Bill Cosby hunkers down as scandal rages

New York  — After Bill Cosby settled a civil lawsuit in 2006 alleging that he'd repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman, his image as America's dad may have been temporarily tarnished, but was far from destroyed.
But in recent weeks as allegations of other sexual assaults have taken hold in published reports and on social media, his rock-solid persona seems in danger of permanent erosion.
"It's not like, if you have goodwill, you can borrow against that," says Eric B Dezenhall, a Washington-based crisis management consultant. "And if your goal is to get everybody to un-remember what they just heard — well, that's just not doable."

Zayn Malik is furious over drug allegations

Los Angeles - Zayn Malik is "angry and upset" after being accused of having a drug problem.

The 21-year-old singer is "gutted" to have missed a promotional trip to America to plug One Direction's new album Four after falling ill over the weekend and was horrified when his bandmates were quizzed on live TV about the unsubstantiated allegations.

Angelina Jolie says new film Unbroken is an antidote to hate and violence

Sydney - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said Tuesday she wanted her World War II epic Unbroken, which was filmed in Australia, to act as an antidote to the violence and hate in the world.

Jolie thrilled fans when she walked the red carpet with husband Brad Pitt for the Sydney premiere of the movie, which is based on the true story of a US Olympic athlete turned Japanese prisoner of war.

Band Aid 30 raises £1m in just five minutes for Ebola!

Los Angeles - The Band Aid 30 single raised £1m in just five minutes.
Organiser and co-writer Bob Geldof admits the pre-release demand for the reworked version of Do They Know It's Christmas Time? - which was debuted during The X Factor results show on Sunday has been "bonkers" and he is overwhelmed by the response so far.

Kafando sworn in as Burkina Faso transitional leader

Ouagadougou - Michel Kafando was sworn in as transitional president of Burkina Faso on Tuesday, faced with the task of leading the West African country to elections in a year following a brief military takeover.

The former foreign minister, who will be barred from standing at the elections, is set to name a prime minister on Wednesday and together they will appoint a 25-member government, according a transition timetable.