"Gravity" leads the nominations for the Baftas on Sunday, but the harrowing "12 Years a Slave" is tipped to win the top honors at the last major awards ceremony before the Oscars.

Hollywood stars are due to pack out the Royal Opera House in London for the glitzy red carpet event, attended by Prince William and hosted for a ninth time by actor Stephen Fry.

If buildings could talk, what would they tell us?

German art-house director Wim Wenders, Robert Redford and four other filmmakers ponder, prod and probe the "souls" of six iconic landmarks in a premiere at the Berlin film festival.

Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman was back in her native city of Jerusalem on Thursday shooting for her directorial debut, to the annoyance of the local ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

The Hollywood actress, who was born in Jerusalem, is directing a film adaptation of "A Tale of Love and Darkness," an award-winning 2002 novel by Israel's best known writer, Amos Oz.

Written by Anthony Sargon

The reboot that no one really asked for is finally here, folks. As we all know, nothing lives in a vacuum, so as much as I’d like to ignore Paul Verhoeven’s original and solely focus on José Padilha’s re-imagining, it can be a little hard not comparing the two. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised at how good Padilha’s “RoboCop” turned out to be, even if it does leave a bit to be desired. It’s smart, slick, and stylish, but somewhere in the assembly process, someone forgot to sprinkle in a bit of fun.

Irish rock veterans U2 will play their Oscar-nominated song "Ordinary Love" from the movie "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" at this year's Academy Awards, organizers announced Wednesday.

The March 2 performance at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood will be the first time U2 has played the song live, said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, producers of the 86th Academy Awards.

Japanese women flocked to department stores Thursday to buy Valentine's Day chocolates for all the men in their lives, but more of them this year are dispensing with tradition and treating themselves or their friends.

In much of the West, February 14 is a day when men can sink or swim on their ability to make impressive dinner plans or buy a suitable bunch of flowers.

Indian fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra on Wednesday unveiled his fall/winter 2014 collection in New York, created for the global woman inspired by the beauty and colors of Tibet.

The 41-year-old award-winning designer, who has dressed First Lady Michelle Obama, sent 41 breathtaking looks down the runway, confections of plum, black, ivory, bronze, red and neutrals.

New Zealand immigration authorities have banned Los Angeles rappers Odd Future from entering the country after deciding they pose a threat to public order.

The group was due to play an open-air concert with headline act Eminem on Saturday in Auckland.

What better way to spend Valentine's Day but to binge out on the machinations of the most duplicitous Washington power couple ever to grace the small screen?

"House of Cards" returns Friday to Netflix, the Internet streaming video service that threw away the Hollywood playbook a year ago when it sent out all 13 hour-long episodes of its flagship original drama in one fell swoop.

Written by Anthony Sargon

If you’re in the mood for a quirky, feel-good movie with likable characters and snappy dialogue, then “Frances Ha” is the movie you’ve been waiting for. Director Noah Baumbach and star Greta Gerwig also co-wrote the script, which is heavily influenced by Woody Allen’s previous work, and that’s in no way a bad thing.