CULTURE

For the 50th anniversary of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology is hosting an exclusive exhibition to display iconic creations.

A previously unrecorded painting by Dutch painter Adriaen Coorte was auctioned for £2.1 million, thereby setting a new world record.

NCIS actress Pauley Perrette, is taking a page out of Angelina Jolie's marriage playbook, saying that she and her fiance Thomas Arklie won't tie the knot until Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California, is overturned, according to Zap2It.com.

IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to The Moth Diaries, Mary Harron's adaptation of Rachel Klein's novel, the company announced Monday.

Could Alec Baldwin manage to get Liz Lemon, Tracy Jordan and Kenneth the Page tossed off of American Airlines' flights, too?

Copacabana singer Barry Manilow underwent hip repair surgery on Monday, the day after completing a seven-year run of shows in Las Vegas, his representatives said.

Disney has added another character to its princess franchise, and this one is aimed at an even younger audience.

Is Fox News honcho Roger Ailes working on a tell-all?

Universal Pictures has acquired 80 percent of all worldwide distribution rights for an untitled thriller starring Angelina Jolie, the studio announced Monday.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has landed a big one on the awards circuit: director Martin Scorsese, who will receive the festival's American Riviera Award on Monday, January 30.

Hulk Hogan's alleged gay lover, Ed Leslie, or Brutus The Barber Beefcake, has followed Hogan's lead and will be suing the former wrestler's ex-wife Linda Bollea over allegations of a homosexual relationship, Wrestling Inc. reported.

A week since suffering severe injuries following a plane propeller accident, fashion blogger and model Lauren Scruggs smiled and lifted both her eyebrows for the first time.

Orson Welles' Oscar for writing Citizen Kane -- regarded as one of the best films ever made -- is going up for auction again later this month in a hot market for Hollywood memorabilia.

NBC's Sunday Night Football received a considerable boost over last week's performance to further solidify its dominance on Sunday night, according to preliminary numbers.

Charlie Sheen had a big Oops moment last Thursday when he accidentally gave his private phone number publicly on Twitter intended for Justin Bieber.

Tommaso was a stray cat that Maria Assunta found and took care of because of her love for animals. Now, Tommaso is considered the world's richest cat and the third richest animal. Assunta died at age 94 last month and Tommaso inherited the entire family fortune of $13 million (Euro $10 million), according to the Guardian.

Wealthy jewelry collectors, movie fans and the just plain curious are training their eyes on this week's auctions of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor's collection of jewelry, haute couture and memorabilia.

The Imitation Game, Graham Moore's story of a British World War II cryptographer who poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being gay, tops this year's Hollywood Black List of best unproduced scripts of 2011.

As the legal battle between Hulk Hogan and his ex-wife, Linda Bollea, continues to heat up, happy days are ahead for the 58-year-old former wrestler. He will celebrate his one-year anniversary to his new wife, Jennifer McDaniel, later this month.

2011 was a big year for generalized media saturation, and a handful of celebrities took more than their share of the spotlight. The cycle of overhyped celebrities went something like this: Celebrity X gets a boatload attention for one reason or another; Celebrity X's face and name is suddenly everywhere you turn around; Everyone starts talking about how sick they are of seeing/hearing about Celebrity X, thereby prolonging the cycle. Rinse and repeat.While some of the stars on our list ar...

Bring back the gross teeth, the hair and the blue velvet suit -- Austin Powers is heading to Broadway.

Singer Miley Cyrus looked like a goddess on Sunday when she attended the fifth Annual CNN Heroes: All Star Tribute at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium with her handsome boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth. Robin Lim was named Hero of the Year for her work helping thousands of poor Indonesian women have a healthy pregnancy and birth, according to CNN.

The new Adventures of Tintin blockbuster has finally premiered in New York in a dazzling event where director Steve Spielberg, confirmed that the films producter, Peter Jackson, would be taking the director's chair in the sequel.

Girl band Little Mix became the first group to win Britain's X Factor television talent show on Sunday, beating hairdresser Marcus Collins in the final.

Associates of Yasser Arafat offer personal recollections in a documentary screened in Dubai this week on his search for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that descended into violence and failed to lead to a Palestinian state.

Rob Lowe enjoyed publishing success with his memoir Stories I Only Tell My Friends. Now he's penning another book, titled Love Life.

Dennis Varni remembers buying his first car, a 1931 Ford Model A, more than a half century ago when he was 14.

LVMH said on Monday that Michael Burke, head of Italian fashion brand Fendi, would become chief executive of jeweller Bulgari in February as part of a management reshuffle following its acquisition.

Bringing up the rear on a day already filled with critics groups announcing film awards, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle has chosen Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life as the best film of 2011.