Crowds cheered Friday night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted attention from hardliners in the Muslim-majority nation.

Donald Trump's election has been good news for Italy's comedians.

Brad Pitt has been cleared after a probe into allegations he mistreated one of his children, sources close to the case said Thursday.

Leonard Cohen, the storied musician and poet hailed as one of the most visionary artists of his generation, has died at age 82, it was announced on Thursday.

The makers of the Rubik's cube, the multicolored puzzle that has baffled millions of people around the world, on Thursday lost a battle with the EU's top court to trademark its distinctive shape.

Brad Pitt has been cleared after an investigation into whether he behaved abusively toward one of his children, US media has reported.

The claims centered on an alleged incident with his 15 year old son Maddox in September on a flight from France.

The Stars and Stripes fluttered, champagne flowed and songs were sung Wednesday in Sevnica, the small Slovenian hometown of the next U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, although mostly local residents were nonplussed.

Britain's Prince Harry confirmed Tuesday he is dating U.S. actress Meghan Markle as he blasted racist "abuse and harassment" directed towards her since their relationship began.

Pop diva Lady Gaga closed out Hillary Clinton's star-studded campaign with a call for reconciliation with Donald Trump's supporters after one of the most divisive presidential election campaigns in memory.

Speaking to a youthful crowd at a midnight rally just hours before the first polls open Tuesday, the 30-year-old singer hailed Clinton as an advocate for the disadvantaged.

Top musicians from Bruce Springsteen to Beyonce to Madonna rallied behind Hillary Clinton as the United States prepared to elect a new president Tuesday, adding A-list star power to a massive get-out-the-vote operation.

Springsteen, one of the biggest concert attractions in the rock universe, warmed up an election eve rally Monday night in Philadelphia, where he hailed Clinton for her "vision of an America where everyone counts."