Antonio Banderas

Spain was once again the most represented nation as Friday's Champions League draw took place in Nyon, but alongside the familiar names of Real Madrid and Barcelona there was a newcomer - Malaga.

The Locarno Film Festival is perhaps the world's most discreet, but also among the most glamorous, held in a small Swiss town every summer on the shores of Lake Maggiore.

It's a good thing that J.R. Ewing only shot himself in a mirror in the final episode of "Dallas" back in 1991. Now he can rejoin the rest of the gang for a revival of the cult TV series.

A star-studded Cannes gala attended by the likes of Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson has raised a record-breaking nine million euros ($11 million) for AIDS research, organisers said Friday.

Silent movie "The Artist" won the Best European Film prize at the Spanish cinema awards, the Goyas, while Spanish police flick "No habra paz para los malvados" ('No rest for the wicked') collected six gongs.

Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal will wield the sword of Zorro in a futuristic version of the classic story about the masked crusader, according to the film industry magazine Variety.

0440 GMT: "The Artist", which entered the race with a leading six nominations, was the night's big winner receiving three Globes - best comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or drama and best score.

Hugo An exhilarating tale of magic, machines, memories, and dreams. Martin Scorsese marshals the latest movie technology to create a love letter to the earliest movies of all. Yes, it's a family film - and a great one - but the family Scorsese has really made this for is the 100-year-old tribe of watchers in the dark. With Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Sacha Baron Cohen. (127 min., PG) (Ty Burr)

Big-budget 3-D epic "Immortals" reigned supreme at the North American box office this weekend, beating an Adam Sandler comedy and a Leonardo DiCaprio biopic, industry data showed Monday.

Big-budget 3-D epic "Immortals" topped the top of the box office this weekend, beating an Adam Sandler comedy and a Leonardo DiCaprio biopic, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Animated kids' romp "Puss in Boots" was purring plenty after pulling in $33 million and holding onto the top spot at the North American box office at the weekend, industry data showed Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animated movie "Puss in Boots" landed on its feet with a $51 million global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a domestic opening, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

Animated flick "Puss in Boots" topped the weekend movie earnings in a strong debut, taking in $34.1 million at the North American Box Office, industry data showed Monday.

Qatar's annual film festival gave its top award to filmmaker Merzak Allouache's production of "Normal", a movie that follows disillusioned Algerian youth in the wake of the "Arab Spring" revolutions.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Salma Hayek has been many things: movie star, director, producer, wife and mother. On Friday, she adds clawless and lawless to that list as the fierce, female heroine Kitty Softpaws in new animated film, "Puss in Boots."

DENVER (Reuters) - With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.

Qatar opened on Tuesday its annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival with "Black Gold," a movie by French director Jacques Annaud partly shot in the gas-rich Gulf country.

DOHA (Reuters) - The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently -- both directly and more subtly -- in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Barack racked up cash for his re-election campaign at fundraisers in Nevada and California on Monday, declaring that he had kept 60 percent of the promises he made as a candidate in 2008.

DOHA (Reuters) - The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently -- both directly and more subtly -- in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week.