendee, said the latest shooting was "Unbelievable."

"We can spend a lot of money and send troops to the border for an invasion that isn't happening. But we can do nothing about the incredible loss of life that is happening with such frequency - for real in our country."

Veteran Malaysian superstar Michelle Yeoh, now riding high in Hollywood thanks to the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery" and the box-office hit "Crazy Rich Asians," said, "It's so heartbreaking for, you know, families to have to deal with this. And, often enough, I don't understand your gun rules, and I don't claim to understand it at all, because, you know, in Asia, we just don't have. It is not allowed. And why do you have to carry weapons that are even bigger and stronger than your police force? You know, I don't understand that. And when you can buy guns so easily, it's very scary when the people who are mentally not stable still have access to that. I hope your government, your president will protect his people better, because you deserve to be protected."

Beverly Hills, Calif., 8 November 2018

1. Wide Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

2. Arrivals-line backdrop with logo: SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Patron of the Artists Awards

3. Lady Gaga arrives, poses for photographers

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lady Gaga, recording artist/actress/honoree, on the mass shooting Wednesday (7 NOVEMBER) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.:

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better. There is so much that we need to do in this world. But what I really believe is No. 1 is making mental health a global priority. And this is something that I care very much about, and that I will speak about this evening."

5. Harrison Ford poses for photographers

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harrison Ford, actor/honoree:

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership. It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

7. Spike Lee poses for photographers

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Spike Lee, director:

"Well, I think that this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff. He set the tone. And his base his following up on it., and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

(Reporter: "Do you think the elections will make any difference?")

Lee: "The midterm? Yes. Yes. It's going to be a showdown."

9. Henry Winkler and Spike Lee pose for photographers

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Henry Winkler, actor:

"It's unbelievable. And, so, we can spend a lot of money and send troops to the border for an invasion that isn't happening. But we can do nothing about the incredible loss of life that is happening with such frequency, for real in our country."

(Reporter: "So, what's the solution?")

Winkler: "The solution is caring about the population and not just a base."

11. Michelle Yeoh poses for photographers

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Yeoh, actress:

"It's so heartbreaking for, you know, families to have to deal with this. And, often enough, I don't understand your gun rules, and I don't claim to understand it at all, because, you know, in Asia, we just don't have. It is not allowed. And why do you have to carry weapons that are even bigger and stronger than your police force? You know, I don't understand that. And when you can buy guns so easily, it's very scary when the people who are mentally not stable still have access to that. I hope your government, your president will protect his people better, because you deserve to be protected."

12. Adam Driver, Spike Lee and studio chief/honoree Jeffrey Katzenberg pose for photographers

English/Nat

The Prince of Wales and his long term companion Camilla Parker Bowles attended a semi-official engagement together on Tuesday evening.

It was the first time they stepped out together in public at such a formal event.

But their symbolic gesture was marred by a vocal anti-monarchist protest.

Prince Charles and his companion on Tuesday hosted a private gala dinner in honour of the Prince's foundations in the United Kingdom and the United States.

They arrived at the headquarters of the Prince's Foundation in a newly-restored warehouse in Shoreditch, east London, in the same car.

In front of around 100 photographers, they walked the short distance down a red carpet into the building.

Camilla Parker Bowles, who smiled broadly, was wearing a pale pink embroidered full-length evening gown, believed to be by Versace.

The couple did not pose for photographers, despite pleas from the media.

At the same time, they turned a blind eye to a small but noisy group of anti-monarchy protesters who shouted and waved banners.

The demonstrators waved posters saying "Queen Mum Hurry Up and Die" - a reference to the Queen Mother, Charles' grandmother, who marks her 100th birthday this year.

Tuesday's event came just a couple of weeks after the Queen met Parker Bowles for the first time in years at a lunch for the former Greek monarch, King Constantine.

At that time, it was said she would not accompany the Prince on official engagements.

But the Shoreditch dinner was partly a private "thank you" for those who have supported both foundations.

The Prince of Wales Foundation in the U-S supports a variety of charitable issues which are close to the Prince's heart.

The Prince's Foundation in the U-K was set up a year ago as an umbrella group for all the architectural and environmental causes he sponsors.

Guests at Tuesday's event included fashion designers Donatella Versace and Valentino.

Model Elle Macpherson was also on the guest list along with actress Lauren Bacall and Sir Richard and Lady Branson.

The presence of Parker Bowles was another landmark in an increasingly successful campaign by Charles and his advisers to gain public acceptability for the woman who was blamed by Charles' ex-wife, the late Princess Diana, for the breakup of their marriage.

