Singers at one of London's top opera companies could go on strike in a dispute over jobs and pay after deciding to ballot on industrial action, their union said Monday.

The 43 members of the chorus at the English National Opera (ENO) will decide whether to strike over what their union says will be a 25 percent pay cut and the loss of four jobs.

Dancers -- some nearly naked, others in elaborate costumes -- strutted into the final round of the Rio Carnival's samba championship Monday, capping a wild party that has helped Brazilians forget about Zika and other worries.

The six last samba schools were preening their spectacular feather headdresses and adjusting the shining G-strings and other tiny garments favored by lead dancers ahead of the all-night parades.

Coldplay and Beyonce went both retro and inspirational on Sunday as they put on a colorful Super Bowl halftime show full of flowers and happy children.

While Coldplay was nominally the headliner at the American football championship game, it was Beyonce who made news -- moments after the show finished, a brief television advertisement announced that she will head on a world tour.

The 66th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, starts Thursday with 23 international productions screening in the main showcase.

Eighteen pictures will vie for the Golden Bear top prize at the event which runs from February 11 to 21, with a jury led by three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep selecting the best film. Nineteen of the main features are world premieres and two are directors' feature debuts.

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's bid for Oscars glory was boosted Saturday as he took top prize at the Directors Guild of America honors -- seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.

Inarritu was crowned best director for revenge and survival epic "The Revenant," three weeks ahead of the glittering culmination of Hollywood's annual awards season.

Shot in brutal weather to a punishing schedule, Oscar favorite "The Revenant" belongs to a fine Hollywood tradition in which the truly creative must suffer for their art.

Leonardo DiCaprio went through hell to inhabit the character of 19th century frontiersman Hugh Glass, eating a raw buffalo liver, bathing in icy rivers and climbing mountains laden with furs.

Bhutan's royal couple on Saturday announced the birth of their first child, a baby prince, delighting the remote Himalayan kingdom where the monarchy is revered.

The newest royal, the son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema, was safely delivered at Lingkana Palace in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on February 5, the royal media office said.

Netflix on Friday announced it had renewed the award-winning women's prison dramedy "Orange is the New Black" -- one of the streaming giant's tentpole series -- for three more seasons.

The fourth season of "Orange is the New Black" premieres June 17, and the new Netflix commitment will take the series into its seventh season.

Prince, who scrapped a hotly anticipated "Piano and Microphone" tour of Europe, has rescheduled his shows -- for Australia and New Zealand.

The pop star, known for his love of surprises, posted a flier Thursday on Twitter that read simply: "Piano and a Microphone - Prince - Australia and New Zealand - February 2016."

A diverse trio will perform a tribute to B.B. King, the late king of the blues, at the Grammy Awards, organizers of the music industry's biggest night said Thursday. 

Gary Clark Jr., a rocker with roots in blues guitar, will take part in the performance but will be joined by two figures from country music -- Chris Stapleton, a rising star who is nominated for Album of the Year, and Bonnie Raitt.