Do those New World Cabernets and Zinfandels make your head spin? Fed up with having to stop drinking after just one glass?

Plenty of wine lovers around the world will have noticed their favorite tipples are getting stronger, and many of them are unhappy about the hangovers that come with increased alcohol levels.

There's something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow andRobert Downey Jr., though they're married to other people.

They've known each other for 20 years, through bad times (his) and good (hers all along and now his, too). They're cozy and comfy sitting down together for an interview, shifting easily between talking about their Marvel Studios superhero sequel "Iron Man 3," chatting up each other's career and family and trading small talk about their little ailments as Downey rummages through a case of nostrums he travels with.

The first paramedic on scene at Michael Jackson's home the day he died said Tuesday the singer looked emaciated and like someone at the end of a chronic illness.

On the second day of a trial pitting Jackson's mother against tour promoter AEG Live, paramedic Richard Senneff -- the first witness to be called -- said doctor Conrad Murray was "frantic, pale and sweating."

Woody Allen is to make his next movie in the south of France, starring Britain's Oscar-winning Colin Firth and U.S. actress Emma Stone, the project's producers announced Tuesday.

The as-yet-untitled film, to be shot this summer, will be the second set in France by the 77-year-old cult director, who scored his biggest commercial hit ever with 2011's "Midnight in Paris."

The hugely ambitious and well-connected director of Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater will on Thursday oversee the opening of a controversial new ballet and opera house, one of the biggest cultural projects in post-Soviet Russian history.

The new "Mariinsky-2" theater will open with a gala on Thursday night conducted by director Valery Gergiev with great performers from across the world and expected to be attended by President Vladimir Putin.

Netflix's groundbreaking "House of Cards" may be the first digital series nominated for a best drama Emmy. But it will start with a Webby.

The Webby Awards are honoring "House of Cards" producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti with a Webby special achievement award. The political thriller, for which Netflix released all 13 episodes at once, proved that digital media can produce cable-quality drama. Netflix also won for best streaming media site.

Michael Jackson's mother accused the promoter of his doomed final tour of sacrificing the troubled star in a "ruthless" pursuit of profit in the months before his 2009 death.

At the opening of a trial pitting Katherine Jackson against AEG Live, her lawyer Brian Panish alleged the promoter was negligent in hiring doctor Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of causing Jackson's death.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Michael Bay is known for a lot of things, but subtlety and poignancy have never been one of them. Bay is arguably the most bombastic American filmmaker around, and while his brand of entertainment has sold millions of tickets (the "Transformers" films), people still generally agree that he hasn't made a good film since 2003's "Bad Boys II". His latest flick, "Pain & Gain", offers us flashes of what made Bay a promising director in the past, but by turning a violent true story into a dark "comedy", the entire experience feels a little strange and unfocused.

Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones on Monday headed back into treatment for bipolar disorder, her spokeswoman said.

"Catherine has proactively checked into a health care facility," her spokeswoman Sarah Fuller said in an email to Agence France Presse.

Action comedy "Pain & Gain" starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson grabbed the top spot at the U.S. box office in its debut this weekend, snagging $20 million, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The Paramount Pictures production about bodybuilders caught up in crime pushed "Oblivion" into second place, according to tracker Exhibitor Relations.