A Colorado company lost its latest fight against Disney over the rights to Marvel's iconic comic book characters Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled it could not claim ownership to certain superheroes such as Spider-Man and Iron Man.

In its decision, a panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Stan Lee Media, which sought profits from the $5.5 billion the company says Disney made from movies and merchandise featuring Marvel's superheros.

Clint Eastwood and his wife of 18 years have finalized their divorce.

A Monterey County Superior Court judge finalized the Eastwoods' divorce Tuesday and approved a judgment that does not state how the pair will divide their assets.

The tortured romance between Sehrazat and Onur, the central drama of Turkish soap opera "Thousand and One Nights," is taking Chilean television by storm and reshaping prime time in Latin America, the land of the "telenovela."

In exchange for the money she desperately needs to treat her son's leukemia, Sehrazat, a widowed architect, reluctantly agrees to spend the night with Onur, her powerful boss, who falls hopelessly in love with her, setting off a torrid chain reaction that has captivated Chileans for months.

Director Tim Burton and his long-time actress partner Helena Bonham Carter have separated after 13 years together, a spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.

A representative for Bonham Carter, the star of the "Harry Potter" movies and Oscar-winning films including "The King's Speech", said the couple had split "amicably."

Sony Pictures said Tuesday it will screen madcap comedy "The Interview" in some U.S. theaters on Christmas Day, a dramatic U-turn after its widely criticized decision to cancel the film following a cyber-assault blamed on North Korea.

The Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has announced his first studio album in four years as he promised an active 2015.

Martin, in video messages in English and Spanish to his millions of followers on social media sites, said Monday the album would be called "A Quien Quiera Escuchar" ("To Whoever Wants to Listen") and will come out on February 10.

The USS Enterprise is about to get a little faster. "Fast & Furious" director Justin Lin is taking the helm of the third installment in Paramount's rebooted "Star Trek" franchise.

Lin's rep confirmed the news Monday.

U.S. magazine Rolling Stone said Monday it has asked the highly regarded Columbia Journalism School to look into its discredited story about a gang rape at a major American university.

In a statement to appear in the magazine's next issue, co-founder and publisher Jann Wenner said Columbia would be investigating "the editorial process that led to the publication" of the 9,000-word story on sexual assault at the University of Virginia.

Tolkien epic "The Hobbit" worked its magic at the North American box office this weekend, signaling a farewell to the blockbuster fantasy franchise, industry data showed Monday.

The last of six films adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's books by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson, "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" took $54.7 million on its debut weekend in the United States and Canada, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Joe Cocker, whose intense, gritty voice won him wide acclaim that spanned both rock and blues, has died at age 70, his agent said Monday.