This time, Belgium's royal family came out swinging.

Crown Prince Philippe, 52, had been depicted in a book as less of a man than is needed to become the next king of Belgium. Again.

After a detour into animation, "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis returns to live-action film with "Flight," which starts with a plane crash but centers more on personal rather than airborne crises.

Denzel Washington stars as a pilot who becomes a national hero for managing to crash-land a malfunctioning jet but faces another harrowing descent when alcohol and cocaine are discovered in his system.

From "Livin' on a Prayer" to "The Living Proof," every song Friday at NBC's benefit concert for superstorm Sandy victims became a message song.

New Jersey's Jon Bon Jovi gave extra meaning to "Who Says You Can't Go Home." Billy Joel worked in a reference to Staten Island, the decimated New York City borough. The hourlong event, hosted by Matt Lauer, was heavy on stars and lyrics identified with New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area, which took the brunt of this week's deadly storm. The telethon was a mix of music, storm footage and calls for donations from Jon Stewart, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg and others.

U.S. actress and director Jodie Foster won a coveted prize Thursday from the organizers of the Golden Globes, to be presented at the annual film awards show in January.

The 49-year-old, who won a Golden Globe and Oscar for her role in 1991's "Silence of the Lambs," was named recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Indian tourist officials in Goa warned Friday that they would shut down a Playboy club set to open next month if there was any evidence of "obscenity, vulgarity or nudity".

Playboy's local franchisee PB Lifestyle has announced plans for more than 100 outlets in India, starting with a beachside club in the holiday state, but their "bunny" waitresses will sport a new look to suit conservative Indian values.

Blake Shelton scored a hat trick late Thursday at the 46th annual Country Music Association awards in Nashville, Tennessee, where the victims of superstorm Sandy were not forgotten.

Shelton, 36, a three-time Grammy nominee, took the most-coveted entertainer of the year honor after collecting laurels for best male vocalist and, with wife Miranda Lambert, best song for "Over You."

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."