Ciara's future is Future: The R&B singer and the rapper-producer are engaged.

Future surprised the Grammy winner with a 15-carat diamond ring over the weekend, their publicist, Chris Chambers, told The Associated Press on Sunday night. She was already celebrating her 28th birthday in New York when he proposed.

Hobbit fans will get a sneak peek at the second film of the trilogy -- "The Desolation of Smaug" -- after director Peter Jackson announced a global live presentation next month.

Cinemas in London, New York, Los Angeles and Wellington will be satellite-linked on November 4 for an event including a question and answer session with cast members, Jackson said on his Facebook page.

Marcia Wallace, the voice of Edna Krabappel -- Bart Simpson's jaded, chain-smoking schoolteacher on the animated show "The Simpsons" -- has died, the show producers said Saturday. She was 70.

Wallace died in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, her son Michael Hawley told the Los Angeles Times.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Johnny Knoxville goes solo in the latest chapter of the “Jackass” saga as Irving Zisman, everyone’s favorite perverted and foul-mouthed 86-yeard-old. But how does the character fare in his first feature-length film? Can Irving Zisman really sustain his own movie? The answer is yes, yes he can.

Egyptians packed cafes Friday to watch the return of famed TV satirist Bassem Youssef, wondering if he would dare to mock the army that toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.

After four months off the air, Youssef -- known as 'Egypt's Jon Stewart' after modelling his show on the U.S. comedian's popular fake news program -- returned after a summer break to an Egypt fiercely split between supporters of the military and Islamist backers of the ousted Morsi.

About a year ago, Lindsey Gort's name came up for a part but the casting director said she wasn't right for it because she was more of a young Kim Cattrall-type.

Now Gort is playing a young Samantha Jones — Cattrall's character in "Sex and the City" — on The CW's "The Carrie Diaries" (Friday, 8 p.m. EDT).

Jackie Chan says his mission is complete.

Chan wrote, directed and stars in "Chinese Zodiac," an action comedy which centers on a team attempting to steal some of the 12 bronze statues looted from a Chinese palace in 1860.

Quincy Jones sued Michael Jackson's estate on Friday claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees on some of the superstar's greatest hits.

Jones' lawsuit seeks at least $10 million from the singer's estate and Sony Music Entertainment, claiming the entities improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and production fees. The music has been used in the film "This Is It" and a pair of Cirque du Soleil shows based on the King of Pop's songs, the lawsuit states.

Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have banned a planned concert by U.S. pop singer Ke$ha after deciding it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.

Concert organizer Livescape said it received a letter about the decision on the eve of the show that was to be held Saturday at a Kuala Lumpur stadium.

Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr and her husband, Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom have split up after being together for six years.

A representative for Bloom exclusively confirms the breakup, E! Online reports.