Entertainment News Roundup: Crowds brave snow flurries to see UK royals Meghan, Harry

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Alfonso Cuaron wins at Directors Guild for 'Roma,' Cooper empty-handed

Alfonso Cuaron was named best director by his peers on Saturday for his semi-autobiographical film "Roma," cementing his front-runner status ahead of the Oscars in three weeks time. In one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies before the Feb. 24 Oscars, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awarded its top prize to the Mexican director for his critically-acclaimed black and white movie about a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico.

Box set: TV drama stirs debate over South Korea's cutthroat education culture

It was created as a biting satire of South Korea's notoriously competitive education system, but the country's most popular cable TV drama has inspired some fans to ignore its warnings and instead double down on their pursuit of success. "SKY Castle" follows several ambitious families as their drive to send their children to the country’s best universities and secure lucrative jobs leads to identity fraud, suicide and murder.

'Mr Dior? He was like family,' 1950s model recalls

When Odile Kern stepped into a Parisian lift sometime in 1953, she found herself standing next to luxury couturier Christian Dior - and in an instant her life changed. Now 88, Kern was already on the fashion designer's payroll in the building on Avenue Montaigne. Dior asked her who she was.

Crowds brave snow flurries to see UK royals Meghan and Harry

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan thanked crowds of well-wishers for braving wintry weather and snow flurries to welcome them on a trip to southwest England on Friday. Freezing conditions across much of southern Britain caused hundreds of schools to shut, closed airports and led to widespread disruption on roads and the railways.

Assault report '100 per cent factual', 'Empire' actor Smollett says

Actor Jussie Smollett defended as completely truthful the account he gave of being accosted on a Chicago street by men who used racist and homophobic slurs and said on Friday he was cooperating with police. The statement was the first Smollett has made publicly about the alleged assault since media reports about it first surfaced on Tuesday. The matter is being investigated by Chicago police as a possible hate crime.

Everything is awesome as 'Lego Movie 2' star Pratt turns barista

Film star Chris Pratt turned barista on Friday during a stopover in London to help launch "Lego Movie 2", and everything was just awesome - or so reckoned one young fan he served a hot drink to. Hundreds of locals lined up at the South Bank for a chance to greet Pratt and fellow cast member Tiffany Haddish.

(With inputs from agencies.)