By Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's official -- the CW on Sunday picked up the "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff to develop as a series.

Liz Claiborne Inc said on Tuesday higher-than-expected sales helped first-quarter operating profit zoom past Wall Street estimates, sending the apparel maker's shares up 3 percent.

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are back -- The "Sex and the City" TV stars took to the big screen on Monday with the world premiere in London of their tales of love and high fashion in New York.

They are credited with influencing the fashion style of Madonna but British electronica band Goldfrapp don't have much time for the pop diva or other big acts they will be playing with this summer.

Sipping on a cosmopolitan in the Meatpacking district, tripping through the streets laden with boxes from Soho boutiques: New York is as much the star of "Sex and the City" as its actresses, offering the chance to live just like Carrie and her pals.

They are credited with influencing the fashion style of Madonna but electronica band Goldfrapp don't have much time for the pop diva or other big acts they will be playing with this summer.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer-songwriter Beck is targeting a summer release for his new album, an as-yet untitled 10-song set produced by Danger Mouse.

Egypt has opened its ration card system to an extra 17 million people and doubled the amount of rice that card holders receive in an effort to counter the effects of rising food prices.

Investigators refused to reveal on Wednesday whether a man found dead after an armed siege by police in the upmarket Chelsea area of London had been shot by specialist officers or had turned the gun upon himself.

By James Hibberd LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Dueling fashion divas have nothing on the ongoing tug-of-war drama between NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. over the cable hit "Project Runway.

The clothes make the superhero: Clark Kent ripping his shirt open to reveal an "S" emblazoned on his brawny chest. Bruce Wayne slipping into his Batman outfit to battle the whip-cracking Catwoman.

Actress Lindsay Lohan, working to rebuild her acting career after a year of personal turmoil, will appear as a guest star on the ABC television comedy "Ugly Betty," the network said on Monday.

Malaysia is promoting its controversial palm oil industry as a model of eco-friendliness, but activists warn forests are still being destroyed to make way for vast plantations.

By Frank Scheck NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The sort of steamy tropical melodrama that Hollywood used to produce with regularity in its golden age, "Before the Rains" depicts the tragic repercussions of an adulterous affair between an upscale British colonialist and his beautiful housemaid in 1930s India.

When the Russian army marches onto Red Square for the annual May 9 parade, they will be kitted out in stylish new uniforms designed to evoke the military's golden age.