London, UK 20 June 2000

APTN

1. Car arrives, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles get out to jeering and booing and move quickly inside, photographers shout to them to come out but they do not

2. Anti-royal protesters with posters saying "Queen Mum Hurry Up and Die" and "Roll on the Republic", shouts of "Royal Scum"

3. Wideshot with member of Foundation Trust moving away from protesters

4. Wideshot police and protesters

5. Protesters with banner with caricatures of Prince Charles, Camilla Parker-Bowles and the Queen, shouts of "Prince Charles is just a racist" and "Get a real job, cops"

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Protester

7. Police standing in front of protesters

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Rae, Royal Correspondent for The Sun newspaper

POOL

9. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles arrive

10. Lauren Bacall arrives

11. Sir Richard and Lady Branson arrive

12. Donatella Versace

13. Elle Macpherson and Valentino arrive

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14. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles leave

PORTRAITS OF HOLLYWOOD MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

As Mother's Day approaches, a number of celebrities will be marking the holiday.

Demi Moore and daughter Rumer Willis, Phylicia Rashad and daughter Condola and Diana Ross and daughter Tracee Ellis Ross are all mothers and daughters in Hollywood.

Mother's Day in the United States is Sunday, May 14.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York, 15 May 2014 / Los Angeles, 11 January 2014

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1. Still image - Kelly Osbourne attends event and Sharon Osbourne attends an event

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New York, 15 May 2014

2. Still image - Sharon Osbourne attends an event

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Los Angeles, 11 January 2014

3. Still image - Kelly Osbourne attends event

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New York, 3 November 2015 / New York, 16 February 2017

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4. Still image - Christie Brinkley attends an event and Sailor Brinkley-Cook attends the Sports Illustrated 2017 launch event

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New York, 3 November 2015

5. Still image - Christie Brinkley attends an event

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New York, 16 February 2017

6. Still image- Sailor Brinkley-Cook attends the Sports Illustrated 2017 launch event

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West Hollywood, Calif., 2 March 2014 / Los Angeles, 4 March 2016

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7. Still image - Lisa Bonet attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party and Zoe Kravitz takes a photo while promoting 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant'

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West Hollywood, Calif., 2 March 2014

8. Still image - Lisa Bonet attends the Vanity Fair Oscar party

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Los Angeles, 4 March 2016

9. Still image - Zoe Kravitz takes a photo while promoting the film 'The Divergent Series: Allegiant'

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Los Angeles, 22 November 2008

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10. Still image - Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson attend 'CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute' awards show

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New York, 5 February 2014

11. Still image - Vanessa Redgrave attends the amfAR Gala

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Los Angeles, 22 November 2008

12. Still image - Joely Richardson attends the 'CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute' awards show

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Los Angeles, 12 February 2012 / Los Angeles, 4 August 2014

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13. Still image - Diana Ross posing as the recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and Tracee Ellis-Ross poses during Disney/ABC Critics Association summer press tour

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Los Angeles, 23 November 2014

14. Still image - Diana Ross presenting at 42nd annual American Music Awards

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Los Angeles, 4 August 2014

15. Still image - Tracee Ellis-Ross poses during Disney/ABC Critics Association summer press tour

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New York, 2 November 2015 / Nashville, Tenn., 10 June 2015

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16. Still image - Demi Moore attends the 12th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards and Rumer Willis attends the CMT Music Awards

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New York, 2 November 2015

17. Still image - Demi Moore attends the 12th annual CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards

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Nashville, Tenn., 10 June 2015

18. Still image - Rumer Willis attends CMT Music Awards

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Los Angeles, 7 May 2015

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19. Still image - Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley attend the movie premiere of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

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Los Angeles, 7 May 2015

20. Still image - Lisa Marie Presley attends the movie premiere of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

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Los Angeles, 7 May 2015

21. Still image - Riley Keough attends the movie premiere of 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

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Los Angeles, 7 February 2017 / 26 May 2012

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22. Still image - Ava Phillippe attends the Los Angeles premiere of HBO series, 'Big Little Lies' while Reese Witherspoon attends photo call for the film 'Mud' at the 65th Cannes festival

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Rome, 21 October 2007

23. Still image - Reese Witherspoon attends event

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Los Angeles, 30 October 2015

24. Still image - Ava Phillippe attends 29th American Cinematheque awards

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Los Angeles, 15 October 2012 / Los Angeles, 23 February 2013

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25. Still image - Peggy Lipton attends the 19th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood celebration and Rashida Jones attends Film Independent Spirit awards

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Los Angeles, 15 October 2012

26. Still image - Peggy Lipton attends the 19th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood celebration

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Los Angeles, 23 February 2013

27. Still image - Rashida Jones attends the Independent Spirit awards

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New York, 7 June 2015 / New York, 7 November 2016

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28. Still image - Phylicia Rashad arrives at the Radio City Music Hall for the 69th annual Tony Awards and Condola Rashad attends CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund Gala

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New York, 7 June 2015

29. Still image - Phylicia Rashad arrives at the Radio City Music Hall for the the 69th annual Tony Awards

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New York, 7 November 2016

30. Still image - Condola Rashad attends CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund Gala

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New York, 31 July 2013 / 2 November 2016

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31. Still image - Pat Cleveland attends special screening of 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' and Anna Cleveland attends Elton John AIDS Foundation's 15th annual An Enduring Vision Benefit

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New York, 31 July 2013

32. Still image - Pat Cleveland attends special screening of 'Lee Daniels' The Butler'

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New York, 2 November 2016

33. Still image - Anna Cleveland attends Elton John AIDS Foundation's 15th annual An Enduring Vision Benefit

GAGA ON THOUSAND OAKS SHOOTING: 'ANOTHER REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER'

The union representing actors was celebrating its own Thursday (8 NOVEMBER) night in Beverly Hills.

