Americans rekindle their peculiar love affair with the post-Edwardian demise of English aristocracy on Sunday when season four of "Downton Abbey" premieres on U.S. public television.

The internationally-acclaimed British period drama set in a grand old Yorkshire country estate is seen in about 100 countries around the world -- but nowhere does it enjoy the kind of cult following it has in the United States.

The car carrying late "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker was doing over 100 mph (160 kph) when it crashed, nearly cutting the high-powered vehicle in half, coroners said Friday.

The 40-year-old actor's body was charred beyond recognition and lying "in a pugilistic stance" caused by the intense heat, they said. Walker was in the passenger seat of the car in the November 30 fatal accident.

Most of us grew up watching Disney musicals. Heck, I still consider “The Lion King” as one of my all-time favorite movies (and I’m sure many of you do too). “Frozen”, the latest film to come out of Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a charming tale of friendship and love, and while it doesn’t reach the heights of some of Disney’s classics, it’s a sweet and beautifully animated film that will please its target audience, while reminding adults why they fell in love with Disney cartoons in the first place. And yes, it’s a musical, but don’t let that scare you away.

“Frozen” tells the story of Elsa (Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell), two young princesses hailing from the Kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa is no ordinary princess, however; she possesses special powers that allow her to control weather, and she can pretty much turn anything she wants into an icicle. When Elsa accidentally injures Anna while playing, her parents consult some sort of Goblin leader, and he proceeds to erase Anna’s memory so that she forgets that her sister possesses such powers. As a result, Elsa must now live in seclusion, away from her beloved sister, so that she may never accidentally hurt her, or anyone else, again. Many years later, and after some pretty grim circumstances, Elsa is forced out of hiding, and when she accidentally freezes her entire kingdom, she leaves Arendelle to live in seclusion in her very own Ice palace. Determined to bring her sister back and end a seemingly eternal winter, Anna goes after her sister with the help of Olaf the snowman (Josh Gad), mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his reindeer Sven.

A high profile French comic, who could be slapped with a rare ban from the national stage, ironically began his career fighting racism before falling from grace as a "trader of hate".

Dieudonne, the burly and bearded comedian known by one name, is no stranger to controversy. But in the last month, his increasingly vitriolic brand of humor targeting Jews has set him at odds with the French interior minister himself.

It's the kind of puzzle that might have amused Sherlock Holmes himself.

Now that copyright protections have expired on nearly all of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales about the pipe-puffing detective in the deerstalker hat, are writers free to depict the character in new mysteries without seeking permission or paying license fees?

Almost 40 years after one of Bollywood's most famous films broke box office records, "Sholay" (Embers) has been restored for release Friday in 3D to a new generation of moviegoers.

The iconic Indian film, which stars Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Amjad Khan and other Bollywood greats, is an action adventure about two petty thieves hired by a police officer to exact revenge on a ruthless bandit.

Bruce Springsteen fans will be able to stream all 12 tracks of the rocker's new "High Hopes" album starting Sunday -- if they're in the United States, that is.

Broadcaster CBS said Thursday it will host the pre-release at www.cbs.com/springsteen ahead of a January 12 episode of its legal drama "The Good Wife" featuring three songs from the record.

A Las Vegas police captain who helped a rock star pull off an elaborate wedding proposal by arranging a flight on a department helicopter has retired rather than face demotion, and the pilot's flying wings have been clipped, the agency confirmed.

Capt. David O'Leary faced demotion to lieutenant for helping arrange the Aug. 7 private flight for Guns N' Roses guitarist Daren Jay "DJ" Ashba and his then-girlfriend, Colombian actress Nathalia Henao, the police department said in a statement issued late Tuesday.

"The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco is starting off 2014 as a Mrs.

Cuoco's representative, Melissa Kates, says the actress wed tennis pro Ryan Sweeting in a New Year's Eve ceremony at a ranch in Santa Susana, California.

Juanita Moore, a groundbreaking actress and an Academy Award nominee for her role as Lana Turner's black friend in the classic weeper "Imitation of Life," has died.

Actor Kirk Kelleykahn, her grandson, said that Moore collapsed and died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 99, according to Kelleykahn. Accounts of her age have differed over the years.