A new Arabic-language TV news channel, Sky News Arabia, with links to media magnate Rupert Murdoch said on Tuesday it plans to begin broadcasting next month.

The announcement of the May 6 launch comes after more than two years of preparation for Sky News Arabia to join the increasingly crowded Arabic news market. It is also a boost for Abu Dhabi's efforts to challenge Dubai as a regional media hub.

Fresh from his journey to the deepest point of the Pacific in a solo submarine dive, Hollywood director, James Cameron spoke to Australian schoolchildren, answering questions on how fast his craft could travel to how he went to the toilet, the Agence France Presse said Tuesday.

The "Titanic" filmmaker, who last month plunged seven miles (11 kilometers) to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, told students at Perth's Roseworth Primary School that science had been his favorite subject.

The “30 Rock” movie star Alec Baldwin, of 53 years, got engaged over the weekend to 28-year-old yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas, the abc news said Tuesday.

Alec’s representative told the People magazine "Alec proposed to Hilaria this weekend,” saying “we're all excited for the newly engaged couple. Alec's birthday is tomorrow - great way to celebrate!"

Teen action film phenomenon "The Hunger Games" stayed on top of the North American box office for a second weekend, easily outsmarting Greek gods and Snow White, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The movie, which opened with a record $152.5 million last weekend, has surged to a total of $250 million in just 10 days in theaters, Exhibitor Relations said on its website. It made $60 million this weekend.

Disneyland Paris celebrated its entry into adulthood in spectacular style this weekend, with a 20th birthday extravaganza replete with celebrities, parades and a new state-of-the-art show, the Associated Press said Monday.

The resort 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) east of Paris has a lot to celebrate. After overcoming a rocky childhood, the "Magic Kingdom" now makes up a chunk of the French economy and of Disney's own revenues.

Adam Sandler and his cross-dressing romp "Jack and Jill" set a Razzies record Sunday by sweeping 10 Golden Raspberry awards, for the worst that Hollywood had to offer in 2011.

For the first time in its 32-year history the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation dishonored the same film in every category, either as a film or for its performances, direction, and writing.

Taylor Swift won entertainer of the year for the second year running Sunday at the 47th Academy of Country Music awards in Las Vegas, adding to her ever-growing collection of show business laurels.

"I'm so happy about this," exclaimed the 22-year-old chart-topper, clinching the fan-voted laurel while jumping up and down in a figure-hugging white J. Mendel gown at the climax of the three-hour gala ceremony.

Cissy Houston says in her first interview since daughter Whitney's death that she's "very proud" of her and did the best she could raising her.

Houston talked to My9 on Thursday night for an interview set to air Monday. The interview took place at New Hope Baptist Churchin Newark, N.J., where Whitney first wowed a congregation as a girl and where her funeral was held Feb. 18.

Charlie Chaplin's iconic cane, a "Superman" costume and a vintage Christian Dior gown worn by Princess Diana are among Hollywood treasures being sold at auction this weekend.

The "Hollywood Legends" sale also includes earrings worn by Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston in the 1992 film "Bodyguard," as well as other items which once belonged to the star who died in February aged 48.

Long before he became a salsa sensation, Marc Anthony listened to the likes of Lionel Richie. Now he'll honor the pop legend as part of the Academy of Country Music's tribute to Richie.

This week, Richie released a collection of his classics performed with top country acts, and is set to appear at Sunday's ACM Awards. The next day, he'll be feted at an all-star concert.