Shooting has begun in Dubai on "Star Trek Beyond," the third film in the reboot of the science-fiction series.
Authorities in Dubai shut down busy Sheikh Zayed Road from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday for the shoot. A helicopter filmed along the road, lined with tall buildings and the Dubai Metro.

English soft-rocker Phil Collins, one of the most successful artists of the 1980s, will briefly put retirement on hiatus with a charity concert in Miami Beach.
The former Genesis singer will put on an "intimate acoustic" show in the Florida city on December 12, the Little Dreams Foundation said Wednesday.

American R&B singer Chris Brown on Friday thanked New Zealand women's advocates for supporting his plan to perform in the country, despite a domestic violence conviction which could see him banned.
Brown's 2009 conviction for assaulting his then-partner pop star Rihanna means he may be refused entry to New Zealand, even though tickets for a December 18 concert in Auckland went on sale this week.

Clive Owen was looking to do a play after a long time away from the stage. He just wanted the right one. The one he picked would make many other actors run screaming into Times Square.
The "Closer" and "Inside Man" star finds himself making his Broadway debut this fall in a revival of Harold Pinter's "Old Times," a heady brew of sexual tension and deceit wrapped in a thin, polite coating.

Calling all amateur filmmakers across India: Here's your chance to capture a slice of your life that could end up on the big screen.
Google said Thursday it is teaming up with filmmakers Ridley Scott, Richie Mehta and Anurag Kashyap to create a full-length user-generated movie called "India in a Day."

There was wind, there was rain but all anyone really cared about was looking at the stars as filmmakers from Asia and beyond gathered in South Korea Thursday night for a Bollywood-flavored launch of the 20th Busan International Film Festival.
Fans donned plastic jackets and braved the final remnants of Typhoon Dujuan as they took up positions in the stands along the red carpet laid outside the Busan Cinema Center in the South Korean port city.

Iconic sixties fashion house Courreges made its comeback in Paris on Wednesday with a new vision of ready-to-wear, presenting a building-blocks collection of 15 designs in 15 different materials and colors.
The brand that made its mark with Andre Courreges's futuristic space-age designs went back to basics 13 years after its last runway show, under new creative directors Arnaud Vaillant and Sebastien Meyer.

Three more women, including a former Mrs America, came forward on Wednesday to accuse U.S. comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
The women spoke at a news conference in Los Angeles, tearfully recalling their encounter with the disgraced comedian and how he allegedly abused them.

Ralph Lauren is stepping down as chief executive of the quintessentially American fashion empire he has built up with its signature preppy look over nearly 50 years, the company announced Tuesday.
Lauren, 75, who has become an iconic figure in fashion from modest beginnings as a self-taught tie designer, will stay on as chief creative officer but hands over the top executive post in November, it said.

George Clooney joined the Coen brothers and stars Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro at a special 15th anniversary screening of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" at the New York Film Festival.
Clooney remembered he had just left a successful television series when the opportunity came up.
