What do you get when you take one of the year's biggest box office hits — "Fifty Shades of Grey" — and turn it over to funny man Marlon Wayans?

Christian Grey is turning into Christian Black in Wayans' spoof "Fifty Shades of Black," which has been picked up by Open Road Films for release next January.

Japanese designer Hiromichi Ochiai has been named as the latest young designer to be taken under the wing of Giorgio Armani.

Under a programme aimed at helping to increase their exposure, Armani puts his Milan theatre at the disposal of one emerging talent at each fashion week in Milan.

With its cosmopolitan flavors and rich palette of ingredients, Peruvian cuisine has surged onto the global food scene in recent years, consecrated this week with Lima restaurant Central's breakthrough into the world top five.

The creation of chef Virgilio Martinez, the restaurant took fourth place Monday in the World's 50 Best Restaurant awards in London, the highest ranking ever for a Peruvian establishment.

Step inside a gold-painted shipping container in downtown Washington, midway between the White House and the Capitol, and, for 20 minutes, you can make a new friend in Afghanistan, Cuba or Iran.

"What would make today a good day for you?" is the ice-breaking question that visitors to the Portals project are invited to use to strike up a transnational conversation via a sometimes shaky Internet video link.

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, the latest addition to Britain's royal family, will be christened on July 5 near Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate in rural eastern England, the royal press office said on Friday.

Prince William and his wife Kate's daughter, who is fourth in line to the throne after the couple's first child Prince George, was born on May 2.

Pop star Justin Bieber pleaded guilty Thursday to assault and careless driving, but will not go to jail over a collision with paparazzi in the Canadian countryside last year.

A court official told AFP Bieber must pay a Can$750 (US$600) fine for careless driving.

Premium channel Showtime said Wednesday it would launch a streaming service in July, offering movies, original series and sports programming to subscribers without cable subscriptions via desktop computers and Apple devices.

The announcement by Showtime, which is owned by CBS, came a few months after HBO launched a standalone online TV service via Apple's streaming media player -- appealing to "cord cutters" ready to ditch their costly cable subscriptions.

Caitlyn Jenner will follow up on her public coming-out as a transgender woman with a docu-series on E! channel next month about her transformation from life as Olympic decathlon champion Bruce.

"I am Cait" will play out in eight hour-long episodes beginning July 26, the cable television entertainment channel said Wednesday.

Beautiful cars, beautiful women, Hollywood hysteria and all-guys-together adventures -- "Entourage" is the latest TV series to hit the big screen, albeit to decidedly lukewarm reviews.

Adapted from the hit HBO show which ran from 2004-2011 and won six Emmys, the film -- out Wednesday in the United States -- reunites Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his hilarious buddies.

Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch's movie on prostitution, "Much Loved", shown in Cannes but banned at home, has stirred heated debate in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

The film revolves around a group of women making a living from prostitution in Marrakesh, the country's economic and travel hub.