For some movie buffs, showing Orson Welles' acclaimed film "Citizen Kane" at Hearst Castle is like having a screening of "Star Wars" on the Death Star.

Fifty film fans had the opportunity to watch Welles' 1941 groundbreaking film partly based on the late William Randolph Hearst at the media tycoon's own private theater at Hearst Castle, a concession the magnate would probably not have made.

Common, the rapper and actor who has been outspoken in his calls for racial justice, was announced Friday as the headliner for the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.

One of the premier annual events in hip-hop, the festival takes place July 8-11 in the New York borough. Hip-hop was born in New York, although in The Bronx.

Leggy models in designer clothes strutted down a catwalk in front of Baghdad's high society Friday for a fashion show that tickled one generation's nostalgia and filled the next one with hope.

Umm Mustafa and her husband cancelled all their family duties, bought new clothes and spent a whole week preparing for the first edition of the Baghdad Fashion Show.

Iranian filmmakers, at home and in exile, are breaking free from restrictions -- imposed both by their repressive government and by audience expectations -- to form a creative wave that is increasingly winning attention internationally.

The 2011 Oscar win for the Iranian movie "A Separation" snapped the focus on what was coming out of the Islamic Republic. But those in the industry emphasize that other notable productions go well beyond regime-approved portrayals of daily Iranian life.

Comedian Andy Samberg, star of the award-winning "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" series, will host the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20.

Widely known as the television equivalent of the Oscars, the Emmy Awards will take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Nominations will be announced on July 16.

Stars turned out to honour the late "enfant terrible" of British fashion, Alexander McQueen, on Thursday, the opening party of a London show celebrating the designer five years after his death.

More than 70,000 tickets have already sold for the "Savage Beauty" show, which opens to the public on Saturday at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

Having grown up with the shortages of the communist era, a bright new generation of Polish designers is capitalizing on the spirit of ingenuity those hard times bred to win recognition worldwide.

Typical of Polish design is the "vice clock": a small, metal three-sided cube with a clamping mechanism so it can be attached to any number of household items, from drainpipes to bookshelves to a stack of post-it notes.

Guitar legend Eric Clapton is planning to celebrate turning 70 by playing two concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Clapton on Thursday announced the shows for May 1-2, which would come two weeks ahead of a previously announced residency of six sold-out concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, also timed for his birthday.

Jim Parsons, the American actor famous for his portrayal of a quirky, self-centered scientist Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory," earned a star Wednesday on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Parsons, 41, was flanked by Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Johnny Galecki and the rest of his castmates in the wildly popular series now going into its eighth season. Fans jostled for autographs.

British rock band Muse announced the release of a new album called "Drones" and a tour on Wednesday, keeping up with previous themes of science fiction and political unease.

Lead singer Matt Bellamy said the band's seventh studio album will be released on June 8, after months of hinting that new work was on the way.