TOKYO - Hollywood star Tom Hanks was in a league of his own on Friday when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Japanese professional baseball game.

Hanks, who was in Tokyo with director Ron Howard to promote Angels & Demons, took a few warm up pitches in the bullpen before heading out to the mound to throw out the first pitch at a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo Dome.

MACAU - BOLLYWOOD star Amitabh Bachchan said he hopes an upcoming Indian film conference in the southern Chinese gambling enclave of Macau will help boost the industry's profile in the country.

LONDON - A PREVIOUSLY unseen George Harrison lyric, found on the floor of the Abbey Road studios and dating back to 1967, has gone on display at the British Library.