A judge in Atlanta dismissed an emergency request by R&B singer Usher's ex-wife seeking temporary custody of their two children.

Tameka Foster Raymond requested the hearing Friday, a day after the former couple's 5-year-old son got caught in a pool drain while in the care of the Grammy winner's aunt. After a hearing in which both Usher and Raymond took the stand, Superior Court Judge John Goger dismissed her request for temporary primary custody and decision-making authority.

Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca has cancelled performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden in London because she is expecting her second child, she said on her website.

Garanca, who is 36, was to sing "Carmen" at the Royal Opera House in November and take on the role of Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Met the following month.

Written by Anthony Sargon

Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" is hands down one of the greatest science fiction movies I have ever watched. It came out of nowhere and punched everyone in the face, hard, and introduced us to a great new director (Blomkap) and a fantastic new actor, Sharlto Copley. Blomkap's follow-up, "Elysium", has a lot to live up to, and while it doesn't reach the same heights as "District 9", it's still a great sci-fi movie in its own right, and solidifies Neill Blomkamp as an incredibly creative writer/director who isn't afraid to create something original, and most importantly, relevant.

Oprah Winfrey says she had a racist encounter while shopping in Switzerland — and the national tourist office and the shop owner have apologized.

The billionaire media mogul told the U.S. program "Entertainment Tonight" that a shop assistant in Zurich refused to show her a black handbag priced at $38,000 because "you will not be able to afford that."

A long-lost silent film directed by Orson Welles in 1938 has been recovered from a warehouse in northeastern Italy, where it will be screened in public for the first time in October.

"Too Much Johnson" was originally intended to be shown as a prologue to a slapstick comedy at the Mercury repertory theater in New York, but it was never finished.

As a lifelong aviation enthusiast and qualified pilot, filmmaker Klay Hall was the logical choice when Disney was seeking a director for its latest animated offering, "Planes."

A spin-off of Pixar's phenomenally successful "Cars" franchise, "Planes" was initially envisioned as a video project, released through the Disney Toon Studios division.

American actress Karen Black, who shot to fame in the 1969 counter-culture classic "Easy Rider," died Thursday in Los Angeles, her husband said. She was 74.

Black, who starred alongside Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper in the film, died after battling cancer.

Ecstatic organizers of a Swedish music festival said Wednesday that Syrian singer Omar Souleyman has finally been granted a visa after an initial application was refused.

"Amazing news! Omar Souleyman has just been granted an entry visa to Sweden! So tomorrow at 18:15 he will be on stage," promoters said on the website of the Gothenburg festival, Way Out West.

Just a day after Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo confirmed their late summer wedding date, Charlotte Casiraghi reportedly has her own good news to share: She's engaged and pregnant, writes People.

Charlotte and her boyfriend, Gad Elmaleh, are reportedly expecting their first child. The Monegasque noble, daughter of Princess Caroline, granddaughter of Grace Kelly and fourth in line to the throne, started dating French actor Elmaleh in 2012 after her split from Alex Dellal.

Lady Mary will be mired in grief as season four of "Downton Abbey" begins, mourning the loss of her husband, Matthew.

But a string of suitors awaits when she's ready to live again, said Michelle Dockery, who plays Mary in the hit drama that will return to the Public Broadcasting Service's "Masterpiece" next January.