Urban elegance with a twist was the watchword at the autumn-winter menswear shows in Paris on Friday as city suits met workman's blues, ninja neoprene, luxurious leather and slinky knits.

The Belgian designer Kris Van Assche took two "clichés" of menswear -- a banker's suit and laborer’s overalls -- as his starting point, combining them to create a look part white- part blue-collar.

Pioneering U.S. blues and soul singer Etta James, best known for her 1960 hit "At Last," died Friday from leukemia, her manager said. She was 73.

James, who flitted effortlessly from jazz, pop and love ballads to feisty R&B and who plunged into drug addiction before resurrecting her career to win six Grammys, died at a hospital in Riverside, California.

Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lopez, 42, and the 24-year-old back-up dancer reported as her new flame say age doesn't matter -- and they have proudly tweeted it.

The singer and actress, who has not confirmed a romance with Casper Smart, retweeted messages from him saying other people's views don't matter and that "our hearts are endless."

A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.

Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford opened the festival by characterizing the slate of 117 feature films as products of "dark and grim" times and the "suffering from a government that's in paralysis."

NBC comedy "30 Rock" often finds laughs in real-life events in the show business world it inhabits.

But Thursday's edition targeted one of its own cast members, Tracy Morgan, who found himself in real-life hot water last June after making anti-gay remarks during a stand-up appearance in Nashville, Tenn.

Belgian-Italian singing sensation Lara Fabian has cancelled a Lebanon concert after activists launched a campaign accusing her of being pro-Israeli.

In a message posted on her official Facebook page, the 42-year-old diva known for her French love songs, said she had pulled out of a planned Valentine's Day concert in Lebanon over "threats."

Following the success of their first CD ''Daw L Baladiyyi'', released

in summer 2011, Lebanese pop/folk band ADONIS will be premiering the

Uggie the four-legged co-star of silent film "The Artist" is tipped to win his own canine accolade, to go with the growing haul of honors bestowed on the movie in Hollywood.

The trick-performing terrier, who saves his master's life in the black and white film which won three Golden Globes and is hoping for Oscars glory, was nominated Wednesday for a newly-minted Golden Collar award from Dog News Daily.

Even though Jennifer Hudson has dropped more than 80 pounds (36 kilograms), the singer and actress said she would have no problem gaining weight for Hollywood if the proper movie role comes her way.

"When I do films, it has to be led by something through me — like my passion for it," Hudson said before a book signing in suburban Atlanta on Wednesday. "I just don't want to hop into anything. So if I commit myself to something, than it'll be worth it no matter what character it is."

Cinemagoers in the British city of Liverpool demanded refunds on tickets for Oscar favorite "The Artist" because they did not realize it is a silent movie, a cinema chain said.

The French-directed picture won three Golden Globes and the most nominations for Britain's BAFTAs this week, and is widely tipped for glory at next month's Oscars.