Star Trek Into Darkness director J.J. Abrams visited the set of one of his favorite TV shows recently -- PBS period drama Downton Abbey.

The director arranged a visit to the set while in England promoting his latest film, when he used a day off to tour the set of the hit show.

Abrams, who is set to begin work on Star Wars: Episode VII soon, tells talk show host Conan O'Brien, "I went to the set and I got to stand in the kitchen and get a picture taken, and while I was having a picture taken one of the actors walked up and joined me in the photograph."

"It's a brilliant show," he added. "...

During an auction at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night, one bidder won an out-of-this world experience to join Leonardo DiCaprio on a flight into space - for a mere $1.5 million.

The lucky bidder will sit immediately next to the actor onboard Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic voyage into orbit. The identity of the wealthy "spaceman" has not been revealed.

Filmmaker Harvey Weinstein acutioned the once-in-a-lifetime trip during the the AmfAR Cinema Against AIDS charity dinner at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes.

The aircraft is still in the final stages of a safety test progra...