Loretta Lynn, one of the pioneering women in country music known for songs of working-class female resilience, has suffered a stroke, her representatives said Friday.

Rap superstar Kanye West, long a prolific user of Twitter, has disappeared from social media after months of erratic behavior.

Under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Beirut Events and Street Shows organization (BEASTS) officially inaugurated the preparations of the BEASTS summer festival scheduled next August in Beirut.

The announcement was made during a dinner hosted by BEASTS at “The O1ne” on the Beirut Marina Waterfront, in the presence of Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq, Telecom Minister Jamal Jarrah, Culture Minister Ghattas Khoury and Tourism Minister Avedis Guidanian. Also present at the event were members of the Parliament, UK Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter, diplomats, a number of Nigerian personalities and international stunt driver Terry Grant, in addition to a number of political, media, economic and social figures as well as artists.

The photos in the window promise much: languorous, kohl-rimmed eyes and bright, bold nails -- but once you enter the beauty parlous of Kabul, it becomes clear the images outside are a pale reflection of the vibrant reality inside.

A Russian cartoon channel said Thursday that it would not air a "Simpsons" episode about playing a game similar to Pokemon Go in a church that has been criticized by Orthodox clerics.

Britain's Prince Philip, the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from public engagements later this year, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

Brad Pitt has admitted heavy drinking helped ruin his marriage and revealed he is teetotal and in therapy in his first interview since his shock split from Angelina Jolie.

Jolie, 41, filed for divorce in September, citing irreconcilable differences. She accused Pitt of hitting their teenage son on a flight from France to Los Angeles, sparking tabloid gossip and an FBI probe.

Government officials, celebrities and members of the press gathered at Jounieh Municipality on April 26 to announce the program of the highly anticipated Jounieh Summer Festival 2017 -- the official annual summer festival organized by the Municipality of Jounieh in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism.

The prosecution in the case of six people on trial in France over the publication of topless photographs of Prince William's wife Kate called Tuesday for "very significant fines".

"Alien" creator Ridley Scott says he's  convinced that there are aliens out there -- and one day they could come for us.

The veteran director said on Thursday he believed in higher beings as he prepared to release the sixth episode of the sci-fi horror series, "Alien: Covenant", next month.