Showing off their awkward moves in shirts, ties and brightly colored belly warmers, four men in their 50s and 60s have become Japan's latest TikTok sensation.

The family of the author whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun on Monday sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement over this year's blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

The two pop-rock artists' ode to friendship is also a testament to their creative bravery and a warmup for their respective new albums.

War movie Shershaah marched off with the Best Picture and Best Director prizes as Bollywood's Oscars returned for the first time since the pandemic began, with an all-singing, all-dancing awards ceremony on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.

Wearing a Union Jack bandana, Obi the corgi stares intently at the camera as he snuggles on a floral sofa with a woman in a tiara. "The queen would approve," his owner says after the photo session, giving him a snack.

Mariah Carey has been sued in the United States for alleged copyright infringement over her global hit 1994 song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You”, court documents show.

Folk pop singer-songwriter Yahya has joined the ranks of blossoming young musicians who have decided to navigate their journey their own way, starting with putting a misunderstood genre back on the map.

Ewan McGregor hit back on Wednesday at people targeting fellow Star Wars actor Moses Ingram with racist abuse, saying they are not true fans.

The Rolling Stones rocked Madrid on Wednesday with gusto, and a bit of nostalgia for its late drummer Charlie Watts, as it kicked off a European tour marking its 60th anniversary as a band.

A lawyer for a woman who accused Bill Cosby of assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s told a California jury in the United States on Wednesday the comedian had a sense of "entitlement”, while Cosby's lawyer called the alleged assault a "fabrication”.

Much-anticipated action film Top Gun: Maverick was expected to have a big opening and it did not disappoint, taking in an estimated $151 million in North America.

Russian subscribers have lost access to streaming giant Netflix in the latest pullout of a Western company over the conflict in Ukraine.

The 17-year-old music festival has returned to relevance with help from some of its veteran staples, as well as fresh new acts.

Triangle of Sadness, a film by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or for Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, the festival announced.

Biden would host the global phenomenon musical group on Tuesday and would "discuss Asian inclusion and representation, and to address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent years," it said.

Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic "Goodfellas," has died suddenly in the Dominican Republic, officials and police said Thursday. He was 67.

Performing their much-loved hits like "Mamma Mia!" and "Dancing Queen", Swedish supergroup ABBA returned to the stage on Thursday, albeit as digital avatars, for a new London concert residency.

British electronic band Depeche Mode announced on Thursday that founding member Andrew Fletcher had died. He was 60.

Acclaimed Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda, in competition for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, said he felt pressure to succeed because of his all-star South Korean cast.

Poetry, social criticism and electronic distortions: Alternative rock duo Normatif introduces their brand of rock with debut album Normatif I: Seharusnya/Sepantasnya.

The first-ever Pakistani entry in a Cannes Film Festival competition has left audiences slack-jawed and admiring of its daring portrait of a transgender dancer in the Muslim country.

"Moonage Daydream" by American documentary maker Brett Morgen is a tour de force through the daring creativity of the pop icon who influenced rock music like few others.

In two of the most intense performances to grip the Cannes Film Festival, award-winning actors Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris face off in a dark undercover cop story from Australia.

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae flexes his filmmaking muscles with Hunt, a spy thriller he wrote, directed, produced and also acted in.

You no longer need millions of dollars and a distribution deal to win prizes at the Cannes Film Festival -- just a mobile phone and a bit of ingenuity will do.

One of eastern Europe's most acclaimed film-makers, Romania's Cristian Mungiu, is back at the Cannes Film Festival.

As he steps back into his role for Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, out next Friday, Ewan McGregor says he has been pleasantly surprised by a major re-evaluation of the prequels, particularly among younger viewers.

Tom Cruise made it clear there was no chance Top Gun: Maverick would be released first on a streaming platform despite multiple pandemic delays.

Noel Gallagher's Gibson guitar, which was broken in 2009 at the same time as the British group Oasis imploded, sold for 385,500 euros (US$390,000) at an auction in Paris on Tuesday. 

Lawyers for Johnny Depp wrapped up their grilling of his ex-wife Amber Heard on Tuesday after seeking to portray her as the aggressor in their volatile relationship.