Famed film director Zhang Yimou must pay more than $1.2 million in fines for having three children in violation of China's strict family planning rules, officials said Thursday.

A district government in the eastern city of Wuxi said in an online statement that investigators concluded that the director of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" and his wife, Chen Ting, flouted family planning policies by having the children without approval and before they got married in 2011.

Colorful silk scarves tied daintily around the neck, fishnet mesh vests, big furry mohair coats — and we're talking about menswear, not women's.

The latest men's offerings from British luxury label Burberry Prorsum, showcased Wednesday in London, were themed "A painterly journey." The collection's decadent fabrics and arty prints had a feel of the English dandy and more than a hint of femininity about them.

The techno-chic with a few thousand dollars to spare can sport outfits that can change color on a whim.

London-based designer Amy Rainbow Winters showed just how in a FashionWare area at the Consumer Electronics Show here on Wednesday.

With coarse-grained pork sausages, blood pudding and fine wine on his menu, Philippe Lafforgue thought he had cooked up the perfect recipe for expats in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

But the Frenchman's refusal to serve Pakistanis unless they were accompanied by a foreigner has landed him in the soup in this deeply conservative country home to some of the most dangerous Islamist militants on the planet.

"Gravity" star Sandra Bullock, chart-topping singer Justin Timberlake and blockbuster "Iron Man 3" were the biggest winners at the public-voted People's Choice awards show Wednesday.

On the small screen, hit comedy "The Big Bang Theory" and drama "The Good Wife" were among the top winners, while actors earning prizes included Chris Colfer, star of "Glee" which started the night with most nominations.

The album "21" by British singer Adele has become the first to pass three million digital sales in the United States, the leading online tracking company Nielsen said Wednesday.

Three years after its release, the album, Adele's second record, continues to have robust sales and so far has shifted 26 million copies worldwide.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s deepest, darkest and wholly rational fear of sharks was tested to the extreme after he came face-to-face with a great white during a terrifying diving ordeal.

The daring Wolf of Wall Street star was taking part in an underwater expedition in Cape Town, South Africa in 2006 while he was on a break from filming Blood Diamond.

Singer Chris Brown is expected to return to court for a status hearing in a case in which he's accused of hitting a man outside a Washington, D.C., hotel.

The R&B singer was arrested in October after a man said the singer hit him outside the W Hotel. Brown and his bodyguard each face a misdemeanor assault charge.

After more than four decades together, Lily Tomlin's longtime partner and collaborator is now her wife.

Tomlin's publicist Jennifer Allen told People Magazine and other media outlets Tuesday that the 74-year-old actress and comedian married 78-year-old Jane Wagner in a private New Year's Eve ceremony in Los Angeles.

Space drama "Gravity" received 11 Bafta nominations on Wednesday, one more than the hotly-tipped "12 Years a Slave" as Britain's equivalent awards pointed the way to Oscars glory.

"Gravity" star Sandra Bullock was nominated for best actress, while Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron is in the running for best director.