Jose Juan Bigas Luna, a Spanish director and screenwriter who gave Penelope Cruz her first big screen break, has died aged 67 after a long struggle with cancer, Spanish media reported Saturday.

Bigas Luna, as he was simply known, directed more than a dozen films over his 35-year career.

British rock musician Mark Knopfler has cancelled his Russian tour dates to protest against raids by Russian authorities on human rights groups.

"Given the crackdown by Russian authorities on groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, I have regretfully decided to cancel my upcoming concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg in June," he said in a statement published on his website late Thursday.

The 65,000 tickets for the Rolling Stones' upcoming concert in London's Hyde Park sold out in under five minutes on Friday.

The clamour came despite anger from some fans at how much the ageing British rock legends are charging for their shows, with a standard ticket for July's open-air Hyde Park gig costing £95 ($146, 112 euros) and an upmarket "hospitality" package priced at £299.

Halle Berry is pregnant. A rep for "The Call" actress confirmed to Huffington Post Celebrity that Berry, 46, is expecting her second child with her fiancé, French actor Olivier Martinez, 47.

According to TMZ, Berry is three months pregnant and has been informed of the baby's gender: a son. Meanwhile, a source for E! News spoke out about Berry's pregnancy Friday, saying: "Halle and Olivier are really excited. It's a blessing. They can't wait to have a baby together."

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Pop diva Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay-Z on Thursday created a stir as they toured the streets of Old Havana, with hundreds of Cubans turning out to catch a glimpse of the U.S. power couple.

The pair -- who are celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary -- visited historical landmarks in the heart of Old Havana, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. They snapped pictures and spoke with local residents.

The makers of the original "Jurassic Park" film are recalling the "nightmare" of using pioneering visual effects, as a 3D version of the Oscar-winning movie is released.

Steven Spielberg's 1993 blockbuster used a combination of stop motion filming with dinosaur models and primitive computer generated technology, which was unprecedented at the time.

Film legend Martin Scorsese and President Barack Obama led tributes to U.S. movie critic Roger Ebert, the first cinema pundit to win a Pulitzer Prize who died Thursday from cancer aged 70.

Scorsese, who has been working on a film about the reviewer famed for his trademark thumbs up and thumbs down accolades, called Ebert's death "an incalculable loss for movie culture and for film criticism."

Gerard Depardieu was due in a Paris court Friday to face a drink-driving charge but it was unclear whether the eccentric French actor would show up after skipping a previous court date.

Depardieu, who has sparked controversy in recent months by moving to Belgium and taking Russian citizenship amid a tax row with French authorities, failed to appear for a previous hearing in January.

The Rolling Stones announced Wednesday a highly anticipated nine-city North American tour ahead of their first gig in London's Hyde Park in more than four decades.

On its website, the legendary British rock group -- which last year marked its 50th anniversary together -- said the "50 and Counting" tour would kick off in Los Angeles on a date yet to be confirmed.