BOBIGNY, FRANCE- US pop star and producer Pharrell Williams has teamed up with French street artist JR for a film version of a ballet inspired by riots that rocked housing projects a decade ago in...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- A film company that is bringing the rapper Drake to the big screen has filed a lawsuit against its own star over a tweet. Ahead of the release Thursday of the movie...

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Michael Thurston- Cult US teen author Veronica Roth has come a long way in only a few years. And it seems her next step -- at least, in a literary sense -- will be into...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, John Biers- Donning a black hat and cape, the baritone Laurent Naouri contorts and cackles his way through "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" as the devilish nemesis of the tortured...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- The mayor of Madonna's hometown has risen to the city's honor after the pop superstar said she would never want to return to such a "provincial" place. The mayor of Rochester...

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Stephen Dockery- As Iraq struggles to protect its ancient sites and heritage from the Islamic State group, the United States returned some 60 historical items to the...

VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Simon Sturdee- In 1857, bushy-whiskered Emperor Franz Joseph proclaimed that his rapidly growing imperial capital Vienna needed a radical makeover befitting Austro-Hungary's wealth,...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- British pop legend Elton John called for a boycott of Dolce and Gabbana on Sunday after one of the designers behind the Italian fashion label condemned IVF babies as...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Thousands of fans of British author Terry Pratchett signed a petition on Friday asking "Death" -- one of the characters in his best-selling Discworld science-fantasy novels --...