"Hunger Games" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth unveiled Thursday a new trailer and poster for the dystopian franchise's finale, due out in November.
The Katniss Everdeen actress and her hunky co-star appeared together at the Comic-Con pop culture festival in San Diego.
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They joke about knocking on heaven's door, but a Japanese 'girl band' with an average age of 84 have struck a blow for grannies everywhere by becoming pop idols.
Hailing from the remote, coral-fringed island of Kohama in Okinawa, KBG84 -- a play on the name of saccharine teeny boppers AKB48 -- admit to being slightly bemused by their success after cutting their first disc and completing a sellout Japan tour.
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Cross-dressing Austrian diva Conchita Wurst was in Tokyo Thursday for a low-key meeting with the mayor of the trendy Shibuya district, which is set to become the first Japanese municipality to recognize same-sex partnership.
But the event, which could have helped create momentum for the gay rights movement in Japan, took place behind closed doors, with officials from the liberal council blocking reporters and putting their hands in front of cameras.
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The Spike television network says it is making a six-part TV series based on the life of anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee, centered around interviews with him.
McAfee formed a software security company named for himself and sold it, earning a fortune. He's lived an eccentric life that included being the subject of a manhunt after a U.S. expatriate who lived near McAfee's home in the Central American nation of Belize was found dead. He has denied any involvement in the shooting.
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As couture week in Paris entered its final furlong, the French capital was electrified by celebrity concerts and eccentric, creative designs. But Karl Lagerfeld's fur-only couture show for Fendi provoked disruptive animal-rights protests.
Here are the highlights of the fall-winter 2015-16 shows on Wednesday, including Jean Paul Gaultier, Viktor & Rolf and Elie Saab.
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Conan O'Brien is offering up a free space for Comic-Con attendees.
The talk show host was on hand Wednesday night to kick off a raucous bingo tournament he's sponsoring while in town to tape his TBS talk show during the four-day pop-culture extravaganza.
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U.S. pop star Ariana Grande insisted Wednesday that she "loves" her country after a furor over a jibe she said was over obesity.
A video at a California doughnut shop showed Grande and one of her back-up dancers playfully licking the sugary pastries while they were still on the counter.
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Greece may want for gold right now, but Elie Saab's collection of gilded lace gowns with intricately woven motifs harked back to a time when Byzantine princesses had all the sparkle their hearts desired.
The Lebanese designer's autumn/winter couture collection of evening gowns -- and a few jumpsuits -- bore all of the translucence and intricate embroidery for which he has become known.
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U.S. actresses Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore played roulette in Karl Lagerfeld's celebrity-studded runway casino Tuesday where the fashion legend used 3D printing for a futuristic version of the classic Chanel suit.
In a typically elaborate staging -- last year he recreated a Parisian bistro on the runway -- Lagerfeld showed his first of two couture collections at Paris Fashion Week, with his all-fur production for Fendi on Wednesday seen as the highlight of the five-day fashion extravaganza.
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An Olympic torch carried by decathlon champion Bruce Jenner -- now known as Caitlyn -- ahead of the 1984 Summer Games will go under the hammer this month, auctioneers said Tuesday.
It is the first major piece of Jenner memorabilia to hit the market since Jenner -- the winner of the 1976 decathlon gold medal -- made her public coming-out as a transgender woman, revealing a new name and look in early June.
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