Entertainment - AFP

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Hollywood movie made using footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing for his planned series of comeback concerts could hit theaters by the end of this year, US media reports said Monday.

VIENNA (AFP) - Mexican star tenor Rolando Villazon, who cancelled all his 2009 engagements after a cyst was found on his vocal cords, said he is already training his voice again after successful surgery.

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's newly crowned MasterChef fought off claims on Monday that the hugely popular reality TV contest had been rigged, after a finale watched by a record 3.7 million people.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, whose mastery has enraptured millions around the world, believes one of his proudest achievements is imparting his knowledge and love of music to a new generation.

LONDON (AFP) - Bruno, the outrageous gay Austrian fashionista, is proving just as controversial as his British creator Sacha Baron Cohen's previous film character Borat.

BERLIN (AFP) - U2 rocked Berlin on Saturday, returning to the German city where almost 20 years ago the Irish band came to reinvent themselves and make "Achtung Baby", for many fans their best album.

MONTREUX, Switzerland (AFP) - The 43th edition of the Montreux music festival came to a close Saturday with US rock star Prince treating a swaying crowd of 4,400 to tunes both familiar and novel.

PRAGUE (AFP) - At least one person died after a huge tent collapsed Saturday, injuring dozens of revellers and forcing the cancellation of Slovakia's largest musical festival, a report said.

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - US TV news legend Walter Cronkite, dubbed "the most trusted man in America" for his calm and honest delivery during a tumultuous period in US history, has died in New York at the age of 92, his former employer announced.

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's only film festival was halted before it even opened on Saturday, festival sources said, as powerful Islamic conservatives battle a popular push for more entertainment in the country.