Two big budget blockbusters, including the next Marvel superhero "Thor" installment and Ridley Scott's new "Alien" film, will be shot in Australia from next year, the government said Thursday.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the deal to film Marvel Studios' "Ragnarok", starring Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, and Scott's production for Twentieth Century Fox would generate 3,000 jobs and Aus$300 million ($216 million) for the economy.

Welcome to the future. October 21, 2015 is the date "Back to the Future" professor Doc Brown and Marty McFly journey to in their time-traveling DeLorean in the much-loved movie trilogy.

The world as imagined by director Robert Zemeckis -- with hoverboards, self-lacing sneakers and flying vehicles -- seemed a long shot when "Back to the Future II" came out in December 1989.

Costumes and props worn by Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone in the box-office smash hit "Rocky" and Rambo" movies went on public view in New York Tuesday before being offered for auction.

Die-hard fans with deep pockets can snap up more than a thousand pieces of Stallone memorabilia at auction in Los Angeles in December, which will help benefit veterans charities.

The Force is calling to moviegoers, and they are eager to let it in.

"Star Wars" mania reached a new high Monday as fans overwhelmed cinema websites selling advance tickets for the next installment in the blockbuster intergalactic saga, and the new trailer for the film instantly went viral.

Police in Tunisia have arrested rapper Klay BBJ, his lawyer said Sunday, two years after the performer was sentenced to jail for insulting a public servant.

It was not immediately clear why Klay BBJ was detained on Saturday, but interior ministry spokesman Walid Louguini told Mosaique FM radio it was at the request of the prosecution.

Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari scooped the top prize at the BFI London Film Festival Awards Saturday, while Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett was honored with a fellowship.

Tsangari's film "Chevalier", which deals with the male ego and macho rivalry showcased by six men on a boat competing in wacky masculinity contests, won the praise of Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski, president of the official competition jury, who called Tsangari a "brave and original filmmaker".

Justin Timberlake sang and strutted his way through his induction into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame on Saturday, doing vocal impersonations of soul singers Al Green and Otis Redding, performing on stage with Sam Moore of Sam & Dave, and joking with buddy Jimmy Fallon.

The pop singer and actor accepted the honor in front of about 2,100 people, who laughed throughout his acceptance speech. With a drink in tow, he told Fallon, who introduced him, that he was not funny. The pair marched together on stage as Timberlake led the audience in the fight song for the Memphis Tigers' football team, which upset Mississippi on Saturday.

A public appeal by Celine Dion for new songs for her next album in French has been met with a flood of offered tunes, according to a former Canadian media boss close to the singer's manager.

Around 4,000 songs were sent to Dion's website and management company by the October 5 deadline, Charles Benoit, ex-head of the Quebec TV arm of Canadian group Bell Media, told AFP this week.

Pop superstar Katy Perry met in Cuba this week with the daughter of President Raul Castro, becoming the latest U.S. celebrity to visit the communist island since its rapprochement with the U.S.

Mariela Castro, a renowned sexologist, posted photos of the encounter, which took place late Wednesday at a Havana bar, on her Facebook page.

With two new films presented and a lifetime achievement award on its way, Australian actress Cate Blanchett has taken center stage at a London Film Festival featuring several strong female leads.

Blanchett's latest film "Truth" -- a story about investigative journalism and politics -- had its European premiere on Thursday, a day after the star walked the red carpet at the festival to promote the much-praised "Carol", in wich she plays a married woman embarking on a lesbian romance in 1950s New York.