The Santa Fe Opera has announced its 2014 season will feature the American premiere of a work by Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo.

His opera, "Dr. Sun Yat-Sen," is about the leader of China's revolution that overthrew the monarchy in 1911 and established a republic.

Production on "Iron Man 3" is on hold after star Robert Downey Jr. hurt his foot during filming.

Marvel Studios said Thursday that Downey was injured while performing a stunt and "there will be a short delay in production while he recuperates." The 47-year-old actor is shooting the third installment in the superhero franchise in North Carolina.

British alternative rock bank Placebo left fans severely short-changed after performing just one song at a summer music festival in Austria that they were headlining before leaving the stage.

Bassist Stefan Olsdal briefly returned in tears at the Frequency Festival at Sankt Poelten near Vienna on Thursday night to apologize and to announce that singer Brian Molko "is not well and cannot play the show."

Elvis Presley was long dead when he entered the life of Victor Trevino forever.

"I was in my living room," the 27-year-old professional Elvis tribute artist -- please, don't call them impersonators -- recalled Thursday, the 35th anniversary of the sudden death of the king of rock'n'roll at the age of 42.

An NBC television reality show featuring U.S. celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivializes a deadly serious subject.

Nine Nobel Prize winners have called on the network to cancel the program, titled "Stars Earn Stripes," which debuted Monday hours after a protest outside NBC's offices in New York.

Britain's Prince Philip was hospitalized Wednesday with a repeat of the bladder infection that made him miss part of his wife Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee celebrations in June, Buckingham Palace said.

The 91-year-old was likely to spend several days in hospital after his third health scare in the space of eight months, having also suffered a blocked coronary artery over Christmas last year.

Fans of Elvis Presley cheered as the singer's daughter and ex-wife appeared publicly at Graceland on Wednesday to thank them for their loyalty, 35 years after the music legend's death.

Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley spoke for little more than a minute at the gates of the mansion at the start of an all-night candlelight vigil in memory of the king of rock 'n' roll's sudden death in 1977, at the age of 42.

The beauty industry is booming in Brazil, where meticulous manicures, sophisticated scents and impeccable make-up are a must-have for women who have made the country the sector's world number three.

Last week, Sao Paulo hosted "Nails Fashion Week" -- where about a dozen domestic and foreign brands are offering up the latest trends in nail color as well as stilettos, make-up and eyewear in a bid to seduce new customers.

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas earned a standing ovation from a packed Los Angeles theater as he introduced a screening of the 1960 classic "Spartacus" that included a previously censored scene.

"When you're 95 years old, you don't look forward. You look backwards, you take inventory," Douglas said late Monday, as he sat on stage to talk about the film that immortalized him as a movie legend.

Previously unpublished extracts from the diary of iconic Welsh actor Richard Burton have revealed his "aching" love for screen siren Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married twice.

Passages from the journal, which will be published in full in October, expose a sensitive side to the notoriously hard-drinking actor.