The latest in the long-running "Die Hard" action series, with Bruce Willis reprising his starring role, topped the weekend box office across North America, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

Twenty-five years after the first film about tough New York cop John McClane burst onto the big screen, the newest take -- "A Good Day to Die Hard" -- hauled in $25 million dollars, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Iconic French chef Paul Bocuse got a rapturous welcome this weekend in the United States for the inauguration of a new restaurant bringing his culinary prowess to American palate.

Despite a bout of ill health last month, the 87-year-old chef, among the most accomplished in history, did not hesitate to cross the Atlantic for the launch of The Bocuse Restaurant.

Once the most marginal of fashion capitals, London has finally grown up to be a style force to be reckoned with.

So say the organizers of London Fashion Week, which opened Friday with a buzz of anticipation for a blockbuster season of shows — one of the event's biggest lineups yet.

There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week — but does now.

The actor wired $10,000 to Teagan Marti and her family on Thursday for a therapy dog to help in her rehabilitation from injuries sustained when she plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010.

Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne's vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black teen who was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.

The R&B legend says the rapper's disturbing verse should not have made it beyond the recording studio for the world to hear.

A Chilean feel-good movie about aging, a picture made in secret by Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi and a drama about Romania's new rich were the odds-on favorites for prizes Saturday at the Berlin film festival.

In what critics called a fair-to-middling competition at the Berlinale, now in its 63rd year, women of a certain age were the breakout stars, with views from around the world of how middle age can be just the time for a fresh start.

The makers of the new DreamWorks 3-D animated movie "The Croods", including stars Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone, said Friday they're ready to turn it into the studio's next sequels juggernaut.

Following monster-hit series like "Shrek", "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda", DreamWorks made "The Croods", a prehistoric romp directed by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders that had its world premiere at the 63rd Berlinale.

Kim Kardashian's divorce case returns to court on Friday with an attorney for the reality star urging a speedy end to her marriage to National Basketball Association player Kris Humphries.

Attorneys for the former couple disagree over a timetable for a trial to end the marriage, which Humphries wants annulled.

The late River Phoenix made a haunting reappearance on the big screen Thursday as the last movie to feature the acclaimed star, who died of a drug overdose at 23, was presented at the Berlin film festival two decades after he made the picture.

The contemporary Western "Dark Blood" shows what is believed to be the last footage of Phoenix, who died 10 days before he was meant to finish the shoot.

Ben Affleck will join the presenting cast for next week's Oscars, organizers said Thursday, despite the perceived snub that saw him miss the best director nominees' shortlist.

"Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence, nominated for best actress for romcom "Silver Linings Playbook," and Jessica Chastain, frontrunner for her role in Osama bin Laden manhunt film "Zero Dark Thirty," will also present awards.