Now that the Queen of Soul has found her king, she's focusing on the key details of her upcoming wedding, including the place, the entertainment and, most important, the dress.

"You know I am very hands-on. There is no way in the world anyone else could do my wedding other than myself, along with whomever I select to do various things," she told The Associated Press.

After seeing "The Mountaintop" on Broadway, Laurence Fishburne went backstage, stunned.

He was looking to toast his old friend, Angela Bassett. The two had costarred in the intense Tina Turner biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It?" but Fishburne had seen something special pour out of Bassett on this night.

A drama set around the French Revolution starring German-born Hollywood actress Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette will open next month's Berlin film festival, organizers said Wednesday.

"Les Adieux a la reine" (Farewell My Queen) by French director Benoit Jacquot will kick off the 62nd edition of the Berlinale, as the event is known, on February 9, the festival said in a statement.

The Academy Award for visual effects is shaping up into a showdown among such heroes as Harry Potter, the X-Men, the Transformers and Captain America.

Oscar organizers Wednesday announced 10 finalists for the visual-effects prize.

Britain's film academy is honoring Martin Scorsese for his "outstanding and exceptional" contribution to cinema.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said Wednesday that Scorsese will receive its highest honor, the Academy Fellowship, at a ceremony next month.

Meryl Streep, whose portrayal of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady" is tipped for an Oscar, takes to the red carpet Wednesday for the film's European premiere in London.

Streep's performance has earned her a a Golden Globe nomination, putting her in line to win the third Oscar of her career next month.

Even movie super-spy Jason Bourne needs help against the nightmarish traffic in the Philippine capital Manila, the city's administrator said on Wednesday.

Metro Manila chairman Francis Tolentino is taking steps to avoid chaos on the roads when the latest installment in the blockbuster series, "The Bourne Legacy", starts filming in this country later this month.

World-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour has announced he is running for president in a bid to unseat incumbent Abdoulaye Wade, whose plans for a third term have stoked tensions in one of Africa's most stable countries.

"I am a candidate" in the February 26 election, Senegal's most famous export declared late Monday on his privately-owned television station after weeks of speculation about his plans.

The Berlin film festival said Monday it would award Oscar-winning U.S. actress Meryl Streep an honorary Golden Bear next month in recognition of her decades-long career.

Streep, 62, whose latest film sees her portraying Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the biopic "The Iron Lady", will receive the award during the February 9-19 festival, organizers said.

Aerosmith front man and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler is tying the knot with longtime companion Erin Brady, the rock star's manager said Monday.

"I can confirm he's engaged," Eric Sherman told Agence France Presse, giving no other details, amid reports that Tyler, 63, surprised model Brady, 38, with a five-carat diamond ring either just before or during a Christmas holiday in Hawaii.