Movie star Toni Collette was Friday ordered to pay more than Aus$800,000 (U.S.$770,000) in damages after being sued for failing to complete the purchase of a multi-million dollar Sydney house.

Industrie clothing brand founders Nick and Susan Kelly sued the Oscar-nominated Australian actress and her musician husband David Galafassi and the Supreme Court in Sydney ruled in their favor.

U.S. rock supergroup Bon Jovi will waive their fee for playing a concert in recession-hit Spain next month, media reported on Thursday, with special low-price tickets for Spaniards struggling in the crisis.

Tickets for the gig in the giant Vicente Calderon football stadium in Madrid are capped at 39 euros ($50) -- a fraction of the top price in other countries on the band's "Because We Can" European tour.

A unique handwritten script for French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave classic "Contempt" has sold at auction for 144,300 euros ($186,800), seller Artcurial said Wednesday.

The 1963 script, made up of 59 pages written by Godard, sold on Tuesday for well above its estimate of between 60,000 and 80,000 euros.

Justin Timberlake will be the headliner when the iTunes festival kicks off in September in London.

The superstar is among the acts slated for the annual music series, which will be held each night that month and streamed on Apple devices like the iPad, iPhone and Apple TV.

British pop singer George Michael has been discharged from hospital after he was injured in a motorway car accident, according to a statement on his website on Wednesday.

The 49-year-old star, who shot to fame with the 1980s duo Wham!, was airlifted to hospital two weeks ago with a head injury.

Veteran U.S. talk show host Larry King announced Wednesday that he is joining Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded English-language TV station that primarily broadcasts Moscow's views on world affairs.

Russia Today director Margarita Simonyan tweeted a link to a TV ad in which the suspenders-wearing veteran makes the grand announcement himself.

Oprah Winfrey doesn't have a daily talk show anymore. But two years after abdicating her throne, the former talk-show queen is clear who she thinks now wear the crowns: Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan.

Winfrey declared the co-hosts "the reigning king and queen" during a surprise appearance on Tuesday's "Live with Kelly and Michael."

Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives are investigating Justin Bieber for reckless driving after witnesses — including former National Football League star Keyshawn Johnson — complained about the pop-star's alleged freeway speeds in their gated community in north Los Angeles County.

At about 8 p.m. Monday, Bieber allegedly drove his white Ferrari at freeway speeds in what is a 25 mph (40 kph) zone, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has undergone surgery for a shoulder injury suffered while doing stunts for his new movie "Chennai Express."

Sanjay Desai, his doctor, said Khan's surgery in a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday was successful but he will need to rest for two months.

Written by Anthony Sargon

When the original Hangover came out back in 2009, it was an instant smash. People fell in love with the wolfpack and their drunken antics, and propelled the movie to a $277 million box office haul in the US alone. Two years later, Part II was released and was met with much less enthusiasm. Although it still printed money, people thought it was just a lazy rehash of the original, something that Part III hopes to address. While "The Hangover Part III" has some laughs and poignant character moments, it feels a little subdued for a trilogy capper.