The deadly militant attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 continues to haunt Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, this time in the form of a Hollywood action movie.

The thriller about the assaults that left four Americans dead including U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens is winning praise from conservatives because of its indirect criticism of Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time.

Alternative rock giants Pearl Jam on Tuesday announced a new tour of North America that will include a headlining slot at leading summer festival Bonnaroo.

The rockers will open the 22-date tour on April 8 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and also play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as well as two dates each at a pair of historic baseball stadiums, Fenway Park in Boston and Chicago's Wrigley Field.

Hard rock legends Guns N' Roses on Tuesday announced two more concerts for their reunion, which is shaping up to be one of the year's most coveted tickets.

Guns N' Roses were revealed earlier this month as the headliners for California's Coachella festival, with singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash performing together after 23 years.

Guitarist Glenn Frey, who helped make The Eagles one of the most successful acts in U.S. rock history with hits such as "Hotel California," died Monday. He was 67.

"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder Glenn Frey, in New York City," the Grammy Award-winning band wrote on its website.

Following an outcry over the all-white roster of actors nominated for this year's Oscars, the president of the film academy said Monday she was heartbroken by the lack of diversity and working to implement change.

"This is a difficult but important conversation, and it's time for big changes," Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said in a statement.

Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee said Monday that he is boycotting the Oscars next month because for the second year in a row all the nominees in the actor categories are white.

Separately, black actress Jada Pinkett Smith said she too would not be attending the February 28 star-studded ceremony.

Karaoke, electro, harp and even musical saw versions of David Bowie's greatest hits rang out in London on Sunday as fans gathered for a tribute concert a week on from the pop icon's death.

"The world would be a very different place without David Bowie and many people feel a distinct need to say goodbye to him," said Stefan Simanowitz, one of the concert organisers.

Kate Winslet tipped her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio to win this year's best actor Oscar, though he lost out at the British film critics' awards on Sunday.

Winslet, 40, said she would be "surprised" if DiCaprio did not land an Oscar on his sixth nomination when the Academy Awards roll around in Hollywood on February 28.

David Bowie's final album on Sunday hit number one in the United States, his adopted home, with the British music legend achieving posthumously a feat he never managed in life.

"Blackstar," which was released two days before Bowie's death on January 10 from a secret battle with cancer, debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart for the week through Thursday.

Taiwan's presidential candidates waded in to a row with China and South Korea Saturday after a teenage Taiwanese K-pop star was forced to apologize for waving the island's flag.

A video apology from a tired and sombre Chou Tzu-yu, 16, went viral hours after it was posted, with more than two million hits by Saturday morning.