TORONTO (Reuters) - While intense dramas and true life stories have dominated this year's Toronto International Film Festival, a vibrant love story inspired by the golden age of Hollywood musicals has found a warm welcome.

BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - "Monty Python" comedian John Cleese will be honored by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on Tuesday when he receives the Rose d'Or Award for Lifetime Achievement at a ceremony in Berlin.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Female characters on broadcast TV grew more diverse last season but the employment of women in behind-the-scenes roles has stalled at about 26% of the TV production workforce. Those are among the key findings of the annual "Boxed In" study of women in television conducted by Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Hollywood actor Richard Gere hit the Toronto International Film Festival red carpet on Monday to promote his latest movie "Norman: The Moderate Rise And Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer," in which he plays a "fixer" in New York's Jewish community.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Corps Ltd, the music company founded by members of The Beatles, was accused in a lawsuit on Monday of infringing copyrights of a company claiming to own a master recording of the group's famous 1965 concert in New York's Shea Stadium.

TORONTO (Reuters) - A new film that addresses the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War One is meant to spur discussion about a historical tragedy that still has the power to stir political tensions, its director says.

TORONTO (Reuters) - "Denial" is the true story of a Jewish woman who had to prove in court that the Holocaust had taken place, but it also has a timely message for present day society, according to director Mick Jackson.

TORONTO (Reuters) - A teenage boy's struggle with his mother's terminal illness takes a surreal turn when he finds comfort in a giant talking tree monster, in the emotional fantasy drama "A Monster Calls."

TORONTO (Reuters) - Chess may not be the most visual of sports to watch in a film, but the true story of an impoverished Ugandan girl overcoming obstacles to become a chess champion transcends the game, according to the cast of "Queen of Katwe."