Greece may want for gold right now, but Elie Saab's collection of gilded lace gowns with intricately woven motifs harked back to a time when Byzantine princesses had all the sparkle their hearts desired.

The Lebanese designer's autumn/winter couture collection of evening gowns -- and a few jumpsuits -- bore all of the translucence and intricate embroidery for which he has become known.

U.S. actresses Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore played roulette in Karl Lagerfeld's celebrity-studded runway casino Tuesday where the fashion legend used 3D printing for a futuristic version of the classic Chanel suit.

In a typically elaborate staging -- last year he recreated a Parisian bistro on the runway -- Lagerfeld showed his first of two couture collections at Paris Fashion Week, with his all-fur production for Fendi on Wednesday seen as the highlight of the five-day fashion extravaganza.

An Olympic torch carried by decathlon champion Bruce Jenner -- now known as Caitlyn -- ahead of the 1984 Summer Games will go under the hammer this month, auctioneers said Tuesday.

It is the first major piece of Jenner memorabilia to hit the market since Jenner -- the winner of the 1976 decathlon gold medal -- made her public coming-out as a transgender woman, revealing a new name and look in early June.

Netflix revealed its latest rollout of star-studded new films Tuesday, with movies featuring Idris Elba, Adam Sandler and Michelle Yeoh topping its list of releases in the coming months.

The online streaming titan will debut "Beasts of No Nation" -- the story of a boy abducted from his family to serve as a child soldier in Africa -- on October 16.

As a chorus of sexual assault accusations against Bill Cosby resounded this winter, some fans and famous friends stood by him, calling the allegations unproven attacks on a comedy legend.

But for some, the breaking point came this week, when newly unsealed court documents revealed that the comedian has admitted to giving at least one woman quaaludes before sex — the kind of behavior long suspected by women who have accused him of drugging and abusing them.

A Moroccan regulator said Tuesday it rejected a request to sanction a television channel for broadcasting a "scantily dressed" American pop star Jennifer Lopez at a concert in the highly conservative Muslim country.

The request from Islamist Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane came after Lopez sparked controversy over her performance before record crowds at the annual Mawazine music festival in May.

A video posted on an Al-Jazeera YouTube channel over the Fourth of July weekend mocks Americans for dubious "achievements" in obesity, pornography production and gun ownership.

The satirical item, under two minutes long, was produced out of San Francisco by a digital arm of the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network. It has not been seen on television, including on the beleaguered Al-Jazeera America channel.

Animated flick "Inside Out" edged out "Jurassic World" to top the North American box office over the weekend with a solid $29.8 million in ticket sales, figures released Monday showed.

The Pixar film features the voice of comedian Amy Poehler and follows young Riley as her emotions of joy, fear, anger, disgust and sadness battle it out internally as she copes with a move to a new city.

Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who made the "Ocean's Eleven" movies and managed artists including Frank Sinatra, has died aged 77, a spokeswoman said Monday.

George Clooney and former U.S. president George H.W. Bush were among the first to mourn Weintraub, whose credits also included "Diner," "The Karate Kid" and 1998's "The Avengers." 

Embattled U.S. comedian Bill Cosby admitted having drugged at least one woman with Quaaludes to have sex with her, in court documents unsealed Monday.

Cosby, accused of sexual assault by some 30 women over decades but who has so far escaped justice, made the admission in a deposition in 2005, talking about an incident from 1976.