Seventeen competitors aged between 17 and 22 participated in the 12th Annual Miss Lebanon Australia contest that crowned Deedee Zibara as Sydney’s Lebanese diaspora beauty.

The black-tie affair, held Sunday at Doltone House at Jones Bay Wharf, was a who's who of the Lebanese community. It included Alex ''Little Al'' Taouil, who attracted major sponsors, the Lebanese ambassador, Jean Daniel, and the Parramatta property baron Joe Khattar of Dyldam Group.

The superhero saga "The Avengers" lived up to its blockbuster buzz with $178.4 million in overseas ticket sales days before it opens in U.S. theaters.

Domestic audiences generally passed on a bunch of new flicks as fans seem to be in anticipation mode for Disney's "The Avengers," which debuts Friday in the United States after launching in 39 other countries a week earlier.

Two Cuban amateur actors -- cast members of an award-winning film -- disappeared en route to New York for a film festival and have emerged in Miami, saying they will apply for political asylum in the United States.

"In Cuba, we were talking about it, to stay," actor Javier Nunez Florian told the Miami-based, Spanish-language channel America TeVe in an interview that aired late Friday, appearing alongside actress Anailin de la Rua.

James Bond has once again returned to Istanbul for "Skyfall", the latest film in the longest running series that this year celebrates half a century of the legendary spy in action, its director said Sunday.

"We wanted to be here because it is the most magnificent place; it is an incredible city... I can't get enough of it," said director Sam Mendes, who spoke to the press in Istanbul after more than 100 days of shooting "Skyfall" in Turkey.

The romantic comedy "Think Like A Man" topped the North American box office for the second weekend in a row, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The ensemble date movie based on the best-selling book by actor and radio talk show host Steve Harvey made $18 million in its second week despite mediocre reviews, according to Exhibitor Relations.

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon say "I do" — again.

A publicist for the pair says they renewed their vows Friday at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

A movie about Cuban boat people was the biggest winner at the Tribeca Film Festival, taking in three awards after two of its actors went missing en route to New York.

"So much happened in this movie," said London-born Lucy Mulloy, the director of "Una Noche," as she accepted the award for Best New Director late Thursday. "It changed people's lives."

Bollywood's grand dame Zohra Sehgal, a star of Indian stage and screen for seven decades, celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday.

Described as the doyenne of Indian theatre, Sehgal started out as a dancer before moving into acting, working primarily on the stage but also making her name in Hindi and English-language films and TV series over the years.

U.S. pop diva Lady Gaga wowed tens of thousands of South Koreans at the opening show of her global tour Friday with signature flamboyant outfits and a provocative performance.

The star dazzled some 50,000 fans at the Olympic stadium in Seoul, with the audience wearing paper bracelets reading "18 above" issued by organizers in response to Seoul banning under-18s attending.

A flattering Vogue profile of Asma Assad, wife of Syria's besieged President Bashar Assad, has been removed from the magazine's website, as the government crackdown on dissent rumbles on.

The article, written in February 2011, described her as "glamorous, young, and very chic -- the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies," but the assessment came to be seen differently in the wake of the unrest roiling Syria.