Jackie Robinson biopic "42" hit a home run at the North American box office in its debut weekend, easily besting its rivals, industry figures showed Monday.

The film, starring Chadwick Boseman as the ground-breaking African American baseball star and Harrison Ford as the Brooklyn Dodgers exec who signed him, raked in $27.5 million in ticket sales.

With a cast of superheroes and villains, "The Avengers" beat out its competitors to become the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards.

The action romp won three awards Sunday, including the top prize, movie of the year.

Here's a list "Fifty Shades of Grey" was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from school and library shelves in the U.S.

On Monday, E L James' multimillion selling erotic trilogy placed No. 4 on the American Library Association's annual study of "challenged books," works subject to complaints from parents, educators and other members of the public. The objections: Offensive language, and, of course, graphic sexual content.

"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan has taken legal action in a U.S. court to recover U.S.$34 million held in a Swiss bank account which he alleges has been misappropriated, reports said Monday.

The Australian, who was catapulted to stardom by the success of the 1986 film about the laconic, knife-wielding crocodile hunter, says his once-trusted tax advisor has disappeared with the cash.

Thousands of fans packed Tokyo Disneyland on Monday to celebrate its 30 years in business.

Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and dozens of other familiar faces from the annals of Disney history paraded through the 51-hectare (126-acre) park, cheered on by 15,000 people who had turned out to see them.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Danny Boyle is known for making some pretty trippy movies. He likes to get in your head and mess with it, and while "Trance" certainly succeeds at that, it feels a little vapid compared to the rest of Mr. Boyle's repertoire.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has been named Britain's wealthiest musician for a 25th year running in an annual "rich list" compiled by The Sunday Times newspaper.

McCartney shares an estimated £680 million ($1.0 billion, 798-million-euro) fortune with his third wife Nancy Shevell, an American heiress who is worth around £150 million alone, according to the broadsheet.

A U.S. actress who sued the owners of the IMDb film industry online database for revealing her real age vowed Friday to appeal, after her lawsuit was rejected.

Huong Hoang, who goes by the professional name Junie Hoang, said it was "hurtful" to have her age revealed to every prospective employer in Hollywood, where she said ageism was widespread.

Wine professionals declared themselves "pleasantly surprised" with the 2012 Bordeaux vintage but demand from China was expected to be weak due to losses on 2010 wines.

China is currently Bordeaux's biggest market in terms of volume and second in value, but Chinese buyers were expected to stay away this time.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher may be dead but her conservative policies have never been in better health, Primal Scream lead singer Bobby Gillespie has said.

Left-wing Gillespie, 51, the Scottish son of a union official and a bitter opponent of "Thatcherism", also said he had been happy to hear of the death of the "Iron Lady".