But many attendees acknowledged they were sombre in the wake of news from a city just 35 miles northwest.

Wednesday night, 12 were killed during a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks nightclub. Authorities identified the shooter as a former U.S. Marine who was armed with a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock 21 handgun.

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better," said recording artist and actress Lady Gaga. "There is so much that we need to do in this world," she continued.

Gaga, widely considered a current awards-season contender for her performance in the musical "A Star is Born," was among those honored by The SAG-AFTRA Foundation at its annual Patron of the Artists Awards.

The Foundation, which provides assistance to union members in need, also honored studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, director Spike Lee and actor Harrison Ford.

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership," noted Ford, referring to US President Donald Trump's response to the shootings. "It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

Director Lee, himself buzzed as an awards-season contender for "BlacKkKlansman," a sometimes-humorous commentary on modern-day America that Lee refuses to call a "comedy."

When asked about the Wednesday tragedy, Lee said "this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff."

"He set the tone. And his base his following up on it, and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

Emmy winner Henry Winkler, an event attendee, said the latest shooting was "Unbelievable."

"We can spend a lot of money and send troops to the border for an invasion that isn't happening. But we can do nothing about the incredible loss of life that is happening with such frequency - for real in our country."

Veteran Malaysian superstar Michelle Yeoh, now riding high in Hollywood thanks to the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery" and the box-office hit "Crazy Rich Asians," said, "It's so heartbreaking for, you know, families to have to deal with this. And, often enough, I don't understand your gun rules, and I don't claim to understand it at all, because, you know, in Asia, we just don't have. It is not allowed. And why do you have to carry weapons that are even bigger and stronger than your police force? You know, I don't understand that. And when you can buy guns so easily, it's very scary when the people who are mentally not stable still have access to that. I hope your government, your president will protect his people better, because you deserve to be protected."

Beverly Hills, Calif., 8 November 2018

1. Wide Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

2. Arrivals-line backdrop with logo: SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Patron of the Artists Awards

3. Lady Gaga arrives, poses for photographers

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lady Gaga, recording artist/actress/honoree, on the mass shooting Wednesday (7 NOVEMBER) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.:

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better. There is so much that we need to do in this world. But what I really believe is No. 1 is making mental health a global priority. And this is something that I care very much about, and that I will speak about this evening."

5. Harrison Ford poses for photographers

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harrison Ford, actor/honoree:

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership. It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

7. Spike Lee poses for photographers

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Spike Lee, director:

"Well, I think that this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff. He set the tone. And his base his following up on it., and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

(Reporter: "Do you think the elections will make any difference?")

Lee: "The midterm? Yes. Yes. It's going to be a showdown."

GAGA ON THOUSAND OAKS SHOOTING: 'ANOTHER REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER'

The union representing actors was celebrating its own Thursday (8 NOVEMBER) night in Beverly Hills.

But many attendees acknowledged they were somber in the wake of news from a city just 35 miles northwest.

Wednesday night, 12 were killed during a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks nightclub. Authorities identified the shooter as a former U.S. Marine who was armed with a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock 21 handgun.

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better," said recording artist and actress Lady Gaga. "There is so much that we need to do in this world," she continued.

Gaga, widely considered a current awards-season contender for her performance in the musical "A Star is Born," was among those honored by The SAG-AFTRA Foundation at its annual Patron of the Artists Awards.

The Foundation, which provides assistance to union members in need, also honored studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, director Spike Lee and actor Harrison Ford.

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership," noted Ford, referring to US President Donald Trump's response to the shootings. "It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

Director Lee, himself buzzed as an awards-season contender for "BlacKkKlansman," a sometimes-humorous commentary on modern-day America that Lee refuses to call a "comedy."

When asked about Wednesday tragedy, Lee immediately placed the blame on Trump.

"Well, I think that this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff," Lee said. "He set the tone. And his base his following up on it, and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

Emmy winner Henry Winkler, an event attendee, isn't a big fan of the current POTUS either.

"Unbelievable," commented the "Barry" actor. "We can spend a lot of money and send troops to the border for an invasion that isn't happening. But we can do nothing about the incredible loss of life that is happening with such frequency -- for real in our country."

Veteran Malaysian superstar Michelle Yeoh, now riding high in Hollywood thanks to the TV series "Star Trek: Discovery" and the box-office hit "Crazy Rich Asians," said, "It's so heartbreaking for, you know, families to have to deal with this. And, often enough, I don't understand your gun rules, and I don't claim to understand it at all, because, you know, in Asia, we just don't have. It is not allowed. And why do you have to carry weapons that are even bigger and stronger than your police force? You know, I don't understand that. And when you can buy guns so easily, it's very scary when the people who are mentally not stable still have access to that. I hope your government, your president will protect his people better, because you deserve to be protected."

Beverly Hills, Calif., 8 November 2018

1. Wide Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

2. Arrivals-line backdrop with logo: SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Patron of the Artists Awards

3. Recording artist/actress/honoree arrives, poses for photographers

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lady Gaga, recording artist/actress/honoree, on the mass shooting Wednesday (7 NOVEMBER) in Thousand Oaks, Calif.:

"Last night's shooting is another reminder that we have to do better. There is so much that we need to do in this world. But what I really believe is No. 1 is making mental health a global priority. And this is something that I care very much about, and that I will speak about this evening."

5. Actor/Honoree Harrison Ford poses for photographers

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Harrison Ford, actor/honoree:

"I wish that we could hear more appropriate language from our leadership. It's very sad. And my heart goes out to all those people."

7. Director/honoree Spike Lee poses for photographers

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Spike Lee, director:

"Well, I think that this guy in the White House is really responsible for all this stuff. He set the tone. And his base his following up on it., and gone overboard. So, we live in a very tricky moment in history the United States of America."

(Reporter: "Do you think the elections will make any difference?)

Lee: "The midterm? Yes. Yes. It's going to be a showdown.

9. Actor Henry Winkler and director/honoree Spike Lee pose for photographers

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Henry Winkler, actor:

"Unbelievable. And, so, we can spend a lot of money and send troops to the border for an invasion that isn't happening. But we can do nothing about the incredible loss of life that is happening with such frequency -- for real in our country."

(Reporter: "So, what's the solution?")

Winkler: "The solution is caring about the population and not just a base."

11. Actress Michelle Yeoh poses for photographers

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Yeoh, actress:

"It's so heartbreaking for, you know, families to have to deal with this. And, often enough, I don't understand your gun rules, and I don't claim to understand it at all, because, you know, in Asia, we just don't have. It is not allowed. And why do you have to carry weapons that are even bigger and stronger than your police force? You know, I don't understand that. And when you can buy guns so easily, it's very scary when the people who are mentally not stable still have access to that. I hope your government, your president will protect his people better, because you deserve to be protected."

12. Actor Adam Driver, director-honoree Spike Lee and studio chief/honoree Jeffrey Katzenberg pose for photographers

SHOTLIST(including transcript):-

AP Entertainment

London, 12 March 2013

1. Wide shot Russell Brand joins Mitch Winehouse at press conference

2. Mid shot Russell Brand at press conference

3. Wide shot press conference

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Russell Brand/Actor, Comedian:

"I think when you're talking to young people about drugs and alcohol what's important is not to moralize about it, or say 'Don't do drugs' or futile, impotent messages that don't reach young people, I think it's important just to address the reasons why people drink and take drugs in the first place, whether they're young or old. I remember when I was a kid, the reason drugs first became attractive to me was because I felt kind of lonely and felt sad. Now I've had access to abstinence based recovery, I know that there's a solution to the initial emotional problem that led me to drink and take drugs in the first place. So that's what I think is great about the Amy Winehouse Foundation."

5. Cutaway press camera

6. Wide shot Russell Brand and Mitch Winehouse pose for photographs

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father

"The event today, the Recovery Festival today, we announced the official launch of the Foundation and over the next 12 months we're in, we start with 50 schools, so we're building up slowly but we have 50 schools that we're going to be working with over the next year, working, again, as I say, talking to the parents, the teachers and the kids. Our people who are in recovery are delivering the shares" (sharing their own experiences) "and we believe that we have to do it slowly but surely, You know obviously there will be economies of scale and as we get bigger, everything else will get bigger as well but we won't rest until every child in secondary school is getting the information that they need to make the correct choices."

8. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father

"When we were struggling with Amy's illness, I didn't have a clue, I didn't know what I was doing and a lot of the way that I would express myself would be shouting and screaming. Which doesn't help anybody. You know we have to give people the information, allow them to understand the consequences of their behaviour, and allow them to decide when they stop taking drugs and to stop drinking. They have to make that decision, parents can't make the decision for them."

10. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitch Winehouse/Amy Winehouse's Father - on the forthcoming Camden Walk of Fame

"Yeah we're involved, it's going great, we have Amy's statue which is going to be unveiled in September, which we're working on at the moment so all of these things are exciting but of course Amy's not here. I wish we weren't doing the statue, I wish we weren't doing the schools educ - well I'm glad we're doing it, we should be doing the schools education project anyway, but I wish we weren't having to think about walks of fame and statues, and things like that, I wish she was here with us. But she's not, so we have to do the best that we can."

12. Wide shot Mitch Winehouse speaks to reporter

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MITCH WINEHOUSE AND RUSSELL BRAND LAUNCH DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS

Mitch Winehouse recalled his struggle with his daughter Amy's addiction, at the launch of a charity initiative to raise awareness of the problem amoung young people.

