Filmmaker David O. Russell has tapped Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore to star in a new television series, reports said Tuesday.

The as yet untitled show will be a crime thriller, possibly set in the 1990s, and set to run for several seasons, according to film website Deadline.

The creators of "Game of Thrones" are turning the blockbuster fantasy epic into a North American concert tour, bringing together both the music and new visuals from the series.

The tour next year will focus on the score composed by Ramin Djawadi, who will present the music with a full orchestra and what producers promised to be innovative video technology.

Philippines tourism officials on Tuesday said a threat by an Islamic State-related group to bomb the Miss Universe beauty contest was "serious", but insisted the country would be ready to hold the pageant next year.

U.S. actor Charlie Sheen, who announced last year he is HIV-positive, said other celebrities should come forward if they have contracted the virus to help lift its stigma.

Authorities in the U.S. state of Kansas on Monday were investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy on what is billed as the world's tallest water slide, the park said.

Caleb Schwab, the son of a Kansas state legislator, was killed Sunday on the Verruckt, a towering water slide at the city's Schlitterbahn water park.

Just like countless other countries, Spain has been hit so hard by the Pokemon Go craze that travel agencies are seeking to cash in on the global phenomenon with specialized tours.

Hundreds of Pokemon Go fans gathered in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Sunday to join an annual Pikachu parade as the global phenomenon soars in popularity.

Iran was quick to ban global gaming craze Pokemon Go, but as with many of the Islamic republic's internet controls, tech-savvy youths have carried on regardless.

In the ornate grounds of Mellat Park in Tehran, a teenage boy, buried in his phone, suddenly stops in front of a man sitting on a bench with his wife and young daughter -- both covered from head to toe in the conservative black chador robes.

Late rock legend David Bowie was nominated Thursday for the prestigious Mercury Prize for his final album, going up against fellow critic favorites Radiohead and Anohni.

A German rapper who became an Islamic State jihadist apparently survived an October air strike in Syria that the U.S. military previously claimed had killed him, the Pentagon has acknowledged.