Aretha Franklin is already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but this fall, she'll be honored by the hall once again, as part of its American Music Masters series.

The Queen of Soul will be the subject of a week-long celebration by the hall and Case Western Reserve University. It kicks off Oct. 31, includes an all-day symposium and ends with an all-star tribute concert on Nov. 5. Performers for that show have yet to be announced.

Lil Wayne is hoping his performance on the MTV Video Music Awards will be so good, fans will rush out and get his new album: The rapper is making it digitally available at midnight after Sunday's show.

"Tha Carter IV" will be available on iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital outlets. The physical album will hit stores Aug. 29.

Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng has reason to be thrilled about the upcoming Venice premiere of "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," his four-hour epic about a 1930 aboriginal uprising against Taiwan's Japanese rulers.

A decade in preparation, the $24 million production is stirring hopes that the island's film industry is set to stage a comeback, after flaming out in the 1980s following a series of groundbreaking efforts, many about young romance in rural locales.

In a typically English setting, the grounds of a mock-Tudor country mansion, thousands of pilgrims are celebrating what organizers claim is the biggest Hindu festival outside India.

More than 60,000 people were expected to attend the two-day Janmashtami festival on Sunday and Monday, celebrating the god Lord Krishna's birth, at the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple outside suburban Watford, northwest of London.

In winemaking, a hot, dry summer is part of the stuff that dream vintages are made of.

And with the Washington area baking in record-breaking temperatures this summer, winemakers in the little-known vineyards of Maryland and Virginia think this could be the year that puts them on the map.

Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife.

Kardashian, 30, and Humphries, 26, tied the knot Saturday night in the exclusive Montecito area near Santa Barbara, California, Kardashian publicist Jill Fritzo told People magazine and E!

Pixar Animation Studios announced Saturday it was planning two new features for 2013 and 2014 -- one on dinosaurs and the other on the mysteries of the human brain.

Disney and Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter unveiled the new projects during the D23 expo for Disney fans in Anaheim south of Los Angeles.

A neon artwork sign reading "More Passion" by British artist Tracey Emin has been installed inside Prime Minister David Cameron's official residence, a report said Sunday.

The glowing red sign has been hung outside the Terracotta Room on the first floor of Number 10 Downing Street, lighting up a dark hallway inside the historic building, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Call it wholly monetized matrimony. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are set to be married Saturday in a lavish, made-for-TV celebration of love, devotion and product placement.

The reality-TV bombshell and her National Basketball Association boyfriend will wed at a canyon estate in the tony seaside town of Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California. The location of the black-tie ceremony has been kept secret, but everything else about the extravaganza — the dress designer, the cake maker, the stationer, the gift registry, the Kardashian-brand perfume — has been touted 'til death do us part on celebrity websites, entertainment shows and Kardashian's own blog and Twitter pages. The bridesmaids are even wearing green.

A sea of pilgrims cheered Pope Benedict XVI outside Madrid's cathedral Saturday as he embarked on a final weekend of dazzling Catholic festivities, hit by repeated protests.

Tens of thousands of young pilgrims, many waving national flags and wearing orange floppy hats made for August 16-21 World Youth Day celebrations, packed the square in front of Madrid's Almudena Cathedral.