Written by Anthony Sargon

Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are) has accomplished something truly wonderful with “Her”. The film, which touches on many themes such as loneliness, love, and technology, deftly blends emotion, humor, and reflection to deliver a truly original experience. The film also features superb performances from a dedicated cast, and it’s hands-down one of the best films of the year, and Jonze’s most complete film to date.

Elton John is to play a concert in Moscow on Friday during which he has vowed to raise the issue of Russia's legal crackdown on gay rights.

The British singer told CNN last month that he was "going to say something from the stage that's... going to be meaningful" when he plays two dates in Russia, in Moscow on Friday and the Volga city of Kazan on Saturday.

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson admitted in court Wednesday that she had taken cocaine, but denied being a habitual user. She accused her ex-husband of trying to "destroy" her, during a lacerating day of testimony that laid bare a materially affluent but deeply troubled marriage.

Lawson said her former husband Charles Saatchi, a millionaire art collector, spread drug rumors about her after he was photographed gripping her throat outside Scott's restaurant in London. The widely published image ignited harsh criticism of Saatchi and was soon followed by their divorce in July.

A rare collection of Bruce Lee memorabilia will go on sale in Hong Kong on Thursday, 40 years after the kung fu icon's death, including the famous yellow-and-black tracksuit from his final movie.

Auction house Spink China estimated the 14-lot Bruce Lee 40th anniversary collection will fetch "more than HK$1 million" ($130,000) in total, when it goes on sale at 1000 GMT.

She's showing far more leg than would be appropriate for a monarch, but Queen Elizabeth II was still a teenage princess when she was photographed in fancy dress during private royal pantomimes in the 1940s.

The pictures of the young royal and her little sister Margaret dressed up in wigs and costumes for performances of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Aladdin have been made public ahead of their auction in Britain on December 11.

Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.'s color of the year for 2014.

It follows this year's pick of emerald green.

British journalist Martin Bashir announced Wednesday he was quitting US news broadcaster MSNBC after he made crude on-air remarks about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Bashir, who took time off from the cable news channel after his comments last month, said in a statement that he had given his resignation after reflection.

"Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker died of "traumatic and thermal injuries" in a fiery car crash, coroners said Wednesday, as the franchise's makers said they were shutting down production at least temporarily.

Walker, 40, was killed Saturday when he was in the passenger seat of a red Porsche sports car driven by his friend Roger Rodas in the Californian city of Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles.

Pop queen Katy Perry says she is the world's Twitter leader because she does not preach and she is ready to unleash her "terrifying" social media army.

Perry has a record 48 million followers on Twitter -- more than Justin Bieber -- and she told Agence France Presse that she is ready to put her force to good use.

From the royal diadem worn by Kate Middleton at her wedding to an outsized maharaja's necklace, hundreds of glimmering treasures go on show this week in a major Paris exhibit on Cartier.

"Jeweler of Kings and King of Jewelers" was how King Edward VII dubbed the house, half a century after Louis-Francois Cartier founded what would become the world's largest jeweler in 1847.