Russell Brand, a friend of the late singer, joined her father at the launch, in London on Tuesday (12 MARCH 2013)

Launched through the charity foundation set up in the late singer's memory, The Amy Winehouse Foundation's Resilience Programme has been set up with treatment charity Addaction, and aims to tackle the root causes of drug and alcohol problems.

Brand opened up about his own history of substance abuse at the press conference, to illustrate his belief that a non-judemental approach is key to educating young people,

"I think when you're talking to young people about drugs and alcohol what's important is not to moralise about it, or say 'Don't do drugs' or futile impotent messages that don't reach young people, I think it's important just to address the reasons why people drink and take drugs in the first place, whether they're young or old," said the actor. "I remember when I was a kid, the reason drugs first became attractive to me was because I felt kind of lonely, I felt sad. Now I've had access to abstinence based recovery, I know that there's a solution to the initial emotional problem that led me to drink and take drugs in the first place. So that's what I think is great about the Amy Winehouse Foundation."

The Foundation and Addaction say the new drug and alcohol awareness programme for schools will roll out in ten places across England.

A trained team of recovering addicts, supported by professional workers, will share their own experiences to help young people better understand drug and alcohol misuse.

The focus will be on self-esteem, risky behavior and peer pressure.

Amy Winehouse died in July 2011 from accidental alcohol poisoning.

Her father Mitch says working with the Foundation has helped him understand more about the disease of addiction.

"When we were struggling with Amy's illness, I didn't have a clue, I didn't know what I was doing and a lot of the way that I would express myself would be shouting and screaming. Which doesn't help anybody," he said. "You know we have to give people the information, allow them to understand the consequences of their behaviour, and allow them to decide when they stop taking drugs and to stop drinking. They have to make that decision, parents can't make the decision for them."

The late singer is now set to be posthumously honored a part of the new Camden Walk of Fame.

Due to be launched later this year by the London Borough of Camden, the Hollywood inspired Walk will feature discs honoring a range of music artists.

Winehouse confirms the idea has the family's backing - but he would rather be celebrating with a daughter still living.

"Yeah we're involved, it's going great, we have Amy's statue which is going to be unveiled in September, which we're working on at the moment so all of these things are exciting but of course Amy's not here," he said. "I wish we weren't having to think about walks of fame and statues, and things like that, I wish she was here with us. But she's not, so we have to do the best that we can."

Sotheby's isn't pulling any punches, it hits you as soon as you enter the gallery.

Warhol's Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) is definitely the star attraction of this sale.

The auction house estimates it'll fetch in excess of 60 million US dollars when it goes under the hammer.

This huge work of art has only been seen in public once in 26 years.

The 1963 silkscreen measures eight feet by 13 feet and is a print of multiple photographs that show the aftermath of a car crash when the vehicle hit a tree.

Art critics say it is one of Warhol's most important pieces.

On November 13th in New York, Tobias Meyer, the principal auctioneer and the worldwide head of contemporary art will bring his hammer down this sought after work.

Meyer says: "It's Warhol at the core of what he does which is deal with life and fame and death. Andy Warhol was an artist who commented of every aspect of that time American life but really global life".

Warhol fans will be spoilt, the gallery has his icons including actress Elizabeth Taylor and the Statue of Liberty.

The sale is a glitzy event.

As well as the modern and contemporary artworks like Juan Munoz's Conversation Piece V, there is a lot here that alludes to the world of pop like Ornamental Despair, which was painted for Joy Division's Ian Curtis.

The auction will also launch another of it's 'RED' sales set up by rock star Bono in collaboration with designers Sir Jonathan Ive and Marc Newson to raise cash to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Among the most striking works here are Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother.

It shows the woman in a traditional Chairman Mao suit while her brother is taking chances with a western image topped off by the red tie.

The painting is next to a portrait of Mao by Yan Pei-Ming.

One of the most famous of the Chinese artworks here is Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 26.

They are all loaded with political comment - perhaps a sharp visual contrast to these glossy Christian Louboutin boots.

Oliver Barker, deputy chairman, Sotheby's Europe says: "Chinese contemporary art is being taken very on a global level to the extent that the price is now are very, very close to the masters of western late-twentieth century art as well. So, I think that the interesting thing about the marketplace now is that the taste for difficult subject matter is perhaps at a more acceptable level than its been ever before. People want to be challenged, this is not a superficial taste-making moment."

Yan Pei-Ming is the first artist to paint a portrait of Britain's Prince Charles.

The work is expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Mimi Foundation Cancer Charity.

As well as the edgy and political works like these the sale contains one of the most celebrated of Picasso's paintings.

This is a portrait of the artist's mistress just as she became pregnant.

Sotheby's expert Simon Shaw says: "This is a really important pivotal moment in Picasso's life he meets Marie-Therese in 1927 that's in 1935 it's when Maya's born. But she's really been the muse for the past seven or eight years of his work at this point."

Lichtenstein will also boost cash from the sale, but one of the most celebrated artworks to come under the hammer is Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego which has centre stage in the gallery.

It's expected to fetch up to 50 million US dollars which Andreas Gursky's panoramic photographs are estimated to fetch millions more.

The art auction in New York, for which this exhibition was a preview, takes place 13 November.

