Swiss watchmakers are warily eyeing Apple's reported progress towards creating a "smartwatch", but say they are not too worried about the tech goliath's likely incursion into their traditional turf.

The California-based company has so far been tight-lipped about its suspected plans to wrap some of its popular iPhone and iPad capabilities into a wearable device that can be viewed at the flip of a wrist.

J.K. Rowling, the British author of the best-selling Harry Potter books, was forced to reveal on Sunday that she had published a critically acclaimed crime novel under a pseudonym.

The mother of three was unveiled by the Sunday Times newspaper as the writer of "The Cuckoo's Calling", a debut novel about a private detective who investigates a model's suicide.

"Despicable Me 2," a sequel to the 2010 animated blockbuster, led the US box office for a second consecutive weekend, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The comedy, with Steve Carell voicing villain-turned-doting-father Gru, earned an anticipated $44.8 million between Friday and Sunday, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

Cory Monteith, the handsome young actor who shot to fame in the hit TV series "Glee" but was beset by addiction struggles so fierce that he once said he was lucky to be alive, was found dead in a hotel room, police said. He was 31.

Monteith, who played the character Finn Hudson on the Fox TV series about a high school glee club, was found dead in his room on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on Vancouver's waterfront at about noon Saturday, according to police.

The media frenzy over the birth of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby reached fever pitch on Saturday as the reported due date came and went with no sign of the royal heir.

A rumor that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labor on Thursday spread like wildfire on Twitter and reportedly caused Prime Minister David Cameron's office to call Buckingham Palace to check on it.

Louis Vuitton is paying the America's Cup $3 million less than originally agreed to sponsor the challenger trials for sailing's marquee regatta because only three teams are entered.

America's Cup CEO Stephen Barclay said Friday that the contract was amended in April when it became clear how few teams would make it to the starting line. Louis Vuitton would have paid the full amount originally contracted if at least five challengers entered.

Dolby sound specialists have given director Guillermo del Toro a way to put movie goers into the thick of battles between giant robots and fearsome monsters in "Pacific Rim."

The blockbuster film opening worldwide this weekend is the latest big-name production to incorporate Dolby Atmos technology -- which does for sound what high-definition and 3-D did for images.

The Oscars will, for the first time, hold a concert in Los Angeles featuring the songs and scores nominated for Hollywood's most prestigious prize, organizers said.

The concert will be held on February 27, 2014, at Royce Hall, at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) said an internal email from organizers obtained by Agence France Presse Friday.

Written by Anthony Sargon

The summer movie season is always packed with sequels, prequels, reboots and spinoffs. As an audience, we're rarely treated to something new, something wholly original, or even something that's highly imaginative. Well, Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" is unlike anything you've ever seen before and boasts some of the most entertaining action sequences ever put on screen. Michael Bay, time to jot down some notes.

The driven matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan is taking center stage with her own talk show, and Kris Jenner said she's ready for the spotlight.

"I'm definitely living my dream," Jenner said of Monday's launch of "Kris," a daily talk show getting a summer test run on Fox stations in a handful of major U.S. TV markets.