It came as a shock. But Virginie Routis learned very early that one of the obstacles she was going to have to overcome to become a top wine waiter was sexism.

One of the best-known cinemas in the Palestinian territories closed Wednesday after running out of money, organizers said, six years after a grand reopening ceremony backed by international celebrities.

"Goodfellas" director Martin Scorsese is to be granted a private audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday after unveiling his latest film to an audience of 400 Jesuits, the Vatican said.

The U.S. lingerie giant Victoria's Secret is holding its hugely hyped annual fashion show in Paris for the first time Wednesday.

A public television station in Morocco has apologized after uproar on social media followed its broadcast of an item on makeup to hide the facial bruises of battered women.

A prominent television anchor, Amr El Leithy, said he was barred from leaving Egypt on Thursday, in the third case of authorities imposing a travel ban in less than a week.

Brad Pitt has been cleared after a probe into allegations he mistreated one of his children in a mid-air altercation, the FBI said on Tuesday.

The claims centered on an alleged incident with his 15-year-old son Maddox in September on a flight from France to Los Angeles. Pitt's wife Angelina Jolie claimed he had struck the boy.

Rap superstar Kanye West was hospitalized on Monday with a "medical emergency" after canceling his tour, two days after a rambling onstage tirade against fellow artists Jay Z and Beyonce.

Sometimes, there is such a thing as being too popular, Tommy Hilfiger says, explaining that after his label's crazy romp in the 1990s, he had to reinvent the brand.

Decked out in red trousers and a white shirt with blue stripes, and white sneakers -- poster boy for his brand's staple colors -- the 65-year-old designer chatted with AFP about the evolution of his label, and his memoir "American Dreamer," at the Miami Book Fair International on Sunday.

Rap superstar Kanye West canceled a planned show in Los Angeles just hours before it was set to start, following a rant against fellow singer Beyonce and a public announcement of support for US President-elect Donald Trump.

The Forum, an indoor arena in the LA suburb of Inglewood where West had been scheduled to perform, tweeted less than three hours before Sunday's show that it was being scrapped. It said refunds would be made available at the point of purchase.