Lupita Nyong'o delivered an emotional speech while accepting her honor for best breakout performance at Essence magazine's seventh annual Women in Hollywood luncheon.

The "12 Years a Slave" star and Oscar nominee for best supporting actress confessed Thursday that as a young girl, she had wished her skin would become lighter.

David O. Russell's crime drama "American Hustle" could be a big winner at Sunday's Academy Awards. But for the movie's many international fans, it may take a little longer to realize it. In their country, there is simply no word that captures the true essence of "Hustle."

So in Israel the film is known in Hebrew as "American Dream." In France, it's translated as "American Bluff." In Argentina, it's "American Scandal." In Portugal, it's "American Sting." In Quebec, it's "American Scam." In Spain, it's the "Great American Scam." And in Turkey, it's merely known as "Trickster."

In the summer of 2013, the world was abuzz with news that "King of Queens" actress Leah Remini was leaving the Church of Scientology. The more the public wanted to know about the mysterious, celebrity-patronized religion, the further Remini wanted to distance herself from the church, of which she was a member of for over 30 years.

In a candid interview with Buzzfeed, Remini, 43, reveals what growing up a Scientologist was like -- her mother joined the church before Remini's 10th birthday -- and what eventually drove her away.

Spaniards from all walks of life flocked as devoted fans to a Madrid music hall on Friday to pay their final respects to flamenco guitar virtuoso Paco de Lucia.

A stream of visitors ranging from politicians and music stars to ordinary citizens who only knew him from afar streamed past his closed coffin laid out in the Spanish capital's main music venue.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are reportedly engaged. The "Jupiter Ascending" actress, 30, stepped out Thursday with a huge diamond ring on "that" finger while shopping with her mother, People magazine reports.

"Ashton and Mila have talked about getting married for quite a while," a source told People last year.

The cast of "Parks and Recreation" is getting a new member for a night: Michelle Obama.

The first lady's office says Mrs. Obama will appear on the NBC show's season finale on April 24.

She may sing "Please Don't Stop The Music," but the music at the Balmain show had well and truly stopped when seven-time Grammy Award-winner Rihanna sneaked in the back door, after everyone had left.

That is, apart from a handful of people.

The Oscars are usually blessed with standard Southern California weather: sunshine and blue skies.

That could be the case again this year, but not until the first major storm to hit Los Angeles this winter gives the area a major dousing.

To the world, she's a humanitarian, superstar actress and half of Hollywood's most glamorous couple.

But to the workers who met Angelina Jolie on Thursday at Oscar rehearsals, she was just "Angie."

Actor Liam Neeson says he's upset at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for wanting to shut down the city's horse-drawn carriage industry.

Neeson complained during an appearance on "The Daily Show" this week that critics have put out false information about how the horses are treated. He says drivers treat the horses like their own children.