Entertainment News Summary: Armani's collection, Missoni's dreamy night, Star Wars and more

Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs.

Armani defines the shape of color in pastel and silver collection

After stunning the fashion elite with his spectacular show-with-concert on Thursday, Giorgio Armani returned on Sunday and gave a "shape to color" in a new collection of ethereal designs in pastel and silver colored satins. "Liquid and lightness are given by a rarefied range of colors. It's all very subtle, just like the color palette, which gives a shape to the clothes," designer Giorgio Armani told reporters at the end of his show.

Notes of music and color enchant Missoni's dreamy night

A poetic and dreamy collection sparkled in the lights of Milan's new skyscrapers on the notes of composer Michael Nyman, in a celebration of the 65th anniversary of Italian fashion house Missoni. "I wanted to let a romantic side come out, as well as a fantastic one... just like a dream," artistic director Angela Missoni told Reuters at the end of the show.

Ferragamo brings Tuscan countryside to Milan with new collection

The Tuscan countryside sprung in the heart of Milan on Saturday as Italian fashion designer Salvatore Ferragamo showed its spring-summer 2019 collection, full of soft hues and rich leather. Creative director of women's collections, Paul Andrew, and Guillame Meilland, head of the group's men's ready-to-wear, said the collection was inspired by the colour palette of Tuscany's rolling hills, vineyards and olive groves.

Elton John signs with Universal 'for the rest of his career'

Elton John has signed a deal with Universal Music Group for his back catalogue and any new work as well as brand management, merchandising and licensing rights, the company said on Friday. Under the agreement signed with John's company Rocket Entertainment, Universal Music Group (UMG) will represent the veteran British singer's new music "for the rest of his career" on top of his work from the last 50 years.

'Bernhardt/Hamlet' offers modern Broadway twist on French diva

The life of French actress Sarah Bernhardt arrives on Broadway in a new play that brings a contemporary twist to her career as an woman who broke the rules of male-dominated theater. “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” a comedy starring British actress Janet McTeer, focuses on Bernhardt’s 1899 performance in Paris as the first woman to play Shakespeare's Hamlet.

'Star Wars' fans applaud movie release slowdown

Plans by Disney to slow down the release of future "Star Wars" projects are getting a thumbs up from fans, who also hope that new movies in the multi-billion dollar sci-fi franchise will be more creative. In an unexpected admission that the slew of "Star Wars" films and spinoff projects may be causing fan fatigue, Walt Disney CO. Chief Executive Bob Iger said it had been a mistake to release a new movie every year.

Cosby sentencing is new milestone for #MeToo movement

When a grainy video of standup comedian Hannibal Buress making a joke about Bill Cosby's rape allegations on an October night in 2014 went viral, the rallying cry of #MeToo was years away. The men the movement would lay low were still at the height of their powers. That same evening, Bill O'Reilly was on his top-rated Fox News show, railing against political correctness, while the next morning, Charlie Rose told CBS This Morning's audience about an Ebola outbreak.

Annual Oktoberfest kicks off in Munich with beer, lederhosen, sausages

Thousands of visitors, many of them dressed in traditional lederhosen or dirndl corseted dresses, descended on Munich on Saturday for the start of the annual Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival. Munich's mayor, Dieter Reiter, kicked off the festivities by tapping open the first beer keg with a traditional shout of "O zapft is!" ("It's tapped" in English).

Cavalli raises hemlines in body conscious show in Milan

Short and wrapping designs that highlighted the body's form and movement marked out Roberto Cavalli's dynamic spring-summer 2019 collection in a runway full of energy on Saturday at Milan Fashion week. The show, held in a former railway depot in the northern part of Italy's fashion capital, moved to the pounding beat of drum-based tribal music, with jungle noises in the background.

Tom Hardy says on-screen 'Venom' stays true to Marvel comics

British actor Tom Hardy said on Friday he believes his new superhero movie "Venom" remains faithful to the Marvel Comics books in its portrayal of an investigative journalist whose body becomes the host for an alien with enhanced powers. Hardy, who previously starred in "Dunkirk" and "Mad Max: Fury Road," plays the sharp-toothed title character and his human alter-ego, reporter Eddie Brock.