Hollywood star and U.N. refugee envoy Angelina Jolie has accepted an invitation to visit the small island of Nauru where Australia sends asylum-seekers for processing and resettlement, the government said Monday.

Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador, was invited by the Pacific island nation's President Baron Waqa when they met at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence Against Women in Conflict in London.

Safety fears have forced the cancellation of Canadian rocker Neil Yong's impending concert in Tel Aviv, the target of repeated rocket fire from Gaza in the past week, organizers said Sunday.

Concert promoter Shuki Weiss announced "with great sorrow" the cancellation of a show scheduled for Tel Aviv's riverside Yarkon Park next Thursday.

U.S. actor Tracy Morgan is suing Walmart for negligence, after being badly injured last month when one of the retail giant's trucks rear-ended his stretch limousine, CNN reported Saturday.

The crash on a New Jersey highway killed Morgan's friend and fellow comic James McNair and injured other passengers in the vehicle.

British actor David Legeno, who played a werewolf in the "Harry Potter" movies, has been found dead in Death Valley, United States police said.

He apparently died of "heat-related issues," the local sheriff said, after the 50-year-old's body was found near Zabriskie Point, a famed movie-related panorama spot.

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" swings into the US box office this weekend accompanied by rave reviews for a film pitting humans against their Simian cousins again, in spectacular fashion. 

Starring Gary Oldman, the sequel to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" could also win big at the box office, in a summer relatively thin on blockbuster releases, experts say.

Given that David Rees has written a book on how to sharpen a pencil, he seems the perfect choice to host a new National Geographic Channel series that elevates mundane activities into the subject of deep investigation.

So, for those inclined, Rees' "Going Deep" over the next two months will tell more than you ever thought you could know about digging a hole, tying a shoe, making ice cubes, shaking hands or throwing a paper airplane.

Bobby Brown is leaving a reunion tour with the group New Edition to focus on his health.

A spokeswoman for the R&B group said group members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant wish the 45-year-old singer a speedy recovery. No other details were provided.

Written by Anthony Sargon

When Rise of the Planet of the Apes came out in 2011, no one was actually expecting it to be any good. Boy were we wrong. The film was not only good; it was brilliant. Thanks to state-of-the-art motion capture technology, as well as a compelling narrative with something to say about society, the Planet of the Apes universe was given a new lease on life. But we all know how challenging it can be to craft a good sequel, let alone a superior one, which is why I was completely blown away by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Not only is it a spectacular science fiction film, it’s one of the greatest and most impressive sequels I have ever had the privilege of witnessing.

Hollywood star George Clooney on Friday rejected an apology from Britain's Daily Mail over a story claiming his fiancee's mother opposes the couple's upcoming marriage, accusing the tabloid of cover-up.

The paper reported earlier this week that the U.S. actor's soon-to-be Lebanese mother-in-law had been telling "half of Beirut" that she opposes the union between the heartthrob and her daughter Amal Alamuddin due to her supposed Druze faith.

Robert Redford will play Dan Rather in a film about the former CBS anchor's disputed report about President George W. Bush's National Guard service.

The film, titled "Truth," will be adapted from the memoir "Truth And Duty: The Press, The President, And The Privilege Of Power" by former CBS producer Mary Mapes, said the production company, Mythology Entertainment. Cate Blanchett is signed on to play Mapes.