U.S. actress Anne Hathaway has become a first-time mother after giving birth to a baby boy, her spokesman told Agence France Presse Thursday.

The Oscar-winning star delivered her first child, Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, on March 24 in Los Angeles, according to celebrity news outlet E!

In ultra-conservative Japan, where change often happens at a snail's pace, top catwalk model Melody Yoko Reilly believes fashion has a role to play in shifting society's attitude to race and identity.

The 27-year-old, who was born in California's Redondo Beach to a Japanese mother and an American father, told Agence France Presse that mixed-race models have already altered the DNA of the fashion business there.

A judge on Wednesday refused a plea by U.S. singer Kesha to free her from a contract with an allegedly abusive producer, in a case that has galvanized feminists.

Kesha had asked a court to suspend her exclusive contract with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records, part of the Sony Music conglomerate, saying that the producer raped her and tormented her emotionally.

At a recent rehearsal of a musical with a constellation of big stars, a wiry man in sweatpants with one leg rolled up stood up, stopped the action and made his way to the stage.

"OK," Savion Glover said calmly, as the dancers gathered around. "Listen to what I'm doing here."

Diane Lane will be going back to something familiar on Broadway — "The Cherry Orchard."

The Roundabout Theater Company said Tuesday that the "Unfaithful" and "Man of Steel" star will headline their revival of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece this fall.

Fans of English lower-league football club Doncaster Rovers reacted angrily on Tuesday after One Direction star Louis Tomlinson won an online competition to design their new away shirt.

Tomlinson, who hails from Doncaster, entered the competition on the club's website and his all-black design topped a public poll with 33.7 percent of votes.

U.S. entertainment giant Walt Disney Corp said Monday that chief operating officer Thomas Staggs, viewed as the likely successor to chief executive Bob Iger, will step down next month.

Staggs, who previously served as chief financial officer and head of Disney's important parks and resorts division, had been seen as the frontrunner to replace Iger, who is scheduled to retire in two years.

Caitlyn Jenner is joining the cast of the acclaimed Amazon streaming series "Transparent."

The show's creator and executive producer Jill Soloway called the news "a dream come true" in an interview Saturday at the GLAAD Media Awards.

For the second year in a row, the iHeartRadio Awards became the iHeartTaylorSwift show.

Not only did Swift claim three prizes, including album of the year, but her bestie and her boyfriend took home trophies, too.

The folk singer Donovan has a secret plan for world peace. It involves ukuleles, meditation and his old friends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

"We are helping a great guy who is getting Israeli and Palestinian children together to play ukuleles for peace," he told AFP on a visit to the French capital.