No, it's not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are some pretty surprising German-speaking celebrities. Here are six of the most fluent with video evidence.
While they may have found fame in the English-speaking world, many celebrities have roots elsewhere. Here are eight household names whose ties to Germany may surprise you.
Germany may have witnessed violent anti-refugee protests this week -- but the message from the country's media and celebrities is a loud and determined welcome for people fleeing the horrors of war.
The Berlin film festival wrapped up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi, in a move hailed as a triumph for freedom of expression.
PHOTO GALLERY: Berlinale continued its parade of stars in the German capital as celebrities debuted their new films in fancy suits and dresses over the weekend for the 65th Berlin Film Festival.
The 65th Berlin film festival opens Thursday with Oscar winner Juliette Binoche starring as an early 20th-century Arctic explorer in Spanish director Isabel Coixet's period drama "Nobody Wants the Night" to kick off a bevy of women-led films playing in Berlin.
Want to do some star gawking? Berlin's film festival, Berlinale, is the place to do it if you happen to be in the German capital for the next two weeks. Here are some places to stake out with your autograph book and camera.
Bill Gates and Angelina Jolie are hands down the most admired man and woman in the world, according to YouGov's 2015 poll of 25,000 people in 23 countries. But within countries, the US actress and humanitarian was often outdone by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German is a tricky language, but keep trying and you could be making small talk with these Hollywood stars and world leaders who also secretly speak a bit (or a lot) of German.
With all this talk of the BAMBI awards in Berlin, we realised that German celebrity culture is a world unknown to some, and so we thought we'd offer our savvy readers a chance to gloat with this week's Local Quiz
Germany's celebrities may not be particularly well-known outside the country, but many provide plenty of entertainment - often without meaning to - for those who are here. This week’s Local List is a guide to our favourites.
Bryan Adams might be a world-famous rock star, but he's also a serious photographer. Nevena Rakocija caught up with him in DĂĽsseldorf as he opened his new exhibition mixing intimate portraits of unknown British war veterans and celebrities like Amy Winehouse.
For the latest instalment of Portnoy’s Stammtisch, Portnoy hits the road to attend the induction of entertainers Siegfried and Roy into the German-American Hall of Fame in New York City.
Former tennis legend and all-round German celebrity Boris Becker, has had his villa on Majorca officially confiscated by a court because he has not paid his gardening bill.
With the nuptials of Britain’s Prince William and his betrothed, Kate Middleton, set for Friday, royal family fanatics have a wealth of options to watch the ceremony in Germany – including a wedding-themed vacation in the North Sea.
German supermodel Claudia Schiffer, 39, gave birth to a baby girl – her third child – on Friday. “Mother and baby are happy and doing well,” Schiffer’s spokeswoman told German paper <i>Welt am Sonntag</i>.
A German court jailed a 26-year-old man for two years on Tuesday for trying to blackmail Cindy Crawford out of €100,000 with a photo of the former model’s young daughter gagged and bound to a chair.
Just days after announcing she had become a first-time grandmother, German pop singer Nena has confirmed her prolific offspring have provided her with a second grandchild, the <i>Bild</i> newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Former German international and World Cup-winning skipper Lothar Matthäus has split from fourth wife Liliana and is considering divorce after just a year of marriage, <i>Bunte</i> magazine reported Tuesday.
