Jennifer Lopez, Fergie and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner will be among the US celebrities who will attend Rio's famed Carnival, which kicks off Friday.

Lopez will be in the box of Brahma, Brazil's largest brewer, according to the daily O Globo, which said the singer-actress would arrive Sunday shortly before the start of the sumptuous parades of the top samba schools.

Bart Simpson took the New York Fashion Week runway Wednesday thanks to designer Jeremy Scott.

Known for his wacky, colorful designs, Scott used pictures of the cartoon prankster from "The Simpsons" on sweaters for men and women. The little guy even popped up on thigh-high leg warmers for women and his "Bartman" persona was on a sweater for men.

Some were confused, others offended by Nicki Minaj's over-the-top performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but the singer-rapper doesn't understand what all the hubbub is about.

"I don't know what is the big issue?" she asked.

The funeral on Saturday for pop superstar Whitney Houston will be broadcast live from the New Jersey Baptist church where she grew up singing in a gospel choir, the funeral home owner said.

"Her publicist has chosen one person who will be allowed into the sanctuary and who will be streaming (video) to you all," Carolyn Whigham, whose Newark funeral home is handling preparations for Houston's service, told Agence France Presse.

Most newlyweds have to make do with photos to immortalize the moment they say "I do". But Prince William and his wife Catherine will have their special day captured forever -- in Barbie doll form.

"Available in April timed to their one year wedding anniversary, the gift set features the two wearing outfits inspired by their regal wedding day attire," said a spokesman for Barbie-maker Mattel.

Colombian pop superstar Shakira was attacked by a sea lion as she tried to photograph and pet a group of the animals during a vacation in Cape Town, she said Wednesday on her Facebook page.

"I thought to myself how cute they were so I decided to get a bit closer than all of the other tourists and went down to a rock trying to pet them, doing a baby talk while taking pictures," she said on the social networking site, in an account written after the Sunday incident.

A light and sound performance presented by Vladimir Kurumilian and Alaa Minawi will be held on March 10 at Monot Theater.

“A Piano in My Pillow”, is a performance based on the concept of dreams and their influence in portraying human reality.

Angelina Jolie on Tuesday premiered her film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in Bosnia, where the fictional tale of a romance between a Bosnian Serb man and a Bosnian Muslim woman has shone a spotlight on the ethnic anger still left over from the country's brutal conflict.

Jolie, who arrived in Sarajevo with partner Brad Pitt to attend the screening, greeted the crowd of 5,000 in Bosnian, before acknowledging in English that it would bring back painful memories of the bloody 1992-95 war. As the film ended to a standing ovation, Jolie tearfully said, "To share this with you means the world to me."

It's a blustery day — February tends to be that way in New York — and Marian Kihogo, a fashion stylist and blogger from London, is dashing from one runway show to another, from the tents at Lincoln Center to studios and galleries scattered around Manhattan.

As she strides by on her "architectural heels" by Nicholas Kirkwood for Peter Pilotto, the heels hollowed out for artistic effect, this reporter dares to suggest she might be more comfortable in running shoes.

More than 1,000 people crammed into San Francisco's City Hall on Valentine's Day to honor singer Tony Bennett and the 50th Anniversary of his famous song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a symphony, children's chorus and the Gay Men's Chorus all sang the famous song to Bennett during a ceremony he attended on Tuesday.