Tribeca Film Festival 2015: 'Autism In Love'

Impaired social interactions, difficulties communicating and interpreting social cues, engaging in repetitive movements such as rocking and twirling or self-abusive behavior such as biting or head-banging, and lacking empathy are just some of the characteristics that make up Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or a range of complex neurodevelopmental disorders or neurobehavioral disorders, and abnormalities in neurotransmitter levels. Autistic Disorder, is the most severe form of ASD, while Asperger’s Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and Rett’s Syndrome are milder forms. Although...

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Star Sightings

The hottest celebrity photos, coast to coast and around the world, for the week of May 4, 2015.

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Stars At The Fight

Stars at the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas.

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Kentucky Derby 2015

Stars at the 2015 Kentucky Derby!

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Royal Birth - On The Scene

Shots from the birth of the royal baby - a little princess!

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'Scandal' Event

The cast of 'Scandal' steps out for an event at the DGA.

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Parvez Sharma's Powerful 'A Sinner In Mecca' World Premieres at Hot Docs To Acclaim and Controversy

Before Parvez Sharma's "A Sinner In Mecca" even premiered at Toronto's Hot Docs this week, it was already proving of the festival's most controversial films. Detailing the openly gay, devoutly Muslim Sharma's own pilgrimage to Mecca, the film offers a journey that significantly but the filmmaker/subject in danger as he secretly -- and illegally -- used cameras in Saudi Arabia, which also just so happens to be a country where being gay is punishable by imprisonment, a public whipping and even beheading.  The Toronto Star reported ahead of the film's world premiere that Sharma received multiple online threats that brought forth heightened security for the film's...

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