South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" has become the second most-watched YouTube video of all time with nearly 620 million hits as the quirky rapper continues to take the world by storm.

The 34-year-old singer, whose real name is Park Jae-Sang, rocketed to international fame after "Gangnam Style" -- a techno ode to a trendy Seoul neighborhood -- become a worldwide hit following its debut in July.

Marilyn Monroe aficionados are flocking to a Warsaw auction house to see pictures of the American blonde bombshell and other Hollywood stars snapped by acclaimed celebrity photographer Milton Greene.

Juliusz Windorbski, who heads the Dom Aukcyjny Desa Unicum auction house in the Polish capital, said a total of 240 photos were up for bid on November 8, making it the largest ever sale of Greene's photos.

Britney Spears was coolly composed on the first live episode of "The X Factor." The same can't be said for new host Khloe Kardashian Odom and her microphone.

Odom, adding to her reality TV credentials, was paired with Mario Lopez to emcee "X Factor" as the singing contest shifted Wednesday from taped to live broadcasts.

Film legend Clint Eastwood claims that Hollywood's image as a Democratic bastion is exaggerated -- but the evidence says otherwise, with stars like George Clooney leading an A-list Obama cast.

The "Dirty Harry" star -- whose talking-to-an-empty-chair routine stole the show at the Republican convention -- issued another endorsement for Mitt Romney last week, warning: "There is not much time left... our country is at stake."

Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown was Thursday granted an interim restraining order against a well-known Australian paparazzo who she claimed threatened her and put her life at risk.

The singer, who is a judge on the hugely popular talent show "X Factor Australia" and lives for much of the year in Sydney, alleges that Jamie Fawcett endangered her while she was in a kayak on Sydney Harbor last week.

The company behind "Angry Birds" said Wednesday it would open its first theme park in Asia next year at a site near Shanghai as it builds on the brand of the hugely popular game.

"Angry Birds Land" will be located in Haining city in China's Zhejiang province, next to the commercial hub of Shanghai, and will be the firm's third theme park after one in Finland and another in Britain.

Bolivia asked visiting Oscar-winner Sean Penn Tuesday to help lobby for La Paz to regain a bit of Pacific coast, and escape the ranks of landlocked states.

Evo Morales, the socialist president of the arid nation high in the Andes, asked the U.S. actor to help its campaign to press Chile to overhaul treaties that ended a 19th-century war that cost Bolivia its coast and gave the land to Chile.

The "Star Wars" saga, set to be revived from 2015 under new owners Disney, is one of the most lucrative franchises in cinema history, with more than $4.4 billion in global takings.

Only James Bond and Harry Potter can claim bigger box office success: J.K. Rowling's schoolboy wizard has conjured up nearly $7.7 billion, although that was over eight movies, as opposed to the sci-fi classic's six, so far.

The Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood is to marry his girlfriend of six months, a theater producer 31 years his junior, his spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.

Wood, 65, will wed 34-year-old Sally Humphreys, the owner of a theater production company.

Authorities say a security guard at Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills, Calif., mansion used a stun gun on a trespasser who turned out to be an intoxicated neighbor who may have mistakenly entered the property.

Police say 41-year-old Jason Sullivan was shot with a Taser at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the home on Calle Vista Drive. He was then treated at a hospital and arrested on suspicion of trespassing.