Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Oscar for best actor in 1961 for "Judgment at Nuremberg," has died at the age of 83, his agent announced Saturday.
Schell died following "a sudden and serious illness," agent Patricia Baumbauer said.

Miley Cyrus wants you to concentrate on her voice — not her twerking — when she launches her tour next month.
"Ren and Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi and contemporary artist Ben Jones have crafted videos to play during the 38 shows as Cyrus prioritizes singing over dance routines.

Kanye West will not face criminal charges over an incident in which he apparently punched a man in a California chiropractor's office.
Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against the rapper because he had reached a civil settlement with the man and there were no significant injuries documented.

The Romanian Cinema Board on Friday said it had lifted a ban on Danish director Lars Von Trier's controversial erotic epic "Nymphomaniac 2" and fired the official who had barred the film.
The film will now be released as planned on February 7, but will be prohibited to minors.

Hollywood's royal couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will move to South Africa this year while he works on a new film, local media reported Friday.
The pair, who have six children together, have rented a house in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Sandhurst for $7,600 a month, the Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper reported, citing a source involved in the private rental deal.

By Jeremy Barnicle (CNN)
Syria needs lots of things right now. One of them is George Clooney.

"Je ne regrette rien." ("I don't regret a thing.")
That's what France's former first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, told the weekly Paris-Match amid the drama of being dumped by French President Francois Hollande for a younger actress.

Pop star Katy Perry was on the threshold Thursday of becoming the first person ever to have more than 50 million followers on Twitter.
Twitter Counter, a service for tracking Twitter usage, predicted that Perry, 29, whose "Dark Horse" featuring Juicy J is atop this week's Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, would roar through the 50 million barrier sometime Friday.

Beyoncé is one of the world's most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia.
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University is offering a course called "Politicizing Beyoncé."

Pop star Justin Bieber is giving Toronto Mayor Rob Ford a brief respite as Canada's favorite bad boy and butt of all jokes.
Ford has admitted smoking crack while in a drunken stupor and is being sued for supposedly orchestrating the jailhouse beating of his sister's ex-boyfriend. The 19-year-old teen idol is facing the equivalent of a misdemeanor assault charge.
