Italian designer Francesco Smalto, who as one of the stars of the men's fashion industry clothed princes, heads of state and sporting icons, has died in Morocco aged 87.

The "creative visionary" provided men with "an allure and unique style" his fashion house said in a statement on Monday, adding that Smalto had died in the night from Saturday to Sunday in a Marrakech hotel.

American blues legend B.B. King has been hospitalised, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday, citing representatives for the singer but giving no details about his condition.

Nicknamed "King of the Blues", 89-year-old Mississippi-born Riley B. King is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has been ranked among the greatest guitar players of all time. 

Luca Salsi was taking a walk with his wife on Manhattan's Upper West Side, when he got a call from Alvaro Domingo, son of the famous singer.

"Daddy doesn't feel very well," Salsi remembered hearing.

The high-octane "Furious 7" peeled out of the gates in its opening weekend, picking up a stunning $143.6 million from 4,004 locations to easily top the domestic box office, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

The expectation-shattering sum is a studio and franchise best for the homegrown car-obsessed series, which has continued to grow over the past few films.

R&B queen Beyonce has quietly released a love song dedicated to her husband, hip hop mogul Jay Z, available only on his new streaming service Tidal. 

Songstress Queen Bey posted a 15-second preview of the acoustic ballad "Die With You" on her Facebook page Saturday in celebration of the couple's seven-year wedding anniversary. 

More than 20 years after his death, the final album is coming out from Frank Zappa -- the prolific rocker who was both an icon and scourge of the counterculture.

Zappa's estate announced pre-order sales for "Dance Me This," saying it was the 100th and last album from the Los Angeles-based experimental musician who died in 1993 from prostate cancer.

Rock icon Morrissey will be joined by one of his influences, Blondie, in New York on his latest tour of the United States.

The famously gloomy British singer, who last year canceled US shows due to illness, on Friday announced 17 new dates around the United States starting on June 11 in New Orleans.

Fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin has released a chapter from his upcoming next book in the series on which hit television show "Game of Thrones" is based. 

The American writer has kept fans of his "A Song of Ice and Fire" epic series of novels in suspense since 2011, when the fifth and most recent installment was published.

In "The Clouds of Sils Maria," Kristen Stewart's celebrity has been inverted. The paparazzi rush right past her.

She plays the efficient, constantly emailing assistant to Juliette Binoche's famed European actress. Reading tabloid stories about a Hollywood starlet (played by Chloe Grace Moretz), she shrugs: "It's celebrity news. It's fun." When she's running through possible roles for her boss, the former "Twilight" star describes one film as having werewolves "for some reason."

A documentary explores the decline of videogame giant Atari and the secret dumping of its flopped "E.T." game in a New Mexico landfill.

"Atari: Game Over" began airing on Xbox last year and was released on Netflix on Wednesday. It also will air on Showtime on April 16.