Entertainment

British actor Tom Hardy is expected to step into Mel Gibson's lead role in the new Mad Max film.

Sydney radio personality Vic Davies, who co-hosted the long-running Club Veg show, has died after a short battle with lung cancer.

GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland appears to be less skeptical of foreigners than a decade ago, with most Swiss now finding that the proportion of foreigners residing here is not too high, a survey showed Saturday.

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against drug-taking in sport on Saturday.

MADRID (Reuters) -The French film "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

MADRID (Reuters) -The French film "Un Prophete" (A Prophet) has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week.

Rihanna has described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Vladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but "The Original of Laura" survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is about to be published for the first time.

R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final.

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's constitutional court said Saturday it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free.

During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.

A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewellery, an informant has told police.