PARIS (AP) - Michelle Yeoh, one of Asia's biggest film stars, will receive France's highest civilian honor later this year.

Action star Vin Diesel's new sci-fi movie Babylon A.D. had to be rescued by a insurance company after running so far over-budget and behind schedule it faced being axed. Film Finances Inc, a firm which insures movies to ensure they will be completed, handed over $1.5 million to pay for additional filming in Paris and Prague, according to the New York Daily News.