The makers of the original "Jurassic Park" film are recalling the "nightmare" of using pioneering visual effects, as a 3D version of the Oscar-winning movie is released.

Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster used a combination of stop motion filming with dinosaur models and primitive computer generated technology, which was unprecedented at the time.

Film legend Martin Scorsese and President Barack Obama led tributes to U.S. movie critic Roger Ebert, the first cinema pundit to win a Pulitzer Prize who died Thursday from cancer aged 70.

Scorsese, who has been working on a film about the reviewer famed for his trademark thumbs up and thumbs down accolades, called Ebert's death "an incalculable loss for movie culture and for film criticism."

Gerard Depardieu was due in a Paris court Friday to face a drink-driving charge but it was unclear whether the eccentric French actor would show up after skipping a previous court date.

Depardieu, who has sparked controversy in recent months by moving to Belgium and taking Russian citizenship amid a tax row with French authorities, failed to appear for a previous hearing in January.

The Rolling Stones announced Wednesday a highly anticipated nine-city North American tour ahead of their first gig in London's Hyde Park in more than four decades.

On its website, the legendary British rock group -- which last year marked its 50th anniversary together -- said the "50 and Counting" tour would kick off in Los Angeles on a date yet to be confirmed.

Veteran U.S. late-night TV host Jay Leno is bowing out after 22 years on the iconic "Tonight Show," clearing the way for young star Jimmy Fallon to take the show to New York, NBC announced Wednesday.

Confirming weeks of reports, the network said production of the show will move from Los Angeles to its historic home in the Big Apple at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where Fallon's current show is already made.

Animal Planet wants to help you tap into your inner wild.

That's the network's message as it unveils 11 new shows along with 20 returning favorites in the season ahead.

A Hong Kong auction offering the chance to dine with world-renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria, known for his revolutionary "molecular cuisine", has fetched a winning bid of over $28,000, Sotheby's said Thursday.

The "vigorous" bidding war started with an offer of HK$40,000 ($5,000) and ended with a winning bid of HK$220,500 ($28,269) when the hammer fell in the southern Chinese city Wednesday, according to the auction house.

Michael Jackson's jailed former doctor refused Tuesday to testify at a trial in which the singer's mother is seeking massive damages from tour promoters she blames for hiring the medic.

Commenting as jury selection began for the wrongful death civil trial between Katherine Jackson and AEG Live, Conrad Murray said he is appealing his 2011 involuntary manslaughter conviction and does not want to incriminate himself.

A man was jailed for life on Wednesday for plotting to rob and kill British pop star Joss Stone with an accomplice and dump her body in a river.

Kevin Liverpool, 35, and his co-accused Junior Bradshaw, 32 -- who will be sentenced at a later date -- were arrested in June 2011 a few miles (kilometers) from Stone's rural home in the county of Devon, southwest England.

Veteran U.S. late-night TV host Jay Leno will bow out after 22 years on the "Tonight Show" next year, making way for the young star Jimmy Fallon, NBC announced Wednesday.

Confirming weeks of reports, the broadcaster said production of the iconic show will move from Los Angeles to New York, where Fallon's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" is already made.