"Oops, I Did it Again" star Britney Spears is ready to marry for a third time, after accepting boyfriend and former agent Jason Trawick's proposal, the couple announced Friday.
Trawick, who Spears has been dating since 2009, announced the news on entertainment TV show "Access Hollywood," saying: "Yes, we are engaged," adding that he was "over the moon, as (is) she."

“Maharat” and the “Cencorship Observatory” held a press conference Thursday to launch a draft law on “Freedom of Film Making” and to legally study the Censorship law.
The conference, which was held at at Metropolis hall in Achrafieh, was aimed at presenting the public with the content of the draft law and launching a general discussion on censorship in Lebanon.

Dressed in white tutus, seven pensioners from a village in southern Poland love to get on their tiptoes to dance ballet classics like Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
All these new-found ballerinas are grandmothers -- one is even a great-grandmother -- and the oldest member of the troupe is 73.

After Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Tintin -- or rather his new on-screen version -- is coming to the United States, and the boyish-looking reporter could have more of a challenge in his latest adventure.
Steve Spielberg's 3D film "Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn" has already been released in the traditional heartlands of the comic books by Belgium's Herge.

U.S. lingerie maker Victoria's Secret on Thursday vowed to investigate claims that some of its fair-trade underwear is produced using child labor.
In a statement Victoria's Secret's parent company said it was "very concerned" that fair-trade-certified cotton used in its panties could have been farmed using under-aged labor in Burkina Faso.

An unpublished manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Bronte, who went on to write "Jane Eyre", sold at auction in London on Thursday for a record £690,850 ($1,069,000, 822,900 euros).
Sotheby's auction house said the sale, at more than double the guide price, was the highest ever price at auction for any literary work by Charlotte Bronte or her two famous sisters, Emily and Anne.

Silent film is taking over Hollywood's awards scene. The silent-era tale "The Artist" heads the Golden Globes with six nominations, among them best comedy or musical, and acting honors for its French stars, Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo.
Tied for second-place with five nominations Thursday are the 1960s racial tale "The Help" and George Clooney's Hawaiian family story "The Descendants." Both films are up for best drama, while Clooney was nominated for best dramatic actor and "The Help" earned acting slots for Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain.

More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming well-heeled guests once again — at least for a night.
The event marks the first time the ship's government owners are throwing down the gangplank for a large group of visitors since the vessel pulled into port in November 2008.

Michael Jackson's daughter says she was inspired to be an actress after seeing her father in the film "Moonwalker."
Paris Jackson spoke to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres about her acting aspirations and the lengths that her father took to protect her identity. The episode airs Thursday.

An Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor sold for over $662,000 at auction in New York.
The painting was included in Christie's auction house sale Wednesday of jewelry and other items from the collection of the late actress, who starred in "National Velvet" and "Cleopatra." A wedding dress worn at her second marriage to Richard Burton sold for over $62,000.
