Australian rapper Iggy Azalea on Monday canceled a performance at a U.S. gay pride celebration after criticism over past remarks that were seen as homophobic.
The June 13 concert in Pittsburgh was one of the few remaining dates on the calendar for the successful but controversial rapper after she recently called off a major tour.

London-born actor Alex Sharp beat out Bradley Cooper and Bill Nighy at Sunday's Tony Awards to win best lead actor in a play for his role in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," which also won for best play.
The British had a big night at the annual Broadway awards, with "Skylight" winning for best revival, and Helen Mirren nabbing her first Tony for playing Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's "The Audience." She already won an Oscar for playing the monarch in the movie "The Queen."

Six is the charm for soprano Kelli O'Hara — she's won her first Tony Award.
O'Hara won for her role as the English school teacher in a revival of the classic 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," co-starring Ken Watanabe.

British supermodel Kate Moss was escorted off a plane at a London airport on Sunday for being "disruptive", the BBC reported.
Without confirming the person's identity, police said they had assisted staff in escorting a passenger from a flight because "the passenger had been reported as being disruptive".

British talent swept the board at Broadway's equivalent of the Oscars on Sunday where a lesbian coming-of-age musical and a play about a teenage math whizz each won five Tony Awards.
New hit musical "An American in Paris," adapted from the Oscar-winning classic, and Broadway's revival of "The King and I" each picked up four Tonys, the highest honor in U.S. theater.

With a photo flashing a red "Thank You!" written in the palm of his unharmed hand, Enrique Iglesias thanked his fans on Instagram for their support while he recovers from his recent finger-slicing accident.
"Wanted to do something special to thank all you guys for your love and support this week. Leave your questions on this post!" wrote the Spanish heartthrob.

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.
