Milan prepared to host men's fashion week starting on Saturday after new data showed that Italian menswear exports rose 3.7 percent amid a devastating recession that has plunged sales on the domestic market.

Armani, Gucci, Prada are among the dozens of designer labels, including Britain's Vivienne Westwood, which will take to the catwalks with their pret-a-porter collections for the autumn and winter of 2014-2015.

Who doesn’t love Mary Poppins? The film is the definition of a classic, and if it doesn’t bring a smile on your face, then you’re just not human. “Saving Mr. Banks” aims to tell the story of how Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) was able to acquire the movie rights to Mary Poppins, and while the events have been highly dramatized, the result is an extremely sweet and enjoyable film that is guaranteed to please audiences and bring back some very fond memories. Oh, and the acting is great, to boot.

On the surface, the story chronicles the making of Mary Poppins, as well as the painstaking process it took to bring the book to life while still respecting author P.L. Travers’ (Emma Thompson) original vision. The film also explores what inspired Travers to create Mary Poppins, and gives us a look into her childhood, and the many events that shaped the very woman she became. We get to see the character of Mary Poppins through a wholly different lens, and we understand why she meant so much to Travers, and why she’s remained a cultural icon for all these years.

Hollywood's finest hit the red carpet Sunday for the Golden Globes, launching Tinseltown's most fiercely-contested awards season in years with a wide open field of hotly-tipped movies.

Historical drama "12 Years a Slave" and crime caper "American Hustle" are among the top contenders at the Globes, the first big show of a season which climaxes with the Oscars on March 2.

U.S. premium cable TV provider HBO announced Thursday that the next season of award-winning prohibition-era show "Boardwalk Empire" will be its last.

"The final call for drinks on the Boardwalk comes this fall," program makers announced on the Twitter feed of the show, starring Steve Buscemi as a politician-gangster in charge of Atlantic City.

Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears are too racy for daytime French TV.

France's broadcast watchdog says TV channels should only show Cyrus' video for "Wrecking Ball" and Spears' video for "Work B(asterisk)(asterisk)tch" after 10pm, when French broadcasters show a range of programming more suited to adults.

Famed film director Zhang Yimou must pay more than $1.2 million in fines for having three children in violation of China's strict family planning rules, officials said Thursday.

A district government in the eastern city of Wuxi said in an online statement that investigators concluded that the director of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" and his wife, Chen Ting, flouted family planning policies by having the children without approval and before they got married in 2011.

Colorful silk scarves tied daintily around the neck, fishnet mesh vests, big furry mohair coats — and we're talking about menswear, not women's.

The latest men's offerings from British luxury label Burberry Prorsum, showcased Wednesday in London, were themed "A painterly journey." The collection's decadent fabrics and arty prints had a feel of the English dandy and more than a hint of femininity about them.

The techno-chic with a few thousand dollars to spare can sport outfits that can change color on a whim.

London-based designer Amy Rainbow Winters showed just how in a FashionWare area at the Consumer Electronics Show here on Wednesday.

With coarse-grained pork sausages, blood pudding and fine wine on his menu, Philippe Lafforgue thought he had cooked up the perfect recipe for expats in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

But the Frenchman's refusal to serve Pakistanis unless they were accompanied by a foreigner has landed him in the soup in this deeply conservative country home to some of the most dangerous Islamist militants on the planet.

"Gravity" star Sandra Bullock, chart-topping singer Justin Timberlake and blockbuster "Iron Man 3" were the biggest winners at the public-voted People's Choice awards show Wednesday.

On the small screen, hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory" and drama "The Good Wife" were among the top winners, while actors earning prizes included Chris Colfer, star of "Glee" which started the night with most nominations.