PARIS - THE Eiffel Tower is to get a fresh coat of brown paint for its 120th birthday, but will stay open to the public throughout the 18-month makeover, operators said Tuesday.

Two dozen mountaineer-painters will coat the Paris monument in 60 tonnes of environmentally-friendly paint, in a specially-mixed hue called 'Eiffel Tower Brown' chosen to blend well with the city landscape.

LOS ANGELES - MILEY Cyrus plans to be back on the big screen, and soon. Hannah Montana? Not likely. So says the 16-year-old whose alter ego brings her secret double life as a pop star to US theaters on April 10 with Hannah Montana: The Movie.

'We got really lucky with having the material to make one movie,' Cyrus said in an interview on Tuesday. The film reveals Hannah Montana's identity to the world in a way Cyrus says is 'very clever' and diminishes the chances of a sequel - but doesn't dampen the future of the popular Disney TV show.

CHRISTIAN LACROIX: THE COSTUMIER

For the first time in Asia, you can see 80 spectacular costumes and 60 sketches from renowned Parisian fashion designer Christian Lacroix at the National Museum of Singapore. Part of Encore! European Season In Singapore and Voilah French Festival Singapore 2009