French actress Audrey Tautou, best known for the 2001 film "Amelie", will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival next month, one of the organizers said on Tuesday.

The opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival will take place on May 15 with the closing ceremony on May 26, pay-TV operator Canal+ said.

U.S. actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 movie "The Iron Lady," hailed the former British premier Monday as a trailblazer for women.

"Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics. It is hard to imagine a part of our current history that has not been affected by measures she put forward" in Britain, she said.

The Canadian actress accused of stalking Alec Baldwin refused a deal with prosecutors Monday that would essentially have seen the case against her dropped.

The trial against Genevieve Sabourin is tentatively scheduled to begin May 13.

Police say former adult film star Jenna Jameson has been arrested after a report that she attacked someone at a California home.

Newport Beach police Lt. Evan Sailor says the alleged victim put Jameson under citizen's arrest until police arrived Saturday night.

Two U.S. Republican lawmakers want to know if popular American pop star Beyonce and her husband, rap singer Jay-Z, had the U.S. government's permission to travel to Cuba despite an economic embargo.

Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida on Friday sent a letter to Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the U.S. Treasury Department, requesting information on the type of license Beyonce and Jay-Z received before traveling to Cuba.

From foie gras noodles and liquid olives to air baguettes and mimetic peanuts, much of what elBulli chef Ferran Adria and his team created in their nearly 2,000 dishes defies transcription.

Two years after closing the beachside Spanish restaurant -- repeatedly lauded as the world's best by those lucky enough to have dined there -- Adria says he is now focused on preserving its legacy for future generations.

Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert won big Sunday as Nashville's biggest names took over Las Vegas for the 48th Academy of Country Music awards.

Bryan, 36, was overcome with emotion as Shania Twain presented him with the fan-voted entertainer of the year award at the climax of a three-hour nationally televised gala that he co-hosted with Blake Shelton.

Written by Anthony Sargon

When a movie promises to be the most terrifying film you'll ever see, there's a certain level of expectation that comes with it. While "Evil Dead" doesn't reach its lofty goals, it's still an incredibly satisfying horror remake that can stand on its own just as well.

Jose Juan Bigas Luna, a Spanish director and screenwriter who gave Penelope Cruz her first big screen break, has died aged 67 after a long struggle with cancer, Spanish media reported Saturday.

Bigas Luna, as he was simply known, directed more than a dozen films over his 35-year career.

British rock musician Mark Knopfler has cancelled his Russian tour dates to protest against raids by Russian authorities on human rights groups.

"Given the crackdown by Russian authorities on groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, I have regretfully decided to cancel my upcoming concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg in June," he said in a statement published on his website late Thursday.