Lady Gaga dazzled the Super Bowl on Sunday with a high-tech, tightly choreographed halftime show celebrating American diversity and unity as she chose the power of showbiz over direct provocation.
Performing at American football's title match -- generally the most watched US television event of the year -- the pop diva electrified NRG Stadium in Houston with a pulsating medley of her greatest hits.

The Berlin film festival, one of Europe's top cinema showcases, gets under way Thursday, bringing a parade of stars to its famed red carpet.
Nearly 400 movies will be screened during the 11-day gathering. Here's a preview of highlights from the Berlinale, now in its 67th year, that are already generating a buzz.

Black Sabbath, the pioneers of heavy metal, ended their last-ever tour with a final concert in Birmingham, their home town where it all began nearly 50 years ago.

Two years after the bonkbuster film "Fifty Shades of Grey" had housewives reaching for the smelling salts, its sequel reunites Christian, Anastasia and a variety of tools that really ought to be kept in a riding stable.
Northern Irishman Jamie Dornan and US actress Dakota Johnson return as the kinky couple in "Fifty Shades Darker," the next installment of E.L. James's bestselling "mommy porn" novels.

A Dutch TV show's comic message introducing the Netherlands to Donald Trump has spawned a series of copycat spoofs around Europe all clamoring "to be second" after the U.S. president's vow to make America first.

Hip-hop superstar Eminem has returned with a fresh attack on U.S. President Donald Trump, contributing an angry verse on the new album of Big Sean.
The lyrics mark the latest political intervention by Eminem, who re-emerged weeks before the November 8 election with a charged, eight-minute freestyle rap against the billionaire Republican.

A French judge investigating the gunpoint robbery of Kim Kardashian has interviewed the U.S. reality star for several hours in New York, judicial sources said Friday.

Two weeks after her husband's inauguration, questions are mounting about what kind of first lady Melania Trump will be.
The 46-year-old former model wowed the crowds at his swearing-in ceremony and inaugural balls dressed in Ralph Lauren powder blue and a vanilla crepe, ticking fashion boxes and suggesting that the mother of one was anxious to step up to her new role.

Renowned World War II singer Vera Lynn will celebrate her next birthday by becoming the first singer in history to release a new album at age 100, her record label said on Thursday.

Beyonce is pregnant -- and this time, she's expecting twins with her husband, rap mogul Jay Z.
