• Shailene Woodley, Nat Wolff, and Ansel Elgort accept the award for choice movie: drama for The Fault In Our Stars during the Teen Choice Awards 2014 in Los Angeles, California August 10, 2014. Reuters
    Shailene Woodley, Nat Wolff, and Ansel Elgort accept the award for choice movie: drama for The Fault In Our Stars during the Teen Choice Awards 2014 in Los Angeles, California August 10, 2014. Reuters
  • Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram performs during the 50th International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theater of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, late August 12, 2014. EPA
    Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram performs during the 50th International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theater of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia, late August 12, 2014. EPA
  • US singer Lady Gaga poses upon her arrival at Narita International Airport in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan, August 12, 2014. Lady Gaga is on her world ArtRave:The Artpop Ball tour and will performan in Tokyo twice. EPA
    US singer Lady Gaga poses upon her arrival at Narita International Airport in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, Japan, August 12, 2014. Lady Gaga is on her world ArtRave:The Artpop Ball tour and will performan in Tokyo twice. EPA
  • Visitors set up their tent on Shipyard Island, the venue of the 22nd Sziget (Island) Festival on the Shipyard Island in Northern Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    Visitors set up their tent on Shipyard Island, the venue of the 22nd Sziget (Island) Festival on the Shipyard Island in Northern Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • Hannah Jones, nine, Annabelle Woodlief, 12, and Nicholas Woodlief, seven, are costumed as US actor and singer Elvis Presly as they walk down Elvis Presley Boulevard at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, August 15, 2014. Every year thousands of fans gather outside the gates of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion for a candle light vigil to pay tribute to the ‘King of Rock‘n Roll’ on the eve of his death anniversary. Presley died 42 on August 16, 1977. EPA
    Hannah Jones, nine, Annabelle Woodlief, 12, and Nicholas Woodlief, seven, are costumed as US actor and singer Elvis Presly as they walk down Elvis Presley Boulevard at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, August 15, 2014. Every year thousands of fans gather outside the gates of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion for a candle light vigil to pay tribute to the ‘King of Rock‘n Roll’ on the eve of his death anniversary. Presley died 42 on August 16, 1977. EPA
  • Janelle Monae performs on stage during the Lowlands music festival in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, August 15, 2014. The festival runs from 15 to 17 August. EPA
    Janelle Monae performs on stage during the Lowlands music festival in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands, August 15, 2014. The festival runs from 15 to 17 August. EPA
  • Indian boxer and five time world champion Mary Kom and Bollywood actress Priyanaka Chopra pose for photographs during the music launch of the upcoming movie Mary Kom in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2014. EPA
    Indian boxer and five time world champion Mary Kom and Bollywood actress Priyanaka Chopra pose for photographs during the music launch of the upcoming movie Mary Kom in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2014. EPA
  • Musicians and actors perform on the stage during the musical show Reciclart 2.0 held in La Latina’s theatre in Madrid, Spain, August 13, 2014. The music is produced with the help of dustbins, pipes, oil drums and tires. EPA
    Musicians and actors perform on the stage during the musical show Reciclart 2.0 held in La Latina’s theatre in Madrid, Spain, August 13, 2014. The music is produced with the help of dustbins, pipes, oil drums and tires. EPA
  • Campbell Newman Premier of Queensland talks to The Inbetweeners cast Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Simon Bird during a visit to RNA Show Grounds on August 13, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. Chris Hyde / Getty Images
    Campbell Newman Premier of Queensland talks to The Inbetweeners cast Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Simon Bird during a visit to RNA Show Grounds on August 13, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. Chris Hyde / Getty Images
  • Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal poses with the Heart of Sarajevo honorary award during the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, August 15, 2014. Sarajevo’s film festival, founded as an act of defiance while the city was besieged during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, marks its 20th anniversary on Friday with its biggest line-up of movies. Reuters
    Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal poses with the Heart of Sarajevo honorary award during the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival in Sarajevo, August 15, 2014. Sarajevo’s film festival, founded as an act of defiance while the city was besieged during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, marks its 20th anniversary on Friday with its biggest line-up of movies. Reuters
  • Costumed fans listen to the performance of Paris based Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan at the 22nd Sziget (Island) Festival on the Shipyard Island in northern Budapest, Hungary, 14 August 2014. The festival, one of the biggest cultural events of Europe offering art exhibitions, theatrical and circus performances and above all music concerts during a week runs until 18 August. EPA/BALAZS MOHAI HUNGARY OUT
    Costumed fans listen to the performance of Paris based Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan at the 22nd Sziget (Island) Festival on the Shipyard Island in northern Budapest, Hungary, 14 August 2014. The festival, one of the biggest cultural events of Europe offering art exhibitions, theatrical and circus performances and above all music concerts during a week runs until 18 August. EPA/BALAZS MOHAI HUNGARY OUT
  • Actress Olga Kurylenko arrives to the World Premiere of Relativity Media’s The November Man at the TCL Chinese Theatre on August 13, 2014 in Hollywood, California. AFP
    Actress Olga Kurylenko arrives to the World Premiere of Relativity Media’s The November Man at the TCL Chinese Theatre on August 13, 2014 in Hollywood, California. AFP
  • This February 13, 2007 file photo shows US screen legend Lauren Bacall during a photocall for the film The Walker by US director Paul Schrader and presented out of competition during the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. AFP
    This February 13, 2007 file photo shows US screen legend Lauren Bacall during a photocall for the film The Walker by US director Paul Schrader and presented out of competition during the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin. AFP

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