London, 11 October 2013

1. Mid of doormen opening doors to zoom into wide of Andy Warhol's Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)

2. Close of Silver Car Crash

3. Wide of Tobias Meyer looking at Silver Car Crash

4. Close pan from Meyer to detail of Silver Car Crash

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art & principal auctioneer, Sotheby's

"It's Warhol at the core of what he does which is deal with life and fame and death. Andy Warhol was an artist who commented of every aspect of at that time American life but really global life."

6. Wide of Warhol's prints of Statue of Liberty, Turquoise Car Crash and actress Elizabeth Taylor

7. Close tilt up of Elizabeth Taylor

8. Close pull to focus of Taylor's eye

9. Close of Statue of Liberty

10. Mid of Turquoise Crash

11. Close tilt from champagne in glasses to one sculpture from of artist Juan Munoz's Conversation Piece V

12. Tilt up from metal sculpture by John Chamberlain (1979) to painting "Ornamental Despair (painting for Ian Curtis) copied from The Stars Like Dust 1986 by Chris Foss

12. Close of the above

13. Wide of Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother, 1996 (left) next to Mao painted in 1960 by Yan Pei-Ming

14. Close tilt up of Zhang Xiaogang's Bloodline: Sister and Brother

15. Low wide of Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 26

16. Close pan of faces on Mask Series 26

17. Wide of gallery with Love sculpture by Robert Indiana in foreground

18. Mid of Oliver Barker walking into gallery and smiling at Christian Louboutin boots

19. Various of Louboutin boots

20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oliver Barker, deputy chairman, Sotheby's Europe

"Chinese contemporary art is being taken very on a global level to the extent that the price is now are very, very close to the masters of western late-twentieth century art as well. So, I think that the interesting thing about the marketplace now is that the taste for difficult subject matter is perhaps at a more acceptable level than its been ever before. People want to be challenged, this is not a superficial taste-making moment."

21. Wide of gallery for Mimi Foundation auction with painter Yan Pei-Ming's portrait of Prince Charles at centre

22. Various Prince Charles portrait

23. Wide of Tenderness, sculpture made from knives by Farhad Moshiri (right) next to Chalk or Charcoal by Pascale Marthine Tayou

24. Close of knives in Tenderness sculpture

25. Close of Library 4 by Liu Wei

26. Wide of Liu Wei sculpture in front of Immersion by Jagannath Panda

27. Wide of gallery with Prince Charles portrait (right) and sculpture of crouching policeman by Wang Du in background

28. Close zoom out from Tete de Femme by Pablo Picasso

29. Close of Picasso portrait

30. Close of Picasso signature

31. Mid rear view of Simon Shaw in front of Picasso painting

32. Close of Shaw

33. Zoom into Picasso as Shaw exits shot

34. SOUNDBITE: (English) Simon Shaw, head of Impressionist and Modern Art, Sotheby's

"This is a really important pivotal moment in Picasso's life he meets Marie-Therese in 1927 that's in 1935 it's when Maya's born. But she's really been the muse for the past seven or eight years of his work at this point."

35. Various of Roy Lichtenstein's Puzzled Portrait

36. Mid of Reclining Figure by Henry Moore

37. Wide of gallery, Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego central on plinth with Bruce Marden's The Attended (right) and Gerhard Richter's A.B. Courbet behind

38. Wide of Alberto Giacometti's Grand Tete de Diego in foreground of Gerhard Richter's A.B. Courbet

39. Various of Giacometti sculpture

40. Wide low view of Anthony Gormley sculpture Fill on floor

41. Various of Andreas Gursky's prison photograph Stateville Illinois

JET LI'S LAWYERS WEIGH IN ON EMBEZZLEMENT ACCUSATIONS

Jet Li strikes back at allegations of embezzlement by posting letters from his attorney.

The 50-year-old Kung Fu star came under fire recently when a Chinese media company "April Media" accused him of embezzlement from One Foundation, a charity that he founded in 2007.

On April 22nd, April Media posted financial figures from 10 charity organizations in China, including One Foundation.

According to the chart, One Foundation received over $380 million RMB dollars for last year's Ya'an Earthquake relief.

However, it only forked out rougly 10% of the donation.

The headline asked, "Did Jet Li Embezzle $300 million of the Lushan Earthquake Fund?"

The weibo post generated a lot of discussion on China's cyberspace and prompted a reply from One Foundation.

One Foundation posted a statement online explaining that disbursing earthquake relief funds takes time and the post-earthquake reconstruction work is an on going process that requires careful and responsible planning.

It asks their supporters to be patient and promises that in a year or two, results of their work will be revealed.

Li first laughed off the allegations by jokingly asking if someone could teach him how to embezzle $300 million dollars and get away with it?

A day later, he took further measures to protect his name.

Li posted letters from his attorney on his Weibo account on April 24.

The letters, addressed to April Media, accuses the company of slandering Li with "baseless" allegations.

The lawyers believe that April Media's Weibo post has "negatively effected the public opinions of Mr.Li."

