Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, has died at 89.

Fashion and music stars including Victoria Beckham, Stormzy and Kate Moss have gathered at a London cathedral to remember fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.

The Venice Film Festival is awarding its lifetime achievement award this year to Jamie Lee Curtis.