ENTERTAINMENT

The moon may be new, and the director may be different (Chris Weitz takes over the reins from Catherine Hardwicke), but otherwise, the second installment of the Twilight saga remains, for better or worse, exceptionally faithful to its 2008 beginnings.

Irina Shabayeva won the sixth season of the fashion reality show Project Runway on Thursday in the conclusion of the hit cable series which was delayed for months by legal wrangling.

The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said on Thursday.

Hollywood watchers think vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon could take a nearly $100 million bite from movie theater box offices when it debuts this weekend, and score one of the biggest openings ever for a non-summer film.

Adam Lambert may have lost the battle to be crowned American Idol but the glam rocker with soaring vocals says he got what he wanted from the TV singing contest -- an album deal, exposure and a chance to make and present music his way.

Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, will announce on Friday she is ending her popular daytime talk show in 2011.

Socialite Paris Hilton and her boyfriend are well known in their Los Angeles neighborhood as the couple who throw loud parties and fight constantly annoying neighbors and police.

A taste of Susan Boyle's new album I Dreamed a Dream is available on the British newspaper The Sun, ahead of its official release on November 23.

An interview with Janet Jackson and ABC's Robin Roberts was Wednesday night aired with Janet talking about various topics from her brother's death to her former boyfriend.

Victoria Beckham unveiled details about her intimate life with husband soccer player and model David Beckham on the December issue of Allure magazine.

Eating disorder campaigners criticized British model Kate Moss on Thursday for saying she backed the motto Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels, a slogan popular with pro-anorexia websites.

Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.

U.S. actor Zac Efron takes another step away from the world of high school musicals that made him famous with a part in Me and Orson Welles, which also features British newcomer Christian McKay in the title role.

Fans have been mooning over all things Twilight since the vampire-romance film bowed so bloody well exactly a year ago. So it's no surprise that the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, is projected to sink its teeth into more than $85 million during its first weekend.

Penelope Cruz feels uncomfortable talking about nude scenes and says she has an allergy to labels, but she becomes effusive when discussing her dream year with two special films about to hit theaters.

Johnny Depp was named People magazine's sexiest man alive for a second time on Wednesday, joining an elite club of double honorees that includes George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Steven, we love you. But you need to get sober, and we need to find a new singer.

Oscar organizers joined the MTV generation on Wednesday, naming Hamish Hamilton as director of March's movie awards ceremony, and they also unveiled their shortlist of films vying for a best documentary nomination.

The Holy Grail of Michael Jackson memorabilia will go on the block on Saturday in an auction of one of the King of Pop's famous white gloves and hundreds of rock-and-roll relics.

Bon Jovi claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, despite a sharp drop in sales.

Michael Jackson's family was aware of his drug addiction, intervened to stop him but was not successful, Janet Jackson said in an interview airing tonight on ABC's Good Morning America.

Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have officially signed on as co-producers of Fela!, a musical about Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti that opens Monday (November 23) on Broadway.

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on December 8 at the New York Public Library.

Demian Bichir, who played the young Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's Che, will play another revolutionary in the Mexican film Hidalgo-Moliere.

In The Twilight Saga: New Moon, lovelorn character Bella Swan gets dumped by her vampire man, sinks into depression and later flies to Italy to pursue him. While that may sound too extreme, actress Kristen Stewart thinks Bella is setting a good example to girls.

Filmmakers trying to satisfy a U.S. movie rating aimed at mostly teenagers often complain that they're forced to cut violent scenes, and those edits compromise the director's vision.

Disaster movie 2012 wreaked even more havoc at the box-office than expected, Columbia Pictures said on Monday, taking in $230.4 million worldwide on its opening weekend.

It could be a scene from a film noir: Michel Legrand is sitting in the suffused elegance of the St Regis hotel sipping tea, while a downpour lashes the streets.

U.S. actor Johnny Depp is 2009's Sexiest Man Alive, according to People Magazine. This is not the first time that Depp, 46, is given the title; he also won it in 2003. Only actors Brad Pitt and George Clooney have been named Sexiest Man Alive twice.