On behalf of Li, the lawyers asks that April Media remove the related posts on Weibo and issue an official apology to Li.

They also reserve the right to sue.

Lawyer of April Media, Wu Fa Tian responded and told the Associated Press that his client has not yet receive any indictment papers but will respond once they do.

Wu also added that Li's letters from the attorney only took attention away from the underlying question - where did the money go?

Wu said, "April Media simply made public the financial numbers of these charitable organization. These are facts, not made up� If they're going to solicit donations, they need to have the ability to follow through with execution. You need to deliver the money to the victims."

Li was inspired to start One Foundation after surviving the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsuanmi, while vacationing with family in the Maldives.

He was briefly separated from his daughter when the water swept their hotel but at the end, the family was unharmed.

One Foundation was Li's way of giving back to society.

After posting letters from his attorney on his Weibo account, Li received more than 6000 likes, retweets and comments.

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South Korea, 15 March 2006

1. Various Jet Li arriving, on stage

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Beijing, China 18 January 2006

2. FILE SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Jet L/Actor

"I think this ('Fearless') is going to be my last martial arts movie, as I have summarised my 'mind experience' of my martial arts career. I will act in a sci-fi movie, action movie, even so called Kung fu movies, but I am just an actor and I am just simply acting out the lives of other people in the movies."

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Hong Kong, 22 January 2006

3. Various Jet Li on stage

4. Cutaway

5. Jet Li with Ang Lee on stage

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Hong Kong, 27 April 2004

6. Various Jet Li receiving award

7. Wide shot Hong Kong

8. Jet Li on Avenue of Stars

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Venice, Italy, 2 September 2011

9. Wide shot Jet Li arrival on boat dock

10. Medium shot Jet Li walking in

11. Medium shot Jet Li signing autographs and then walking inside

12. Introduction of Jet Li at press conference

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Santo Domingo - 24 Jan 2010

1. Mid of Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean (left) and Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez (right)

2. Close of Jean

3. Close of Fernandez

4. Mid of Jean and Fernandez talking

5. Mid of American actor Vin Diesel

6. Various of meeting between Jean, Fernandez and Diesel

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vin Diesel, US actor:

"Well, we started an underground convoy where we actually shipped baby formula, medical supplies. We''ve been doing this for the last week. It was important for us to go over to Haiti. I arrived here last week and President Leonel Fernandez wanted me to go into Haiti, and I did, and my heart went out to our brothers and sisters there. I don''t think...I can''t imagine anyone going there not wanting to help."

8. Mid of Jean talking to the media

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American musician:

"The telethon we did in New York, we raised over 57 (m) million. It''s continuously going. I want to thank George Clooney. I worked with George Clooney a lot, putting that together, also Shakira, everybody, Madonna, everybody who participated in that. And also, I want to thank the world. I want to thank the DR (Dominican Republic), I want to thank...It feels like the whole entire world is coming together. So many telethons are going on, so much money is being raised, and you know, we did loose a lot of people in Haiti. I personally lost a lot of people. But understand that every time real change is about to happen it comes from the worst moment. So, I feel moving forward on now. I want everybody to know that we''re moving to the 21st century, and everybody that''s watching me right now that''s from the DR, you know what I''m saying, I want them to know that they are my brothers and they''re my sisters. They look like me. Look, we all look the same, you understand what I''m saying?"

10. Mid of Jean and Diesel

11. Mid of Jean talking to reporter

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WYCLEF AND VIN DIESEL MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Haitian born musician Wyclef Jean and American actor Vin Diesel met with the President of the Dominican Republic on Sunday (24 Jan 10) in continuing efforts to help the shattered Haitian nation following the devastating earthquake on 12 January.

Both celebrities thanked President Leonel Fernandez for his country''s immediate response to the disaster which has killed an estimated 200-thousand people, displaced many more and reduced much of Haiti to rubble.

Diesel said he been involved in getting shipments of aid into the country, and had witnessed first hand the misery there, visiting the island in the last few days under the request of Fernandez.

The American actor has visited Haiti many times and sponsors a film programme for young Haitians.

Wyclef Jean has been working tirelessly to raise money for the victims, taking part in Friday night''s all-star telethon, "Hope for Haiti Now," which so far has raised 57 (m) million US dollars.

His charity, The Wyclef Jean Foundation Inc., also known as the Yele Haiti Foundation, is one of the groups that will benefit from the evening''s donations.

Jean also thanked US actor and director George Clooney, who helped organize Friday''s event.

JUDGE: NO SLANDER IN ALEC BALDWIN'S COMMENTS ON PARKING SPAT

Alec Baldwin didn't slander a man in interviews about a parking dispute that turned physical, a judge has ruled as dueling lawsuits between the actor and the other driver continue.

Baldwin's remarks — including claims that Wojciech Cieszkowski's driving was "really fast," "really aggressive" and made the actor think his wife and son were about to be run over — were "hyperbole" and "rhetorical illustrations," Manhattan judge David B. Cohen wrote Thursday (26 DEC. 2019).

