Nicki Minaj promised to keep boyfriend Meek Mill on the straight and narrow as a judge threatened jail over his latest parole infractions.

Minaj testified Thursday in Philadelphia, after a defense lawyer said the couple was seriously discussing marriage. The 33-year-old Minaj disclosed only that they were living together, but conceded she might have more influence over the rapper than his parole officer.

An Indian court Thursday cleared Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing a homeless man in a hit-and-run crash 13 years ago, acquitting him of all charges after he appealed his conviction.

The Bombay High Court said a lower court had erred in finding the 49-year-old guilty of culpable homicide and other charges after a closely watched trial in May when he was sentenced to five years in prison.

One of Britain's biggest cinemas warned Thursday it will use the force of security laws to reveal the true identities of Stormtroopers, Ewoks and Darth Vaders hoping to catch the eagerly-anticipated "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

The latest film in the blockbuster sci-fi saga -- the first in a decade -- opens across Britain on December 17, with fans already snapping up tickets and planning their costumes.

He has starred as the U.S. president, swashbuckling Indiana Jones and a heroic CIA analyst, but Harrison Ford says it was when stepped back on the new "Star Wars" set that he really felt at home.

"It felt like being home, to an extent. It felt good. I like to work. It was fun," the Hollywood legend said in Sydney where he is promoting the hotly anticipated new installment of the franchise, "The Force Awakens".

Singer Madonna made an emotional appeal following attacks in Paris a month ago that killed 130, shouting "We will not bend down to fear!" during a concert in the French capital on Wednesday.

"I think of what happened almost four weeks ago now," the visibly emotional artist said. "The heart of Paris and the heart of France beats in the heart of each city."

Time magazine Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.

"For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply, Angela Merkel is Time's Person of the Year," wrote editor Nancy Gibbs.

The British government and "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling on Tuesday condemned comments by U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump saying Muslims should be barred from entering the United States.

Rowling wrote on Twitter that "Voldemort was nowhere near as bad" as the Republican frontrunner, referring to the villain of the "Harry Potter" series.

Rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian are rarely accused of understatement and have given a fittingly grand name to their second child -- Saint.

Two days after announcing the boy's birth over social media, Kardashian again took to Twitter and announced "SAINT WEST" -- along with emoji faces depicting the now four-member family.

The Eagles of Death Metal band made a tearful return to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris Tuesday, nearly a month after they survived a jihadist attack there in which 90 people died.

Clearly moved by the floral tributes and messages left outside the building, the Californian band spent nearly 15 minutes reading cards left at the scene of the worst atrocity of the November 13 attacks on the city.

Actress Pamela Anderson on Monday met Russian President Vladimir Putin's powerful chief of staff at the Kremlin to lobby for the protection of rare animals.

The Canadian-born former Baywatch actress, 48, raised issues from the conservation of endangered Amur Tigers to a legal ban on killing baby seals and stopping aquariums from keeping killer whales in captivity in a televised meeting with top official Sergei Ivanov.