22-year-old Karen Ghrawi was crowned on Saturday Miss Lebanon 2013 in a huge ceremony at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center BIEL.

Miss Lebanon 2012, Rina Chibani handed over the crown to Karen, who reserved her spot in Miss World pageant that will be held in Indonesia on September 28.

Italian soft porn director Tinto Brass, the subject of a documentary screening at Venice film festival Saturday, told reporters he wants to make a film about ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's escorts.

"I want to make a film about Berlusconi. I had in mind the title 'Thank you, Daddy'", Brass said, referring to the nickname given to Berlusconi by the girls who attended the famously bawdy parties in his villa.

Lindsay Lohan is a no-show at the Venice Film Festival, where she was expected to promote the erotic thriller "The Canyons."

Director Paul Schrader declared himself "a free man" at a news conference Friday presenting the film.

Michael Douglas was the big name star on the red carpet as the 39th Deauville film festival opened on Friday night with a screening of the actor's latest movie, "My Life with Liberace".

Douglas, who was accompanied by the film's director Steven Soderbergh, said: "Liberace was bigger than Elvis. Lady Gaga and Elton John learnt from him."

Veteran Hollywood actor-director Clint Eastwood and his wife Dina have separated after 17 years of marriage, People magazine reported Friday.

The 83-year-old "Dirty Harry" star and his 48-year-old wife have been living apart for some time, People reported, citing an unidentified source as saying: "This is really sad .. They were great partners for many years."

Boy mega band One Direction's new film is set to top this holiday weekend's North America box office, in the latest British invasion, an expert said Friday.

"One Direction: This is Us," which has also just opened in Britain and much of Europe, will likely depose Oscar-tipped civil rights epic "Lee Daniels' The Butler" in the number one spot over the three-day Labor Day weekend.

Rani Zakhem, a Lebanese designer, launched his second Couture Fall/Winter 13-14 collection in a royal assortment, a press release said on Friday.

Stardust sparkle embraces a collection of nine opulent gowns with a resilient emphasis on stately embroidery and beadwork.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki on Thursday were reportedly splitting up after six years of marriage.

Stories of a split mounted after technology new website AllThingsD first reported that the 40-year-old Google co-founder and his wife, an entrepreneur behind genetic testing firm 23andMe, are living apart.

Tenacious women have taken center stage at the start of the Venice film festival, with captivating tales of self-discovery in which female characters face internal demons and change forever.

In the Hollywood space thriller "Gravity", Italian comic drama "A Street in Palermo" and Australian travel epic "Tracks", women get one over male characters who end up defeated, redundant or dead.

Justin Bieber was stopped for running a stop sign and driving without a license Wednesday, in the Canadian teen sensation's latest run-in with traffic police, a spokesman said.

The 19-year-old was pulled over while driving his white Ferrari at 4:30 am near his home in Calabasas, northwest of Los Angeles, said LA County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore.