Maxime Hamou has been thrown out of French Open on Tuesday after the Frenchman kissed a television journalist following his first round exit from the claycourt grand slam. “The management of the tournament has decided to revoke Maxime Hamou’s accreditation following his reprehensible behaviour with a journalist yesterday,” the French …

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste. The UN agency said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, urging countries to ban smoking …

The declining popularity around Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean movies continues — in the U.S., at least — with the release of Dead Men Tell No Tales. The fifth entry in the series is looking at an opening weekend domestic estimate of $62.2 million at the box office. It’s good …

Star Wars actor John Boyega was among hundreds of people forced to evacuate the Old Vic theatre in central London due to a bomb threat. The venue near Waterloo was evacuated along with nearby pubs and restaurants after the security alert was raised. On social media, theatregoers said they and …

Powered along by Oneohtrix Point Never’s splendid synth score, Robert Pattinson pounds the streets of New York. The occasion is the suitably titled Good Time, a film which casts The Artist Formerly Known as R-Patz as luckless bad-boy Connie Nikas. Not all bad, of course. Connie desperately wants to start …

Maverick is back on the highway to the Danger Zone. Syracuse native Tom Cruise confirmed Wednesday that “Top Gun 2” is finally entering production after years of talk about a sequel to the 1986 movie. “It’s happening. It’s definitely happening,” the 54-year-old actor said on the Australian TV show “Sunrise.” “I’m gonna …