Tom Cruise described his character in “Digger” as “totally outrageous” and unlike any role he had encountered before, speaking at the film’s world premiere in London on Tuesday.

Oscar-winning R&B singer Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, professionally known as H.E.R., ‌was transported back to the Filipino folktales her mother used to tell her while discussing DreamWorks’ upcoming animated film “Forgotten Island,” which arrives in theaters on Friday.

At an Asian Games pool entranced by China’s 13-year-old Yu Zidi, hosts Japan hailed their own teen prodigy on Tuesday as Yumeki Kojima powered to medley gold in a swim that made French great Leon Marchand sit up and take notice.

In 1968, the BBC broadcast extracts from JRR Tolkien’s last ever recorded interview, 31 years after The Hobbit was published. In 2019, the full video was unearthed from the archive.

The show at Chelsea College of Arts in London took place in a minimalist bright white cube, with guests ​including actors Jason Statham and Chiwetel Ejiofor, rappers ​Skepta and Kano, and Mayor of London Sadiq ⁠Khan watching from wooden seats printed with Burberry’s ​check.

Taylor Swift will be the first recipient of the MTV Video ​Music Awards artist-director honors at this year’s ‌awards ceremony, a newly created award recognizing musicians whose work behind the camera has contributed to music video production ​and visual storytelling, CBS and MTV said ​on Monday.

Almost half a century after their birth, Britpop darlings Pulp are stars of a documentary that delves back into the band’s ​roots in the childhood dreams of gangly frontman Jarvis Cocker.

New York-listed digital retailer REVOLVE Group (RVLV.N), opens new tab on Monday unveiled a joint venture ​with Donatella Versace to create a new beauty and ‌fashion business targeting younger consumers.

Princess Diana’s “revenge dress” went on display in London on Friday, days after new claims about King Charles’s ​reaction to her death, as the shadow cast over the royal family by the so-called “people’s princess” lingers nearly 30 years on.

Marks & Spencer (MKS.L), opens new tab made its London Fashion Week debut on Friday, using ‌the high-profile event to showcase its style credentials and broaden the British retailer’s appeal to shoppers at home and abroad, both in-store and online.

The Toronto International Film Festival featured more Chinese-language and China-produced films than last year, as diplomatic ties between Canada and China showed signs of improvement ​following a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping and as ‌Asian filmmakers try to reach new audiences.