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Drew Barrymore Gives Birth to Her First Child

Drew Barrymore is a mom.

The 37-year-old actress and her husband, Will Kopelman, welcomed a baby girl named Olive Barrymore Kopelman on Sept. 26.

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'Paranormal Activity' Latest Cult Horror Saga

Remember grisly franchises like "Friday the 13th," "Halloween" and the "Saw" movies? Now, "Paranormal Activity" is the latest horror saga to earn cult status, and on a tight budget.

Paramount, the studio behind the films, launched the fourth outing in a suitably nocturnal midnight screening at the Fantastic Fest for horror fans in Austin, Texas, ahead of its release later this month.

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Schwarzenegger Kept Many Secrets from Wife Maria

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his lifelong penchant for secrecy and ability to put his emotions "on deep freeze" led him to keep many secrets from his wife Maria Shriver, eventually causing the dissolution of their marriage when he was forced to admit he fathered a child with the family's housekeeper years earlier.

Throughout their strained 25-year marriage, Schwarzenegger says he did not want to tell Shriver about crucial life decisions such as major heart surgery and running for California governor because he feared she would overreact and tell her well-connected family and friends.

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Lohan Thrown or Grabbed in NY Hotel Room

Lindsay Lohan got into an argument early Sunday with a 25-year-old man in her New York City hotel room over photos on a cellphone and she was physically grabbed or thrown, a law enforcement official said.

The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the encounter Sunday morning and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

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Tilda Swinton Steps into 'Impossible Wardrobe' in Paris

Tilda Swinton solemnly unspooled a pair of century-old silk stockings from a dust cover, placed one in each gloved hand and strode down the room -- before a spellbound Paris art and fashion crowd.

The British actress was the self-effacing-yet-central figure of an offbeat performance that premiered on Saturday night, in which she breathes life into 57 rare treasures from the archive of Paris's Galliera museum of fashion.

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'Hotel Transylvania' Checks in with Top Box Office Spot

The animated monsters who become Dracula's guests in "Hotel Transylvania" scared up $43 million in their first weekend out, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Another film in its premiere weekend, "Looper," a mob movie starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, trailed in second place with a $21.2 million debut.

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Spiderman Creator Stan Lee Gets Pacemaker

Spiderman creator Stan Lee, whose Marvel comic book heroes have dominated U.S. culture for more than half a century, has been fitted with a heart pacemaker at the age of 89, he announced Friday.

In a typically colorful statement, Lee -- whose characters include the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor, who teamed up in this year's big screen blockbuster "The Avengers" -- said he plans to live for another 90 years.

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Ang Lee Breaks Every Rule in New 'Life Of Pi' Film

Director Ang Lee says he broke every rule in "Life of Pi," which premiered Friday, bringing the best-selling novel into stunning 3D life with a production featuring an unknown Indian actor, four tigers and the world's biggest wave machine.

"There are a few classic advices in movies: never make a movie featuring animals, kids, water or 3D," the Taiwanese-born American director quipped at the premiere, which was the opening screening of the New York Film Festival in Manhattan. "We ignored all (of them)."

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Warning Signs Seen Before Actor's Violent End

An attorney said Friday he believes a drug-induced psychosis was responsible for an outburst by an actor that police say ended in the slaying of his landlady before the former "Sons of Anarchy" cast member plunged to his death.

Johnny Lewis, 28, had been arrested three times during the past year and officials were concerned about his mental health and the danger he posed to others. His lawyer Jonathan Mandel, who represented Lewis in the criminal cases, said drugs may have been a factor in the actor's final hours.

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Schwarzenegger: Shriver Changed Tune on Recall Run

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.

Eunice Shriver told her daughter that her husband would be "angry for the rest of his life" if she stopped his ambitions, Schwarzenegger writes in his new autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story."

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