Biographical films are the toast of the 58th London Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday with "The Imitation Game", the tale of the British mathematician Alan Turing who broke Nazi code but was persecuted for being gay.

Franz Kafka's seminal work, “The Metamorphosis”, is famous for its themes of alienation, absurdity and now androids, as a robot takes center stage in a new theatrical adaptation.

Acclaimed Japanese director Oriza Hirata worked with leading roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro to create the star of the show, a tall gangly robot with a metal skeleton and white human-like face and hands.

He is already Hollywood's highest-paid actor. Now Robert Downey Junior is increasing his Tinseltown heft by branching out into production as well as a serious dramatic role, in his latest movie.

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has spoken publicly for the first time after naked pictures of her were hacked and posted online, angrily slamming the leak as a "sex crime."

Anne-Sophie Pic, one of top five women chefs in the world, is gearing up to take the fickle, competitive world of New York gastronomy by storm in opening a new restaurant next year.

Named best female chef in 2011 at the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards run by British magazine Restaurant and the only three-star woman chef in France, Pic spoke exclusively to AFP in an interview during a busy stay in New York overseeing her new project.

Los Angeles police are reviewing a 2012 probe into U.S. actor Stephen Collins in light of an audio tape in which he allegedly admitted to molesting at least three young girls, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Collins, known for playing a wholesome pastor in TV series "7th Heaven," has been fired from a sequel to satirical movie "Ted" following the revelation by celebrity news website TMZ, media reports said.

American record producer and musician Quincy Jones -- the winner of a whopping 27 Grammys -- was Monday bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France's top cultural honours.

Hollywood A-lister Ben Affleck has delivered a spirited defense of Muslims worldwide on a TV talk show hosted by a fellow liberal with little time for the Islamic faith.

With his debut nominated for the top prize at Asia's biggest film festival, Bangladeshi director Abu Shahed Emon is hopeful that his achievement will help spur on his compatriot filmmakers.

Tony-winner Geoffrey Holder, a cultural giant who dazzled fans with his dancing, acting and art work in a multifaceted career that spanned over six decades, has died at 84, U.S. media reported Monday.