U.S. actor Jonah Hill joked that he would paint Martin Scorsese's house if the film legend asked him to, as he and "The Wolf of Wall Street" star Leonardo DiCaprio praised the veteran director.

Hill, who was paid only $60,000 for his role Scorsese's latest film, said he couldn't believe he had been nominated for an Oscar -- but said he will have a speech ready just in case for the Academy Awards show on March 2.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office is investigating the death of Julia Roberts' 37-year-old half-sister.

Lt. Larry Dietz says Nancy Motes was found dead in a Los Angeles home Sunday while dog-sitting for a friend. Dietz says an autopsy has not been performed and there are no preliminary findings about how Motes died.

It was once again winter — cold, cold winter — that dominated the mood on the fifth day of New York Fashion Week Monday, with designers presenting variations of warm clothes on a particularly freezing day.

Carolina Herrera, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's The Row, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Thom Browne and Zac Posen were among the designers presenting their fall-winter collections on Monday.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza” is an exquisite, albeit slightly indulgent, cinematic experience. The Italian film, which has been nominated for best Foreign Language film at the 86th Academy Awards, is a brilliant and unfettered effort by Sorrentino, one that tackles big questions and ideas with a lot of style and bravado. The flashy direction and cinematography may leave some feeling a bit empty, but I found the film to be extremely memorable and entrancing, if slightly overlong.

The sky's the limit for Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girl turned acclaimed designer who has big dreams Stateside after unveiling her latest catwalk collection in New York on Sunday.

Proud husband, retired football star David sat front row with sons Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 11, Cruz, 8, looking elegant with slicked back hair, and bouncing two-year-old Harper on his knee.

Designer Diane von Furstenberg celebrated Sunday 40 years of her phenomenally successful wrap dress, which has been copied across the planet and revolutionized women's fashion.

V-necked, feminine and easy to wear, uncrushable in silk jersey and figure flattering for all, the dress made the Belgian-born U.S. designer her fortune and her name.

It may be stilettos at dawn to get a ringside seat at New York's most exclusive fashion shows, but forget the fur-clad heiresses, today's VIP is the Internet.

The explosion of social media is perhaps the greatest revolution in fashion since Mary Quant's mini skirt, transforming the industry's branding and fan base.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were the most generous American philanthropists in 2013, with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley nonprofit in December.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported Monday that Zuckerberg's donation was the largest charitable gift on the public record in 2013 and put the young couple at the top of the magazine's annual list of 50 most generous Americans in 2013.

Hollywood's iconic good guy, Clint Eastwood, is also a real life hero after swooping to rescue a choking guest at a California reception.

"Clint saved my life," Steve John told The Carmel Pine Cone, the local newspaper where the actor once served as mayor in the 1980s.

Hollywood star George Clooney said Saturday that he is hopeful European audiences will respond to his light-touch wartime drama "The Monuments Men" after it got a mauling from U.S. critics.

Clooney presented the picture at the 64th Berlin film festival about a real-life corps of middle-aged art experts who go behind enemy lines to rescue precious works from the Nazis, one day after it opened in U.S. cinemas.