KABUL, Afghanistan - The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday - a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described.

NEW YORK - Summit Entertainment, the distributor of the "Twilight" films, has picked up Roman Polanski's latest movie.

TORONTO - David Pecaut, who co-founded Toronto's Luminato arts festival, has died at the age of 54.

TORONTO - Canadian director James Cameron has a lot riding on Friday's premiere of his big-budget 3D feature "Avatar," a 15-years-in-the-making pet project that is unofficially being called the most expensive film of all time.

Charlotte Gainsbourg — daughter of ’60s pop icon Serge Gainsbourg — is releasing an album jointly created by U.S. cult musician Beck

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Yoga-wear retailer Lululemon Athletica (TSX:LLL) is selling a special edition of clothing that could be far from calming for Olympic organizers.

SYDNEY, Australia - Environmental activists scaled the iconic Sydney Opera House on Tuesday to unfurl a banner urging world leaders to strike a treaty to combat climate change.

NEW YORK - The Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" added to its award-season momentum, winning best film from the New York Film Critics Circle.

SYDNEY, N.S. - James Delorey's dog hung its head outside the window of a hearse at the boy's funeral service Monday, a moment that symbolized the loyalty the faithful family pet displayed for the seven-year-old boy.

NEW YORK - It's fair to say that it's a risky venture to create a movie about an exotically coloured, three-metre-tall tribe called the Na'vi and spend more money making it than any other film in the history of Hollywood.