"They are words of frustration with someone's driving," not accusations that amount to slander, Cohen wrote.

He tossed out Cieszkowski's slander claim, but his assault and battery allegations can proceed toward trial. A message seeking comment was sent to Cieszkowski's attorneys.

Baldwin's lawyers, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, said Friday they were pleased with the decision.

The Emmy Award-winning actor pleaded guilty to harassment in the November 2018 confrontation. He went on to file a defamation suit of his own against Cieszkowski, a contractor.

The two clashed over a parking spot outside Baldwin's Manhattan apartment building. Cieszkowski said Baldwin hit him in the face, causing him "substantial pain" and headaches. Baldwin has said he "lightly pushed Cieszkowski in the chest" but did not seriously injure him.

Baldwin initially faced a misdemeanor attempted assault charge, but it was dropped. Harassment is a violation, the lowest level of offense.

After pleading guilty and agreeing to take an anger-management class, Baldwin commented on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Howard Stern Show."

"Did I have an argument with the guy? Yeah. I thought he was going to run over my wife with his car when he was stealing my parking spot," he said on "Ellen."

He similarly told Stern that he feared Cieszkowski "was going to hit my wife and my son" as the contractor "just went zip! — really fast and really aggressive" in taking the parking space.

"I thought what he did was impolite, bordering on dangerous," Baldwin said.

Cieszkowski said through his lawsuit that he never imperiled anyone. Baldwin's remarks essentially, and falsely, accused him of such crimes as reckless endangerment, he said.

For his part, Baldwin argues in court papers that Cieszkowski defamed him by falsely accusing him of a violent assault.

Baldwin has gotten into a number of public dust-ups over the years.

He was arrested in 1995 after being accused of slugging a photographer in Los Angeles, and he was thrown off a plane in 2011 after arguing with a flight attendant who asked him to stop playing a cellphone game.

Three years later, Baldwin was arrested in New York, where police said he became belligerent after being stopped for bicycling the wrong way on a one-way street. That case was eventually tossed out.

New York, 21 November 2019

1. Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria Baldwin pose for photos at the American Museum of Natural History gala

Los Angeles, 17 September 2017

2. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Emmys

New York, 7 November 2017

3. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's fall gala

New York, 22 October 2018

4. Wide of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin with their daughter Carmen on a red carpet

New York, 2 November 2015

5. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's fall gala

ALEC BALDWIN DUE IN COURT ON CHARGES HE PUNCHED OVER PARKING

Alec Baldwin is due in court in New York City for a hearing on charges that he slugged a man during a dispute over a parking spot in last fall.

The 60-year-old actor is scheduled to appear in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday (23 JANUARY 2019) morning. He's charged with misdemeanor attempted assault and harassment, a violation.

Baldwin has denied punching anyone in the Nov. 2 clash . The former "30 Rock" star's lawyer says he'll be vindicated by "incontrovertible video evidence ."

Police say the two started arguing and pushing each other after the man parked in a spot that Baldwin said a family member was holding for him.

Baldwin, who portrays President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live," has gotten into several public confrontations over the years. Some have led to legal trouble.

New York, 2 November 2018

1. Various of Alec Baldwin leaving police precinct and gets into car

2. Vehicle pulls away

3. Wide of '6th Precinct The City of New York Police Department' wording on wall

4. Zoom in on City of New York Police Department shield logo

5. Medium of door

6. Wide of police officer standing outside entrance door

New York, 7 Nov. 2017

7. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual fall gala

New York, 17 Sept. 2017

8. Various of Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin posing on the Emmys red carpet

New York, 22 Oct. 2018

9. Wide of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin with their daughter Carmen on a red carpet

New York, 2 Nov. 2015

10. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual fall gala

ALEC BALDWIN SET FOR COURT DATE IN PARKING-SPOT ASSAULT CASE

Alec Baldwin is due to answer assault and harassment charges in a New York court after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.

The actor is set to be arraigned Monday (26 NOV. 2018) on the misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has said any assertion that he punched anyone over a parking spot is false.

Baldwin was arrested on Nov. 2. Police were told a driver pulled into a Manhattan parking space that one of Baldwin's relatives was holding for him, and the two men started quarreling and pushing each other.

The other driver told police Baldwin punched or slapped him. The 49-year-old man was taken to a hospital complaining of jaw pain and redness around his neck.

Baldwin later tweeted the episode was "egregiously misstated."

FILE: New York, 2 November 2018

1. Various of Alec Baldwin leaving police precinct and gets into car

2. Vehicle pulls away

3. Wide of '6th Precinct The City of New York Police Department' wording on wall

4. Zoom in on City of New York Police Department shield logo

5. Medium of door

6. Wide of police officer standing outside entrance door

FILE: New York, 7 Nov. 2017

7. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual fall gala

FILE: New York, 17 Sept. 2017

8. Various of Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin posing on the Emmys red carpet

FILE: New York, 22 Oct. 2018

9. Wide of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin with their daughter Carmen on a red carpet

FILE: New York, 2 Nov. 2015

10. Various of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin arriving at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's annual fall gala