Barbra Streisand, one of the most enduring US entertainers, on Monday announced a new album featuring duets of Broadway musical numbers with Hollywood stars.

Streisand revealed the album, entitled "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway," as she scheduled a tour of North American arenas throughout August in which she will perform some of the songs.

U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt urged the international community on Monday to respond to Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War II with generosity and not the "politics of fear."

Robert De Niro lit up the red carpet in Cannes on Monday where the world's top film festival was to give a special screening of his new boxing movie in the evening.

The last thing rich and famous visitors to Cannes want is a cheeky seagull swooping in to nibble their peanuts or steal their steak.

So the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez has deployed a team of trained hawks to chase away opportunistic gulls who may be hovering a little too close to its outdoor dining areas.

Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen.

Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza.

After a tense vote count, during which it seemed Australia was going to run away with the crown until the audience votes came in, Jamala was declared the winner in Stockholm after a heart-felt performance of "1944", a song about the deportations of Crimean Tatars during World War II.

Australians Sunday cheered contestant and juries' favorite Dami Im for placing second at the annual Eurovision song contest in Sweden, with the prime minister's hailing her achievement.

It was the second time that the island continent had taken part in the kitsch competition after Guy Sebastian finished in the top five following a wildcard entry last year.

The tops and flops of over three hours of music and glitz on television: a guide of memorable moments from the competition's 61st edition.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday will see his younger daughter Sumeyye marry defence industrialist Selcuk Bayraktar at a large-scale and high security ceremony in Istanbul.

Turkish media pictures earlier showed Sumeyye, 30, wearing an Islamic headscarf, sitting in the front seat of the bridal car.

Pop diva Lady Gaga has denied she will appear in a much-publicized upcoming film about singer Dionne Warwick in which she was said to be set to play the soul legend's British "nemesis" Cilla Black.

Warwick appeared at the Cannes film festival Friday to promote the biopic, "Dionne", revealing that former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett would play her while Gaga would be Black, who died last year.