Mischa Barton charged with driving, drugs offenses

Actress Mischa Barton has been charged with driving and drugs offenses following an arrest in Los Angeles last year.

Robbe-Grillet, pioneer of 'new' novel, dead at 85

Alain Robbe-Grillet, the French writer who pioneered the so-called "new novel" genre in the 1950s, died at the age of 85, the Academie Fr...

Popular Hong Kong entertainer Lydia Shum dies at 60

Veteran Hong Kong entertainer Lydia Shum died Tuesday aged 60 after a battle with liver cancer, her employer and local media said.

We can't work it out: judge to rule on McCartney divorce

Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have failed to reach a divorce agreement, leaving it to a judge to rule on a multi-million pound deal.