David Beckham says he will retire from professional soccer at the end of the season.

Nicole Kidman and “Amelie” star Audrey Tautou kicked off 12 days of red carpet fashion at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

Health activists, doctors and movie fans hailed glamorous Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie on Tuesday for her decision to reveal that she had had her breasts removed to reduce her cancer risk.

A painting by Barnett Newman that Sotheby's described as an icon of Abstract Expressionism sold Tuesday in New York for a record US$43.84 million at an auction peppered with stunningly expensive works.

Dan Brown sees the world a little differently than the average person. “I wish I could travel for pleasure,” says the author of such scenic blockbusters as “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons,” in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe. “Everything I see is a potential idea and I wish I could turn that off. Maybe I shouldn't. But, yes, every little work of art that I see or place that I travel to is a potential idea.”

The Hong Kong international wine challenge held in May in conjunction with HOFEX, Asia's leading hospitality trade show, revealed a handful of innovative wines.

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

Taiwan-born Oscar-winning director Ang Lee arrived in southern France Monday to serve as a member of the Cannes Film Festival's nine-member jury.

Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.

The number of Britons who believe Queen Elizabeth II should hand over to Prince Charles before her death has increased, although a majority still think she should reign for life, an opinion poll found on Sunday.