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Will Smith strikes Chris Rock in viral Oscars mome...
Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunda...
Hollywood celebrates at Oscars as 'CODA' seeks top...
The Oscars returned to Hollywood on Sunday, where dramas "CODA," "The Power of the Dog" and "Belfast" are expected to vie for best...
'Drive My Car': Murakami adaptation by rising indi...
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car" is not your average road movie, instead taking viewers on a poignant three-hour journey into th...
Disney makes Oscars magic once again with 'Encanto...
With a sprinkle of magical realism and catchy tunes by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Disney again claimed Oscars gold for best animated film...
Ariana DeBose: from Broadway dancer to Oscar-winni...
Ariana DeBose first gained notice as the Bullet, the personification of Death, in the original cast of the Broadway smash hit "Ham...
Stars shimmer on Oscars red carpet once again
Hollywood's brightest stars hit the Oscars red carpet in high style on a spectacular sunny day in Los Angeles, as the movie indust...
In Kharkiv, sandbags pile up to save Ukraine natio...
In Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv -- under daily Russian bombardment that has damaged or destroyed 1,000 buildings -- work has b...
'Lost City' finds top of N.America box office on O...
Paramount's new action romance "The Lost City" topped the North American box office this weekend, drawing female viewers through O...
In a 'dangerous' land: tourists trickle back to Ir...
An American tourist poses for a holiday snap in Iraq, in front of the blue-brick Ishtar Gate that was rebuilt at the ancient site...
UK ceramist fired up for Elizabeth II's Platinum J...
In his ceramics workshop, Simon Willis proudly displays the crockery set he has created for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee,...
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins used marijuana...
Preliminary toxicology tests found that Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins had marijuana, opioids and other drugs in his system b...
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the multi-Grammy award-winning rock group the Foo Fighters has died, his bandmates said in a statement F...
Six things to watch for at the Oscars
Will Hollywood go political about Ukraine at the Oscars on Sunday? Will director Jane Campion walk away with a golden statuette? W...
With 'CODA,' French producer revisits story and he...
"CODA" producer Philippe Rousselet is pleased, but not surprised, that his heartwarming drama about a deaf family is now a hot fav...
Jared Leto on joining Marvel and turning into a va...
Jared Leto has been a star for decades, but it's only now at 50 that he is fronting his first major blockbuster -- transforming in...
Sri Lanka papers run out of newsprint as crisis bi...
Two major Sri Lanka newspapers are suspending their print editions because of a lack of paper, their owner said Friday, the latest...
The Oscars: five memorable moments
The Oscars is Hollywood's biggest night, and the gala has generated some remarkable moments in its more than 90-year history -- so...
Elton John: still standing at 75
British pop superstar Elton John turned 75 on Friday, but vowed to keep making music, even as he tours the world for the final tim...
Non-white audiences kept Hollywood afloat during p...
Audiences of color were major drivers of box office revenue in Hollywood last year, a report revealed Thursday, making up the majo...
Sean Penn signs deal to help Ukraine refugees
American actor and director Sean Penn on Wednesday signed an agreement for his CORE Foundation to provide help to Ukrainian refuge...
Ukrainian filmmaker says fighting 'not like the mo...
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov spent five years in a Russian jail for protesting against its seizure of Crimea, and now he is on...
How black-and-white became Hollywood's favorite ne...
Black-and-white is the hot new trend in Hollywood, where directors of Oscars-contending films such as "Belfast" and "The Tragedy o...
Ukraine's cultural crucible embraces the art of wa...
A brick-sized printer head scoots back and forth, spraying a furled plastic banner with the silhouette of a mythical fighter pilot...
Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait estimated to fetc...
Andy Warhol's iconic sage-blue background portrait of Marilyn Monroe is tipped to sell for a record-breaking $200 million at aucti...
American burlesque meets Mexican wrestling in Luch...
Veronica Yune hangs upside down over the stage as she slowly undresses; below, wrestlers "Sexi" and "Mexi" gyrate their hips and s...
Egypt unveils five ancient tombs in Saqqara necrop...
Egypt unveiled Saturday five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of...
Ballet greats unite for London Ukraine benefit gal...
World famous ballet dancers from Russia and Ukraine, Argentina, Cuba, France and Japan come together on Saturday for a gala to rai...
Last apps standing?: Telegram, WhatsApp duck Russi...
Chat platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram have avoided being blocked by Russia -- unlike some of the world's biggest social networ...
'Spring Break' returns to Miami Beach, to resident...
Music, dancing, alcohol and tiny swimsuits -- spring vacation in the United States, popularly known as "spring break," brings thou...
Moscow marks Crimea annexation with patriotic rall...
A sea of Russian flags, pro-Kremlin pop stars, and state television unexpectedly cutting President Vladimir Putin mid-speech: Mosc...
Liberal young flee to Turkey's 'Little Russia'
In a dark stairwell in Istanbul, Alex, Micha and Nigina wait for keys to a temporary flat.
Seven charged in France over daylight robbery of '...
France has charged seven youths over a massive daylight robbery from a film crew shooting the new season of hit Netflix heist seri...
Tanzania Maasai torn over possible eviction from N...
For over a century, Tanzania's Maasai pastoralists have shared the famed Ngorongoro conservation area with zebras, elephants and w...
Original 'Godzilla' actor Akira Takarada dies at 8...
Japanese actor Akira Takarada, who starred in the original 1954 "Godzilla" and several later films featuring the city-wrecking mon...
The battle to keep Russia's internet free
Western powers have seized the yachts of Russian oligarchs and booted Russian banks out of the international system in response to...
'We're family': meet Thailand's 'Chicano' communit...
The crowd roars in the tightly packed room as the broad-shouldered, tattooed men stop pummelling a young recruit and smother him w...
Oscar spotlight shines on India's rural women jour...
An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India's hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad c...
Australia sues Facebook owner Meta over scam ads
Australia announced Friday it is suing Facebook owner Meta over scam adverts for cryptocurrency schemes that falsely claimed to be...
Porn star Ron Jeremy ordered to undergo psychiatri...
Porn star Ron Jeremy was ordered Thursday to undergo psychiatric exams ahead of a trial on multiple sex charges against 21 women a...