"Fast & Furious," the fourth film in Universal Pictures' hot-rodding franchise, raced to the top spot at the worldwide box office as movie fans with a need for speed snapped up an estimated $102.6 million worth of tickets, the studio said on Sunday.

"Fast & Furious" left the competition in the dust with a $72.5 million opening weekend, the best so far this year.

"Fast & Furious," Universal Pictures' fourth hot-rodding film, had the best opening weekend of any movie this year, making an estimated $72.5 million and speeding to the top of the North American box office.

Madonna left Malawi on her private jet Sunday after being rebuffed in an attempt to adopt a second child from the poor African nation, air traffic control officials said.

Air traffic officials say Madonna has left Malawi after being rebuffed in her attempt to adopt a second child from the poor African nation.

Michael Moore says parts of it look like "the landscape of another planet."

IFC AND EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATE MONTY PYTHON'S 40th ANNIVERSARY WITH DEFINITIVE PYTHON ANTHOLOGY~Six-Episode Original Documentary "Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)" To Premiere on IFC October 4-10, 2009~ "Python Week" on IFC Will Also Include Python Film Classics: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, and Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl IFC and Eagle Rock Entertainment sinks its teeth further into comedy, announcing today that the legendary British comedy troupe Monty Python will get in front of the camera one last time in an original documentary series that will retell the entire Python phenomenon start to finish. Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) is scheduled to air exclusively in the U.S. on IFC October 4-10, 2009. Additional cutting room floor footage and teasers will be available on demand on IFC Free and online at www.IFC.com prior to the series premiere. Following IFC's U.S. television premiere, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the documentary series worldwide on DVD. The Monty Python troupe includes John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman. This six-part series will feature interviews with the surviving Python members, along with archive ...

A publicist says actor Josh Hartnett has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after recovering from gastrointestinal problems.

Wealthy, famous, fabulous at 50 but not a mother of four. Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi, rejected by a judge who said she would not bend the country's strict residency rules even for a wealthy celebrity.

A nanny who was fired by Robert De Niro has sued the actor for more than $40,000 in overtime pay.