After a slump of over a decade, Taiwan's home-grown films are not only sweeping box offices at home but winning awards and hit status overseas thanks to a new cohort of filmmakers.

Box office revenues for local films as of mid-November had already set a new record of Tw$1.5 billion ($50 million) -- triple the 2010 full-year figure, and up a staggering 200-fold from 2001.

Who says "Frosty the Snowman" has to be jolly?

A man in a "Frosty the Snowman" costume was arrested Saturday during the annual Christmas parade in Chestertown, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He's accused of scuffling with police and kicking at a police dog.

An original, autographed drawing by Walt Disney, believed to have been made about 1920 before he hit it big in the entertainment world, will go up for auction in Reno this week.

The whimsical drawing of a cigar-chomping man wearing a derby hat will be among 1,400 items up for sale at the two-day auction set to begin Tuesday at the Atlantis Casino Resort.

A Paris auction of items related to Herge's comic book reporter Tintin, whose adventures have been adapted for the big screen by Steven Spielberg, fetched more than 1.8 million euros Saturday.

Auctioneers Arcturial said the sale, including costs, had brought in 1,873,396 euros ($2,480,095) -- far more than the one million euros expected.

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray is due back in court on Tuesday for sentencing, facing up to four years in prison after being convicted over the King of Pop's 2009 death.

Prosecutors want Murray to get the maximum jail term and be ordered to compensate the Jackson family for the star's loss of earnings, estimated at $100 million for the comeback shows he was preparing when he died.

Dubbed the Afghan Elvis, Farhad Darya may be the only man in the most conservative country on earth who can reduce an audience of women in headscarves to a screaming, waving, whistling throng.

In a country where women enjoy few rights and music was banned under the Taliban until 10 years ago, Darya is an icon for millions and his popularity was clear at a rare, top-security, female-only show in Kabul.

A book written by the Japanese man who raped and killed young British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker is to be made into a movie, the producer said Friday.

Most-wanted Tatsuya Ichihashi spent more than two-and-a-half years on the run after the brutal 2007 killing and even had plastic surgery to evade capture.

NBC television has apologized to Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann after a band played "Lyin' Ass Bitch" during her appearance on a late-night talk show, her spokeswoman said.

The show's band played part of Fishbone's 1985 risque song as Bachmann walked on the set of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which aired early Tuesday, prompting the Minnesota congresswoman to accuse the band of bias and sexism.

A Canadian porn star appearing in India's biggest reality TV show is causing a stir in the mostly conservative country where sex is taboo and open displays of affection are still frowned upon.

The busty Sunny Leone, best known for her roles in films as Not Charlie's Angels XXX and The Virginity Hit, made her entry this week in the Bigg Boss, India's version of the show Big Brother.

Faye Dunaway is moving on from a fight with a landlord over a New York City apartment — by moving out.

The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/supwCN ) reported Wednesday the "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Chinatown" actress agreed this month to give up her rent-stabilized, $1,048-a-month Manhattan apartment.