The day before Oprah Winfrey began shooting "Lee Daniels' The Butler," she was at the White House, talking to the president.

Her access to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (this particular trip was for a 2012 campaign interview) is considerably greater than her character's in the film. She plays Gloria Gaines, the wife of a long-serving White House butler (Forest Whitaker), whose service spans seven presidents and decades of civil rights sea changes.

Andrea Casiraghi, eldest son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, is to marry his Colombian girlfriend on August 31, the royal palace announced Wednesday.

Casiraghi, 29, already has a child with the wealthy heiress and socialite Tatiana Santo Domingo, who gave birth to their son Sacha in London in March.

Rag & Bone co-founders Marcus Wainwright and David Neville are no longer the cool newbies to the American fashion scene. They've graduated to be the even cooler tweens, with loyal followers and a path in front of them to expand their brand and be industry leaders.

Growing up might have its challenges, but after 11 years, it's time, and they still see the window of opportunity they saw when it started. They've even inched it open a bit more.

Various doctors were "competing" to treat Michael Jackson, each offering stronger and stronger painkillers long before his 2009 death, the King of Pop's ex-wife testified Wednesday.

Debbie Rowe, the 54-year-old mother of Jackson's two older children, told jurors that the pop star had a "very low tolerance for pain" and that over the years doctors gladly prescribed potent drugs like Demerol, Dilaudid, Oxycodone and Vicodin.

A man who claims he was punched and kicked by a member of Chris Brown's entourage during a fight at a recording studio sued the R&B singer on Tuesday for assault and battery.

Sha'keir Duarte sued Brown for unspecified damages in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming he suffered a concussion as well as humiliation and mental anguish as a result of the attack.

Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers Tuesday to back a bill aimed at limiting the ability of paparazzi to photograph children of celebrities, local media reported.

The legislation, which specifically targets paparazzi and was introduced by a Democratic senator, would widen the legal definition of harassment to include taking pictures of or recording a child without the permission of a legal guardian.

U.S. chat show queen Oprah Winfrey says an alleged racist incident she suffered at a luxury boutique in Switzerland does not warrant an apology from the country.

Winfrey, who claims she was the subject of racism when a shop assistant refused to show her an expensive handbag, told journalists Monday in Los Angeles that it wasn't "an indictment against the country."

Mexican actor and Oxfam global ambassador Gael Garcia Bernal urged the world on Tuesday to do more to help Syrian refugees as he visited some of them in Jordan.

"Aid is essential for these people. There's not enough coming, despite the promises from the international community," an Oxfam statement quoted Garcia as saying during his visit on the outskirts of Amman.

Katy Perry is returning to the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Perry will sing her new song "Roar" live for the first time. She hasn't performed at the VMAs since 2009.

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas and new wife Mellody Hobson have had a baby daughter.

Representatives for the 69-year-old filmmaker announced the birth Monday. Everest Hobson Lucas was born Friday, the first child for Lucas and Hobson, who were married in June. The baby was born via surrogate.