Grammy-winning British songstress Adele is to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song from 007 blockbuster "Skyfall" at next month's Academy Awards show, organizers said Wednesday.

A 27-year-old man was ordered Tuesday to spend six months in a live-in rehabilitation center for stalking Hollywood actress Mila Kunis, as well as to keep away from the "Black Swan" star.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci is to play the main role in Emir Kusturica's new movie "Love and War" set in Bosnia, the Serbian director said Saturday.

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee said Saturday he will "probably" accept an offer to direct historical epic "Cleopatra" starring Angelina Jolie, after the Hollywood actress wrote to him asking him to come on board.

Academy Award-winning US actress Hilary Swank had her handbag snatched in a Paris suburb Friday by thieves who smashed the window of the taxi she was in, police said.

"Ted," the drug-smoking, foul-mouthed teddy bear who was a blockbuster hit last year, is to appear at the Oscars next month, his onscreen sidekick Mark Wahlberg said Thursday.

Iran's announcement that it will make its own film to counter the "distorted" thriller "Argo" is fueling a debate about Hollywood and historical accuracy, sparked by Ben Affleck's Oscar-tipped movie.

US director Kathryn Bigelow defended Wednesday her controversial Oscar-tipped movie "Zero Dark Thirty" against criticism of its depiction of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Iran is to make its own movie about the American hostage drama during the 1979 Islamic revolution to counter the "distorted" film "Argo" by Ben Affleck, which swept the Golden Globes awards, media said Tuesday.

"Zero Dark Thirty," Kathryn Bigelow's controversial movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, stormed to the top spot at the North American weekend box office, figures showed Monday.

The terrorism-themed thriller "Homeland" and the quirky Brooklyn hipster comedy "Girls" took top television honors Sunday at the 70th annual Golden Globe awards.

Austrian director Michael Haneke's "Amour" ("Love") won the best foreign language Golden Globe award Sunday, to add to its Cannes Palme D'Or last year.

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" and musical "Les Miserables" were the big winners Sunday at the Golden Globes, while Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" went home with a disappointing single award.

Hollywood stars walked the red carpet into the 70th annual Golden Globe awards in a glittering array of gowns, daring to bare their shoulders despite the chilly temperatures in Los Angeles.

Jodie Foster teased the Golden Globes by hailing her female ex-partner as "one of the deepest loves of my life" -- but then denying she was giving a coming-out speech.

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" and musical "Les Miserables" were the big winners at the Golden Globes, while Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln" won only one major award.

Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked "Django Unchained" won two key Golden Globes, but Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" was still hoping for awards glory in the show's final straight.

Adele has returned to the awards circuit with a vengeance, collecting the best song Golden Globe for the theme tune to the James Bond blockbuster "Skyfall."

The Golden Globes got under way with Steven Spielberg's presidential drama "Lincoln" the frontrunner for the major prizes, against rivals including Quentin Tarantino and Kathryn Bigelow.

The Golden Globes show got underway Sunday, with Steven Spielberg's political drama "Lincoln" competing in seven categories at Hollywood's biggest pre-Oscars awards show.