PARIS (AFP) ― Clothes fit for a star, designed by a star: Hollywood’s John Malkovich is opening a pop-up fashion store in Paris in the run-up to Christmas to showcase his new menswear line, his firm said Tuesday.Actor-director Malkovich will host a VIP party in Paris for the commercial launch of the Italian-made collection dubbed “Technobohemian by John Malkovich” before it goes on sale to the public from Dec. 5 to 24.First created three years ago, Malkovich’s clothes were until now on limited d

PARIS (AFP) ― Striking staff at Paris’ newly revamped Orsay Museum voted Tuesday to extend a protest which has kept the museum closed to thousands of would-be visitors for almost a week.Workers decided to extend their action launched last Thursday to demand 20 more people to staff the larger, renovated venue, whose world-leading impressionist collection draws three million visitors each year, the museum said.Twenty-five years after its creation in a century-old former railway station on the sout

ROME (AFP) ― A collection of dresses and other wardrobe treasures worn by Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn ― along with the scooter she immortalized in her breakout role in “Roman Holiday” ― goes on display Wednesday in Rome.The Vespa scooter on which Hepburn explored the Eternal City with co-star Gregory Peck ― the role that shot the petite and stylish British actress to international stardom ― is foremost among the items featured in the “Audrey in Rome” exhibition at the Ara Pacis museum.Alongsid

ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) ― Let’s face it: 7-0 is pretty good. Only nine other teams in NHL history have started a season that way.But if Tuesday’s longer-than-usual practice capped by perspiration-inducing sprints is any indication, the Washington Capitals see it only as a start.“A lot of teams would really be excited about winning six games in a row,” forward Brooks Laich said. “And, for us, we went to Philly and we won and we came home, there was no popping champagne or over-joyous celebrating

Hyosung mulls building new ATM factory in ChinaHONG KONG (Yonhap News) -- South Korea’s Nautilus Hyosung Inc. is considering building a new plant in China as part of efforts to strengthen its status as a leading provider of automatic teller machines in the neighboring country, industry sources said Wednesday.The company’s Chinese subsidiary, Beijing Hyosung Computer Technology Co., is considering building the plant in an industrial zone in Weihai, a city in eastern Shandong Province, according t