Metallica's tenth studio album in the works as band works on new music for 2015. Guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Billboard that progress for album completion is at about 25-30%.

The yen rose across the board on Tuesday, hitting a two-year high against the euro, after an economic adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated that the currency might have fallen too far and needed to retrace some of its losses.

Net foreign purchases of Philippine shares jumped to $1.1 billion in January-to-March, the highest for any quarter in almost three years and more than twice the net volume of funds flowing into Southeast Asia's biggest economy Indonesia.

Scarlett Johansson is scheduled to host Saturday Night Live on May 2. As part of the show’s signature performances, the actress is expected to do a show but as to what it will be, viewers will have to wait.

J.K. Rowling has announced that a Harry Potter 8 Book Sequel is not in the plan. The author however did not say that this will not definitely happen.

Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE) is in talks to buy smaller telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA), a deal that would combine the industry's two weakest players but could pose challenges in cutting costs and overcoming political opposition.

Multi-awardee actor Eddie Redmayne is eyed to play the lead character in the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, a Harry Potter spin off. Other actors who are said to be vying for the title role are Nicholas Hoult and Matt Smith.

Prince Hans proved in "Frozen" that not all handsome man with prince-like charisma is actually good. But will the cunning prince make a comeback in "Frozen 2" and prove that he is worthy to be forgiven? Or will Elsa and Anna fall into his trap again? Disney already announced that there will be no sequel until 2018 but fans are anxious by now about the possible plots of "Frozen 2"

Crude oil rose on Tuesday after a forecast that U.S. shale oil output would record its first monthly decline in more than four years and on tension in Yemen, where top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is embroiled in a civil war.

Olivia Munn recently joined “X-Men: Apocalypse” as Psylocke, announced by director Bryan Singer via his Instagram account. Olivia is known to be a geek goddess in the "Attack of the Show" and the astute but endearing financial expert in the concluded HBO series "The Newsroom." However, information about Munn's inclusion in the sequel is still limited. Will she be siding with Professor X or will Psylocke be one of the Four Horsemen?