Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, whose Drive My Car won this year's best international film Oscar, said he is ready to "take on the challenge" of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Amnesty International on Friday lambasted any move by Turkey to transfer the Istanbul trial of 26 suspects in the 2018 murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi to Riyadh.

Will Smith resigned from the body that awards the Oscars on Friday, five days after he assaulted comedian Chris Rock during a live global broadcast.

A video has gone viral showing an unidentified man in Palembang being questioned by police after reporting having been sold allegedly fake marijuana.

Hawkins, the 50-year-old drummer for the Grammy award-winning rock group, passed away in a hotel in Bogota shortly before the group was set to perform at the Festival Estereo Picnic on the city's outskirts, according to a statement Saturday from the mayor's office.

Jared Leto has been a star for decades, but it's only now at 50 that he is fronting his first major blockbuster -- transforming into a vampire for new Marvel flick Morbius.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his fiancee Stella Moris are to marry on Wednesday, at the high-security London prison where he is being held during his extradition case.

"In a war started by the older generation, it's the younger generation that give up their lives. That's the way it's been for a long time, and it's truly heartbreaking," Murakami said in the special program broadcast by Tokyo FM.

April Curley contended in the suit that she was undermined and ultimately fired for advocating reform of "barriers and double standards" imposed on Black Google employees.

Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to Vladimir Putin on Thursday to end the "senseless" war in Ukraine.

Kere, 56, was hailed for his "pioneering" designs that are "sustainable to the earth and its inhabitants -- in lands of extreme scarcity," Tom Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation that sponsors the award, said in a statement.

A dissenting employee entered the studio Monday during Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast, holding up a poster saying "No War" and condemning Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Scammer and fake heiress Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, who was jailed in 2019 and who inspired a hit series on Netflix, was to be extradited to Germany on Monday. 

The world's richest man challenged the Russian president to a fight, with nothing less than the fate of Ukraine, scene of Moscow's brutal invasion, at stake.

German Holocaust survivor Leon Schwarzbaum, a key witness in recent trials of alleged Nazi war criminals, has died aged 101.

Queen Elizabeth II, represented by her eldest son, Prince Charles, called on the Commonwealth to show unity in troubled times, as she sat out a major event for the organisation.

With three friends, all violinists like her, Nadia Safina fled the invasion of Ukraine to find peace at a music school in Denmark, a horrific ordeal that took 10 days.

Saudi Arabia confirmed a 10-year travel ban for freed blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world.

The writer known for penning '80s teen hit Lupus passed away at around 8 a.m. on March 9, 2022.

"The Philosophy of Modern Song" -- slated for publication on November 8 -- is the first book of new writing Dylan has put out in nearly two decades, since "Chronicles, Volume One" came out in 2004.

The US Supreme Court declined to revive the sexual assault case against comedian Bill Cosby, who was released last year when his 2018 conviction was overturned.

Amnesty International has called for the release of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi after he completed his "unjust" 10-year jail term this week.

Disgraced Peruvian former president Alberto Fujimori was rushed to hospital from prison after suffering from a heart problem.

As the ripple effects from anger over the Ukraine war spread to the worlds of entertainment and sports, the pressure placed on Russian performers also came in for scrutiny. 

Penn, 61, posted a photo to his Twitter feed on Monday showing the movie star wearing a backpack and toting a piece of luggage on wheels as he trudged along the shoulder of a road beside a line of cars stretching into the distance.

Kardashian filed for divorce last year after months of press reports about marital strife and as the rapper formerly known as Kanye West battled with mental health issues.

Britain's Prince Harry has launched new legal action against one of the country's biggest newspaper groups, a spokesperson said.

"With the deepest regret we must announce the death on 19 February 2022 of Gary Brooker MBE, singer, pianist and composer of Procol Harum, and a brightly-shining, irreplaceable light in the music industry," said a statement.

Over 500 competitors glide elegantly around a vast frozen lake just outside Stockholm as the "Sigtunarannet" returned on Sunday after three years out of bounds.

Paul Farmer, an American physician and medical anthropologist renowned for his innovative work in providing health care to poorer countries, died on Monday aged 62, said Partners in Health, the group he helped found.