The Supreme Court has ordered the lifting of a nearly 6-decade de facto ban on women working as makeup artists in India's movie industry.
India's film industry is among the most prolific in the world producing nearly 1,500 films annually, most of them in Bollywood, as the Mumbai Hindi film industry is called.
Full StoryAnimated comedy "Big Hero 6" proved to have superpowers in the weekend battle for the box office, fighting off sci-fi epic "Interstellar" to claim top spot, industry estimates showed Sunday.
"Big Hero 6," which features a 14-year-old genius and an inflatable robot called Baymax, opened with a weekend haul of $56.2 million, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations
Full StoryPop stars Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj sparkled at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, held in the Scottish city of Glasgow for the first time.
After opening the show with a thumping performance dressed in a futuristic silver leotard, Grande won best female artist and best song for her hit "Problem".
Full StoryTake That announced Friday they will tour as a trio for the first time next year, with Jason Orange having quit the British pop group and Robbie Williams not participating.
The remaining members Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald will perform 24 concerts in eight arenas in Britain and Ireland, starting in Glasgow on April 28.
Full StoryVeteran U.S. comedian Jerry Seinfeld says he thinks he is on the autism spectrum, describing it as an "alternate mindset."
"I think, on a very drawn-out scale, I think I'm on the spectrum," Seinfeld told NBC's "Nightly News" late Thursday.
Full StoryThe CIA on Friday good naturedly highlighted the inaccuracies in Oscar-winning Iran hostage drama "Argo," in a series of tweets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 crisis.
The 2012 film tells the story of a bold Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operation to rescue six US diplomats trapped in the Canadian ambassador's residence in Tehran.
Full StoryMusicians at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have reached a tentative deal with management to end a two-month lockout in the latest labor disputes in the U.S. classical music world, mediators said Friday.
Performances in the southern U.S. metropolis have been canceled since September as management of the loss-incurring orchestra pushes the players' union to accept further reductions of jobs, two years after an earlier round of belt-tightening.
Full StoryRobin Williams had recently become more paranoid when he committed suicide by hanging himself, coroners said Friday, adding that he had no alcohol or illicit drugs in his system.
There were also signs that the comic actor -- who had recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease -- had tried to cut his left wrist, according to an autopsy report.
Full StoryRachel Bilson is on mommy duty.
The "Hart of Dixie" actress and "Star Wars" actor Hayden Christensen welcomed a daughter, Briar Rose Christensen, on Oct. 29, Bilson's representative confirmed Thursday.
Full StoryThe tropically incompatible materials of leather and wool emerged as big winners during Thursday's fall-winter catwalks at Sao Paulo fashion week.
Veteran Rio de Janeiro-based designer Patricia Vieira served up easy, breezy leather garments, laser-cut so finely that the swingy cocktail dresses appeared to be made of lace.
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