Michelle Obama's 50th birthday bash featured performances by pop stars Beyonce and John Legend, and appearances by a host of A-list celebrities, one prominent guest said Sunday.

"Amazing. Incredible party," political analyst Donna Brazile told CNN the morning after the festivities, about which few details were revealed by the White House.

Stars turned out in throngs for Saint Laurent's menswear show, the highlight of the last day of fall-winter 2014 Paris shows which included Lanvin, Paul Smith and Thom Browne.

Here are some key moments and tidbits from the finish line of the colorful menswear season.

Written by Anthony Sargon

There’s nothing quite like the human spirit. Our desire to live free and unshackled will drive us to do dangerous and life-threatening things that don’t even guarantee a positive outcome. But we try anyway, again and again until we make our voices heard. This is exactly what the people of Egypt have been doing since 2011, and “The Square” is a record of that. Not only is it a great work of art, but it depicts a moment in time when people took control of their destiny to change the course of history.

Written by Anthony Sargon

The last time we saw Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan in theaters, it was in 2002′s reboot “The Sum of All Fears” starring Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman. It’s been almost 12 years since that movie, so you know what that means: time for another reboot! While the film starts off strongly enough, it eventually becomes too generic and repetitive to really stand out. There may be enough here to relaunch the series, but it could and should have been better given the talent involved.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Movies as sweet as “Philomena” don’t come along all too often. The film, which is based on a true story, is anchored by a marvelous and Oscar-worthy turn by the incomparable Dame Judi Dench, and will send you out of the theater feeling quite emotional. It’s a beautiful story of faith, motherhood, and unconditional love, and I absolutely loved it.

David O. Russell's "American Hustle" took the Screen Actors Guild Awards' top honor for outstanding cast on Saturday night, beating out Steve McQueen's acclaimed "12 Years a Slave." Because actors make up the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the SAG Awards (which last year picked "Argo") are considered one of the best indicators of the Oscars.

Just days ago, the Academy Awards nominations set up a trio of front-runners, bestowing 10 nods on "American Hustle" and "Gravity," and nine on "12 Years a Slave." But though no actor was individually honored by the guild for "American Hustle," the Abscam tale now appears to have an edge over its Oscar rivals.

Fashions fade, controversy and celebrities are eternal. This mantra was on full display at Friday's fall-winter 2014 menswear shows in Paris — with Will Smith at Maison Martin Margiela, rapper Kanye West hobnobbing at Givenchy and a prominent fashionista causing a stir because she wore a real gorilla fur coat.

Here are some key moments and tidbits from the day.

Director Lynn Shelton has a great idea for how to market her new film, "Laggies": Put video of Keira Knightley dancing as a sign-spinner on YouTube.

Knightley demonstrates some sweet moves and deft sign-spinning skills in one of the opening scenes of the film, which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.

Lawyers for Playboy magazine are suing Harper's Bazaar publisher Hearst Communications over its online use of photos of fashion model Kate Moss.

Court papers filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan say the magazine violated Playboy's exclusive right to publish the pictures taken by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcos Piggott for the publication's 60th anniversary issue.

"Gravity" soared with a record-setting seven Critics' Choice Awards, but "12 Years a Slave" was named best picture.

The Broadcast Film Critics Association presented its annual awards Thursday in Santa Monica, California, honoring many movies that earned Oscar nominations just hours earlier.