Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.

An Afghan street kid is off to Hollywood and the red-carpet treatment at the Oscars -- a fairytale ending to a chance encounter that led to a starring role in a movie.

Perhaps it is no surprise, given that 2012 was a US election year, but this year's Oscars crop includes a heavy dose of politics -- which has arguably influenced Hollywood's top awards race.

Iran on Monday protested against the awarding of a Silver Bear to Jafar Panahi for the best screenplay for Parde (Closed Curtain) at the 63rd Berlin film festival, the ISNA news agency reported.

A new James Bond novel, written by British novelist William Boyd, will be released on September 26, publishers Jonathan Cape announced Monday.

Ben Affleck's thriller "Argo" scooped up another award late Sunday, receiving the best adapted screenplay prize from the Writers Guild of America just a week before the Oscars.

Spanish stars lashed out at government austerity measures at the prestigious Spanish film awards, the Goyas, on Sunday which saw Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" take the top film award.

She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Washington to generate pressure on President Barack Obama to take concrete measures to fight global warming.

The French blockbuster "Les Intouchables" won the best European film prize at the prestigious Spanish film awards, the Goyas, while Pablo Berger's "Blancanieves" took the top film award.

Former "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" actress Sheridan Smith cemented her status as a rising star of theatre after claiming the best actress in a play prize at the Whatsonstage.com awards.

Former "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" actress Sheridan Smith cemented her status as a rising star of theatre after claiming the best actress in a play prize at the Whatsonstage.com awards.

The latest in the long-running "Die Hard" action series, with Bruce Willis reprising his starring role, topped the weekend box office across North America, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

Hugh Grant, the British actor and campaigner for tighter press regulation, has announced on Twitter that he has become a father for a second time after a newspaper obtained his new son's birth certificate.

The 63rd Berlin film festival wrapped up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to the Romanian melodrama "Child's Pose" in a banner year for cinema from post-communist eastern Europe.

The 63rd Berlin film festival wraps up Sunday after awarding its Golden Bear top prize to "Child's Pose", a mother-son psychodrama set among post-communist Romania's new ruling class.

"Child's Pose", a mother-son psychodrama set among post-communist Romania's new ruling class, won the Golden Bear top prize at the 63rd Berlin film festival Saturday.

American film-maker David Gordon Green won the Silver Bear best director prize for his buddy picture "Prince Avalanche" Saturday at the 63rd Berlinale.

A Roma actor from the Bosnian drama "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker", Nazif Mujic, won best actor at the Berlin film festival Saturday while the star of Chile's "Gloria" won the award for best actress.