Veteran U.S. television actor Matt LeBlanc was unveiled Thursday as the new co-presenter of the BBC's revamped "Top Gear" motoring show, joining main host Chris Evans in fronting the megahit series.

The 48-year-old "Friends" star is the first non-British host in the four-decade history of the show, being relaunched after flamboyant host Jeremy Clarkson was dropped last year for punching a producer.

A French court banned Lars von Trier's ultra-violent film "Antichrist" on Wednesday, nearly seven years after it won a major prize at the Cannes film festival.

It is the third time a traditionalist Catholic group has succeeded in persuading French judges to pull the film since it was first released in 2009.

British actor Clive Owen and French-born fashion photographer Brigitte Lacombe will serve on the seven-member prize jury of this month's Berlin film festival chaired by Meryl Streep, organizers said Tuesday.

Channing Tatum dancing in a sailor suit and Scarlett Johansson taking a dip: two good reasons go see the Coen brothers' new movie "Hail, Caesar!"

At least according to George Clooney, making a playful pitch for the film at its premiere in Los Angeles.

Heavy metal veterans Def Leppard have postponed the rest of their world tour as frontman Joe Elliott struggles with his voice.

The British band, which has been touring with short breaks since April last year, said Monday it was postponing the final 10 concerts.

Pop superstar Adele on Monday lodged objections as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump played her music on the campaign trail.

Trump, an apparent fan of Adele who was spotted at her concert in November in New York, has regularly played her hit "Rolling in the Deep" at his rallies. 

France's Michelin guide gave the country's most famous chef a much-prized third star and stripped him of another Monday as the restaurant world reeled after the apparent suicide of the "world's best chef" Benoit Violier.

Alain Ducasse, 59, picked up the highest rating for his restaurant at Paris' swish Plaza Athenee hotel while he lost a star for another of his tables in the French capital at the equally opulent Le Meurice hotel.

BBC presenter Terry Wogan, host of Britain's flagship television chatshow in the 1980s and of Eurovision over three decades, died of cancer on Sunday aged 77, his family announced.

"Sir Terry Wogan died today after a short but brave battle with cancer. He passed away surrounded by his family," said a family statement.

Pale blue eyes. Leading-man looks. Chris Pine is one of Hollywood's rising stars and for good reason.

The "Star Trek" and "Horrible Bosses 2" actor sat down with AFP ahead of the U.S. release of his latest film, "The Finest Hours," to talk about everything from his most recent role to being the son of Hollywood actors.

Netflix announced Friday it is reviving the hit TV series "Gilmore Girls," which won legions of fans more than a decade ago depicting the exploits of a thirty-something mother and her teenage daughter.

The show's stars -- Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore and Alexis Bledel, who played her daughter Rory -- will also be back.