Germany's first feature-length biopic of Anne Frank premiered this week in Berlin, with the film about persecution against the teenage Jewish diarist carrying added meaning as Europe grapples with its biggest post-war refugee crisis.

"Persecution, expulsion, displacement and destruction are issues that we just can't shake off," said Fred Breinersdorfer, who wrote the script for "Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank" (The Diary of Anne Frank).

Former Olympic icon turned transgender heroine Caitlyn Jenner has triggered debate about whether there could be a "third gender", American portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz said Wednesday.

The former decathlon gold medallist is featured alongside the likes of pop diva Adele, Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in a new exhibition by Leibovitz currently on show in Tokyo.

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes claimed that if everyone had guns the Bataclan massacre may not have happened, as he returned to Paris Tuesday to play in front of hundreds of survivors of November's terror attacks.

The U.S. band were playing at the Bataclan concert hall in the French capital on the fateful night in November when 90 fans were killed in a jihadist attack.

One of France's most high-profile directors, Rachid Bouchareb, has turned his camera on the appeal of jihad to a generation of young Europeans, in a picture screening at this week's Berlin film festival.

"The Road to Istanbul" tells the story of Elisabeth, a mother in Belgium whose 20-year-old daughter Elodie runs away from home to join fighters from the Islamic State group in Syria.

R&B superstar Rihanna abruptly canceled her performance at Monday's Grammys, the music industry's top awards, citing vocal problems due to illness.

Rihanna was spotted entering the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but the ceremony went ahead, skipping her performance.

The following is a list of the winners in a selection of top categories at the 58th Grammy Awards, which were presented in Los Angeles on Monday:

Album of the Year: Taylor Swift, "1989"

"Star Wars: Episode VIII" has begun filming and has added Benicio del Toro and Laura Dern to its cast.

The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that "Episode VIII" started principal photography at London's Pinewood Studios on Monday.

Adele isn't competing for Grammys at the awards show Monday, but she has a chance to own the night.

The singer, who has outsold her contemporaries by millions, is set to perform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, along with other hitmakers such as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, the Weeknd and Taylor Swift, who will open the show.

Prabal Gurung says his muse — that vision of a woman he designs for year after year — has gone a little stir crazy this season, and needs a break.

"I've been taking her out of the city and into the woods," he said in an interview before his runway show Sunday evening, "because I think she wants to celebrate solitude, away from the noise. She's a very curious, intrigued and intelligent woman, and this season she's coming slightly undone. Nothing crazy, just a little tension."

Actress Emma Thompson said Monday that it would be "madness" for Britain to leave the EU, adding that she felt more European than English.

Thompson, 56, was asked about how she would vote in a referendum on a so-called "Brexit", after she presented her new Nazi-era thriller "Alone in Berlin".