Sony Corp.'s movie studio is in final talks to acquire the movie rights to the highly anticipated authorized biography of Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

According to a person familiar with the matter, the studio is negotiating to pay about $1 million for the rights to the project.

Anim'est, one of Eastern Europe's foremost animation festivals, opened late Friday in Bucharest with "Crulic-the path to beyond", the first Romanian animation feature in 20 years.

The Romanian-Polish coproduction directed by Anca Damian, which premiered at the Locarno Festival in August, tells the kafkaesque story of Daniel Crulic, a Romanian accused of theft and imprisoned in Warsaw.

Fox Television has approved two more seasons of "The Simpsons," the broadcaster said Friday, ending a standoff after a pay row threatened to sink the long-running show.

Fox, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. had threatened to axe the hit cartoon show after 23 seasons if no deal was reached with the actors who voice Homer, Bart et al.

Michael Jackson's doctor claimed he was trying to wean the singer off a drug which he "loved" but that killed him, in a powerful blow-by-blow account of the star's last hours played in court Friday.

In a police interview recorded two days after the King of Pop's death, Conrad Murray insisted he was away from Jackson's bedside for only two minutes on June 25, 2009 when the star stopped breathing.

It took Oprah Winfrey to lure Rosie O'Donnell back to TV talk.

Nearly a decade after she left her successful daily daytime show to take care of her children, O'Donnell's "The Rosie Show" premieres Monday on the Oprah Winfrey Network. O'Donnell made the decision after Winfrey visited her home for what became a four-hour meeting.

For a day at least, Arnold Schwarzenegger could forget about his messy divorce and bask in the adulation of a sympathetic crowd.

As an oom-pah band played, the action star-turned-politician inaugurated a museum dedicated to him in his native Austria, setting off cheers Friday as he pulled a string to unveil a bronze statue of a young Arnie flexing in the skintight trunks of his Mr. Universe days.

Engelbert Humperdink has one. Clint Eastwood does not. John, George and Ringo — yes. Paul McCartney? Not yet. And George Clooney would be in the club if only someone could convince him to show up for the ceremony.

When it comes to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the sidewalk tourist attraction that encompasses 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of intersecting Vine Street, it's not so much who you know, but whether you're willing to play by the rules.

Russia's leader Vladimir Putin was to mark his 59th birthday Friday in the company of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as his supporters sang his praises.

His critics used the occasion to attack the man whose rule they said was a ticking time bomb for the country, who could bring about potentially devastating consequences if he did not launch genuine reforms.

The Cookie Monster might want to share more than a few crumbs when a new character joins the "Sesame Street" gang: a girl called Lily from a family hard-pressed to put food on the table.

The fuchsia-faced puppet will star in an hour-long primetime special on Sunday from the producers of the long-running children's television show to draw attention to hunger among American families.

Asia’s largest film festival welcomed a parade of stars to a stunning new $140 million home on Thursday, tipped to become the heart of an exciting new era for cinema in the region.

"Today, here at the architectural masterpiece that is the Busan Cinema Centre, the 16th Busan International Film Festival is about to spread its wings," said Busan’s Mayor Hur Nam-sik opening the nine-day event.