Prince William and his wife Catherine reacted with fury Friday after a French magazine printed topless photos of her, saying it evoked painful memories of press harassment of William's mother Diana.

The young British royals, who are currently in Malaysia, were consulting lawyers over what they called a "grotesque" breach of privacy by the French version of Closer magazine, palace officials said.

During the season debut airing Wednesday on Fox, the audience cheers her, Simon Cowell defers to her and Spears is crisp, if not a wit, in her contestant verdicts.

We get the pop princess who knows how to hold the spotlight, not the young woman who has struggled in her personal life, in the taped premiere of "X Factor." Live episodes start airing in November.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine paid tribute to British and Commonwealth war dead on Thursday as they wound up a three-day visit to Singapore on a sombre note.

The royal couple, on the first leg of an Asia-Pacific tour celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign, laid a wreath at a cemetery dedicated to soldiers who died defending Malaya against the Japanese during World War II.

Actor Dustin Hoffman and rock band Led Zeppelin are among those to be honored by Washington's Kennedy Center later this year, the prestigious performance hall said Wednesday.

Others to be lauded at the December 2 gala include comedian and late night television host David Letterman, blues musician Buddy Guy and Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova.

Vivienne Tam embraced geometrical shapes in a very big way Wednesday for both her spring-summer 2013 collection and her brand-new jewelry line on show at New York fashion week.

Her cutting-edge creations -- think triangles and hexagons -- stood in radical contrast to more feminine looks that have come down the runways over the past seven days.

A Cairo appeals court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of one of the Arab world's most famous actors, Adel Imam, who had been sentenced to three months in jail for "defaming Islam."

The Egyptian actor, who is also a U.N. goodwill ambassador, was originally convicted in absentia in February, after being sued by Asran Mansur, a lawyer with Islamist ties.

Less than a year after going public, the digital production company founded by director James Cameron has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million.

Digital Domain Media Group Inc., best known for its work on Cameron's "Titanic," has produced visual effects for more than 90 movies, including "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and the "Transformers" series. And in April, its Tupac Shakur hologram made a splash when it took the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and appeared to perform alongside Snoop Dogg.

While its rivals covered the solemn commemoration of the first plane striking the World Trade Center on Tuesday, NBC's "Today" show aired Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner talking about her breast augmentation.

It was an embarrassing moment for the once-dominant morning show, now often beaten by ABC's "Good Morning America" in the ratings, and showed the continued delicacy of Sept. 11 memories for television.

Bob Dylan says the stigma of slavery ruined America and he doubts the country can get rid of the shame because it was "founded on the backs of slaves."

The veteran musician tells Rolling Stone that in America "people (are) at each other's throats just because they are of a different color," adding that "it will hold any nation back." He also says blacks know that some whites "didn't want to give up slavery."

Two Paraguay filmmakers proved this week that a hit movie can be made on a small budget, with the international premiere of their crime thriller "7 boxes" (7 Cajas) at the Toronto film festival.

Directors Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori's first feature film is the only one from Paraguay being screened at North America's biggest film festival.