Chinese authorities have refused to allow the release there of biblical epic "Noah," starring Russell Crowe, which has already been banned in a string of Muslim countries, a source said.

Paramount Pictures tried to secure a release slot for the vast Chinese mainland market by stressing its "environmental message" and special effects, the Los Angeles Times reported. 

Take a furious princely family, add a transatlantic row between prominent movie personalities, top with Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman and you get the opening film of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.

The biopic "Grace of Monaco" premieres on Wednesday at the start of the glitzy event, and already it is mired in controversy that threatens to cast a cloud over the very festival that allowed Grace Kelly to meet Prince Rainier III in 1955.

It turns out that Ellen DeGeneres still has a few surprises up her sleeve for Edgar Martirosyan, the owner of Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza who delivered three pies to the star-studded audience at the 86th annual Academy Awards in March.

In addition to surprising him with a with a very generous $1,000 tip when he appeared on her show the day after the Oscars, DeGeneres also introduced him to his favorite actress, Julia Roberts.

Bruce Willis has welcomed another daughter.

The actor and his wife Emma had a baby girl named Evelyn Penn on May 5 in Los Angeles, his rep confirmed to ABC News.

Saying she's back on top form, Miley Cyrus resumed her Bangerz tour in London after a series of canceled shows.

The 21-year-old pop star delayed her U.S. dates until August after treatment for a sinus infection went awry and last week postponed two European shows. Cyrus says she suffered a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics.

One of eight circus acrobats who plunged to the ground during a hair-hanging act in the U.S. says she wants to get back in the ring, and she's hopeful her fellow acrobats will someday return, too. But their medical team said Wednesday that two have spinal cord injuries, and only time will tell if they can ever walk again.

"I'm hoping to join back up with the tour and show the world that I'm OK, and I'm hoping some of the other girls will do the same," Samantha Pitard told The Associated Press after being released from a hospital Tuesday.

It's a September wedding for George Clooney and his bride-to-be Amal Alamuddin.

The couple, who were introduced at a charity event last September, are planning on making the one-year anniversary of their first meeting their wedding day.

The usually publicity shy Angelina Jolie has opened up about marriage, her six children, and her experimental twenties in a rare interview with ELLE magazine.

The 38-year-old star of the upcoming Maleficent film has posed for the title’s cover, and reveals that she and fiance Brad Pitt are now "more interested in each other" than ever before.

Former British broadcaster Stuart Hall repeatedly plied two young teenage girls with drink and raped them in his BBC dressing room, a court heard Wednesday.

Hall abused the trust of their families and preyed on their vulnerability, state prosecutors claimed as they outlined their case against the 84-year-old broadcasting veteran.

Alfonso Cuaron, the Oscar-winning director of sci-fi thriller "Gravity", is bringing his star power to Mexico's very earthly debate over controversial energy reform -- and getting the president's attention.

Cuaron, who has not lived in Mexico for years, has taken out full-page newspaper advertisements twice in the past week to challenge President Enrique Pena Nieto to explain the benefits of the legislation.