
THERE is no denying that the high-heeled foot in Sharon Stone's mouth at the Cannes Film Festival belongs to the actress herself. She admitted that her comments suggesting that karmic retribution may have caused the devastating earthquakes in China were blithering. ''Clearly, I sound like an idiot,'' said Ms. Stone on Thursday evening from her home...

Christian Dior, the French fashion brand, has become the latest global company to learn a hard lesson about the danger of offending Chinese pride. Facing the possibility of a boycott of its products, the luxury company said on Thursday that it had dropped the American actress Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested last week...

IT should come as no surprise that ''Basic Instinct 2,'' the long-gestating follow-up to Paul Verhoeven's 1992 blip on the zeitgeist screen, is a disaster of the highest or perhaps lowest order. It is also no surprise that this joyless calculation, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and possesses neither the first film's sleek wit nor its...
Sharon Stone, (født 10. marts 1958 i Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA) er en amerikansk skuespiller, set i utallige hovedroller siden midten af 1980'erne.
Blandt hendes mest markante tidlige roller er Arnold Schwarzeneggers morderiske hustru i Total Recall (1990). Hun er bedst kendt for sin rolle som Catherine Tramell i filmen Basic Instinct (Iskoldt begær) (1992), og i 1996 blev hun Oscarnomineret i kategorien bedste kvindelige hovedrolle for Martin Scorseses gangsterfilm Casino. Hun har fået en stjerne på Hollywood Walk of Fame.