The annual Sundance Film Festival opens Thursday in the Utah mountains with its usual selection of quirky, independent movies -- and its iconic founder Robert Redford back on the big screen.
The 78-year-old, who famously named the festival after 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," will make a rare appearance in front of the camera in "A Walk in the Woods," based on U.S. travel writer Bill Bryson's book.

Portugal and Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo confirmed Tuesday he has broken up with his longtime girlfriend, Russian model Irina Shayk.
"After dating for five years, my relationship with Irina Shayk has come to an end," Ronaldo said in a written statement sent exclusively to The Associated Press. "We believed it would be best for both of us to take this step now."

His hand is steady and sure as it delicately traces the contours of the biggest names in the world of style: the celebrities, the magazine editors, the clients.
Nicolas Ouchenir is a calligrapher, a member of a rarified profession whose ink appears on the must-have invitations of Europe's fashion shows.

Punk Queen Vivienne Westwood on Monday dedicated her new menswear collection to Prince Charles, saying the world would be a wonderful place if he been put in charge of it.
Sporting a beret and a typically wry smile, the face of the heir to the British throne made a surprise appearance in Milan, emblazoned on the T-shirt the veteran designer wore as she took the applause at the end of her 2015-16 autumn/winter show.

Onetime British glam rocker Gary Glitter went on trial Monday on charges he sexually abused three underage female fans in the 1970s and 1980s.
The 70-year-old musician, whose real name is Paul Gadd, faces 10 counts including attempted rape, indecent assault and unlawful intercourse.

Actor-comedian Stephen Fry has married partner Elliott G. Spencer in eastern England.
The 57-year-old Fry sent a tweet to his 8 million followers on Saturday, announcing that he had tied the knot.

Tactile fashion is setting the trend on Sunday, the second day of Milan Fashion Week previews for next autumn and winter menswear.
Designers are luxuriating in mohair, cashmere and heavy knits, enveloping men in rich, luxurious knitwear, including oversized scarves, chunky sweaters and slumping caps. Dark shades dominate, with some flashes of pink, purple and red offering contrast and whimsy.

A 37-year-old model and actor featured on the cover of numerous fitness magazines was struck and killed by a train while filming on the tracks in Southern California, authorities said.
Two men were filming George Plitt Jr. on the railroad track north of the Burbank train station Saturday afternoon when Plitt was hit by a southbound train, said Burbank Police Sgt. Scott Meadows.

Actors from the movie "Selma" marched with hundreds of people Sunday to recall one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights movement, while America prepared to mark the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The remembrance comes after several incidents around the country in which unarmed black men were killed by police in recent months, leading to protests. In Ferguson, Missouri, the site of the most persistent protests, leading black members of Congress pressed for further reforms of the criminal justice system in the name of equality.

Film fans bid an emotional farewell Sunday to Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, a star of Arabic cinema and ex-wife of Omar Sharif, who was buried at her family cemetery in Cairo.
Hamama, who made her screen debut at seven years old, died on Saturday aged 83, after a career spanning seven decades and almost 100 films alongside masters of Egypt's film industry, including Youssef Chahine.
