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A new play about Steve Jobs, the public's love affair with the devices he created, and the human cost of creating them, will go ahead next week despite his death, theater representatives said on Thursday.

Australian actress Diane Cilento, nominated for an Oscar in the 1960s for her role in Tom Jones and ex-wife of James Bond star Sean Connery, has died after a long illness, local media reported on Friday. She was 78.

Arnold Schwarzenegger took a trip down memory lane in Austria on Friday, visiting his childhood home to open a museum dedicated to his life.

A father desperately searches for his son, who has been sent on a suicide bomb mission. After losing everything, he ends up homeless and insane on the dusty streets of Kabul.

People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals tend also to get more nutrients from their food than those who don't take supplements, according to a new study that suggests vitamins are often taken by the people who need them least.

Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc said it has entered into a marketing partnership with privately held Grupo Ferrer International for its drug to treat agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Sony Corp has secured financing from an Abu Dhabi investment fund to back its bid for British music company EMI, a media report said, an acquisition that would beef up its content catalogue as it struggles to compete with Apple .

PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele and journeyman Briny Baird stole the limelight from Tiger Woods as they charged into a share of the early lead in Thursday's opening round at the Frys.com Open.

The Obama administration said on Thursday its top energy loans official was stepping down, following a widening probe into the embarrassing collapse of a solar panel company that got $535 million in federal support.

MetLife Inc (MET.N), the largest life insurer in the United States, said on Thursday it would take up to $275 million in third-quarter charges, in part to increase reserves for policies where it may know the holder is dead but no claim has been filed.

CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer, a whistle-blower in the recent corruption scandal in the Caribbean that engulfed world soccer's governing body FIFA in controversy, has decided to leave his post at the end of the year.

The Atlanta Falcons have revenge and Aaron Rodgers on their mind when they face the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers Sunday in a rematch of last season's NFC divisional playoff game.

Olympic 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt, cleared to run at the 2012 Games by a court ruling Thursday having previously been barred for doping, said he would pull out all the stops to succeed in London.

On their first album in five years, the self-titled Evanescence, Grammy-winning gothic rock band Evanescence finally sounds like the band it has always wanted to be -- tight, together and mature.

British starlet Juno Temple looks set to become Hollywood's hot new export, with four upcoming films set to hit theaters in the next year, including blockbusters The Three Musketeers and The Dark Knight Rises.

Sweden's greatest living poet, Tomas Transtromer, won the Nobel prize for literature on Thursday, more than 20 years after a stroke severely limited his speech and movement, but not the power of his writing.

The estranged daughter of Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton was sentenced in Florida on Thursday to 20 years in prison for killing a child in her care.

ESPN and country music artist Hank Williams Jr. have parted ways, both parties announced on Thursday, following controversial comments in which Williams compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler on Monday.

An attorney for Michael Jackson's in-house doctor challenged a crime scene investigator on Thursday and suggested she conducted a shoddy examination of the bedroom where the Thriller singer stopped breathing in 2009.

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland Wednesday ruled out using ace Justin Verlander in Thursday's deciding Game Five of the American League division series against the New York Yankees.

Defending champion Yang Yong-eun and American Rickie Fowler fired four-under-par rounds of 67 to set the pace in the first round of the Korea Open on Thursday.

Top seed Rafa Nadal ran hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic ragged in a 7-5 6-3 victory to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open on Thursday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared the way on Thursday for several dozen former doping offenders to compete at next year's Olympics after dismissing the validity of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule.

Five-time Pro Bowl receiver Andre Johnson will miss the Houston Texans' game against Oakland this weekend because of a right hamstring injury that could sideline him for several weeks, the team announced on Wednesday.

The Arizona Diamondbacks charged ahead with another grand slam home run to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 Wednesday and take their divisional playoff series into a deciding Game Five.

Gerhard Richter is one of the world's most prized living artists, and one of his famous Candle series is expected to fetch 6-9 million pounds ($9-14 million) at auction in London next week.

A couple suspected in the brutal stabbing death of an elderly woman in Washington state were arrested in California on Wednesday driving the car of a man found slain in Oregon, police said.

Tiger Woods had a noticeable bounce in his step after competing in the Frys.com Open pro-am on Wednesday, and has targeted victory this week in his first PGA Tour event in nearly two months.

The St Louis Cardinals staved off elimination with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, forcing a deciding Game Five in their National League division playoff series.