The world's great ballet houses are accustomed to cheers, shouts of "Bravo," even standing ovations. Rock star-groupie screams? Not so much.

But all bets are off when there's a Beatle in the house.

Brazil is getting ready for the return of Rock in Rio, an extravaganza headlined by Elton John, Katy Perry and Shakira that is billed as the world's biggest music festival.

The festival that opens Friday also includes Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Coldplay, performing before an audience expected to total some 700,000 by the time it closes on Oct. 2.

They can move audiences to tears with their inspirational performances, but few can put their finger on that indefinable something that marks out a great conductor.

Indeed, the maestros themselves are sometimes reluctant to even try, preferring instead for their music to speak for them.

Fifteen minutes of posthumous fame just keeps going for Andy Warhol, the undisputed giant of Pop Art who's getting not just one, but two major exhibitions in the U.S. capital.

"Warhol: Headlines" at the National Gallery of Art will focus -- for the first time -- the legendary New York artist's fascination with front-page news and tabloid sensationalism.

Forget subtle tones and retro allusions: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana raunched up Milan with their new D&G collection on Thursday as the two announced they were winding up the line.

Dripping gold jewelry, micro tunic-style dresses and big platform sandals were the main features of the lusty lineup for the warm months of next year, shown off to the sounds of James Brown's soul classic "Sex Machine".

After 31 years and 15 albums, the pioneering American alternative rock group R.E.M. has announced that it will be no more.

The group, whose hits included "Shiny Happy People" and "Everybody Hurts," were a cult band on the U.S. college rock circuit before hitting the mainstream in the early 1990s.

Denzel Washington still applies the same principles in his acting career that he learned when he was a third grader in the Boys & Girls Club of America.

Now, the Oscar-winning actor along with director Ron Howard want to show how the club has impacted his life along with 20 other celebrities and entertainers, who were once members of the club.

Japanese teenagers crowded a new Hello Kitty themed store in one of Tokyo's hippest areas on Thursday as the mouthless cat turned global icon of cuteness entertained them with her music-mixing skills.

A life-sized version of the cat that adorns everything from school bags to office equipment got the crowds moving from a special DJ booth in the ultra-cool SHIBUYA109 building, a magnet for Tokyo's fashion-conscious youth.

T-Group Productions is set to release the Lebanese movie, ‘My last valentine in Beirut’, the first feature film to be produced in 3D in the Arab region ever, with one of the highest production costs and biggest production team.

The movie will have a world wide release with professionally crafted plans of marketing mixes and distribution.

Gold and black trimmings, feather handbags and dinner jackets: the new Gucci spring-summer 2012 collection at Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday leant heavily on some of the most iconic images of Art Deco.

Like ball-goers emerging on to the deck of a luxury cruise liner at dawn circa 1932, androgynous-looking models swept down the catwalk with chiffon neck scarves fluttering in the wind and gold belts twinkling in the meager light.