Tilda Swinton solemnly unspooled a pair of century-old silk stockings from a dust cover, placed one in each gloved hand and strode down the room -- before a spellbound Paris art and fashion crowd.

The British actress was the self-effacing-yet-central figure of an offbeat performance that premiered on Saturday night, in which she breathes life into 57 rare treasures from the archive of Paris's Galliera museum of fashion.

The animated monsters who become Dracula's guests in "Hotel Transylvania" scared up $43 million in their first weekend out, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Another film in its premiere weekend, "Looper," a mob movie starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, trailed in second place with a $21.2 million debut.

Spiderman creator Stan Lee, whose Marvel comic book heroes have dominated U.S. culture for more than half a century, has been fitted with a heart pacemaker at the age of 89, he announced Friday.

In a typically colorful statement, Lee -- whose characters include the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America and Thor, who teamed up in this year's big screen blockbuster "The Avengers" -- said he plans to live for another 90 years.

Director Ang Lee says he broke every rule in "Life of Pi," which premiered Friday, bringing the best-selling novel into stunning 3D life with a production featuring an unknown Indian actor, four tigers and the world's biggest wave machine.

"There are a few classic advices in movies: never make a movie featuring animals, kids, water or 3D," the Taiwanese-born American director quipped at the premiere, which was the opening screening of the New York Film Festival in Manhattan. "We ignored all (of them)."

An attorney said Friday he believes a drug-induced psychosis was responsible for an outburst by an actor that police say ended in the slaying of his landlady before the former "Sons of Anarchy" cast member plunged to his death.

Johnny Lewis, 28, had been arrested three times during the past year and officials were concerned about his mental health and the danger he posed to others. His lawyer Jonathan Mandel, who represented Lewis in the criminal cases, said drugs may have been a factor in the actor's final hours.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says his wife, Maria Shriver, was told to "snap out of it" by her mother for her attempts to persuade him against running for California governor in 2003, a conversation that ultimately opened the door to his successful candidacy.

Eunice Shriver told her daughter that her husband would be "angry for the rest of his life" if she stopped his ambitions, Schwarzenegger writes in his new autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story."

U.S. tough guy actor Samuel L. Jackson has made an expletive-laden video warning apathetic Americans to "Wake the Fxxx Up" and vote for President Barack Obama in November's election.

The "Pulp Fiction" star, known for playing bad-ass characters and who voiced a spoof audio book "Go the Fuck to Sleep" last year, is shown warning a family of the dangers of letting Mitt Romney into the White House by inaction.

Paris fashion has no boundaries and no borders. Thursday's cultural melting pot of spring-summer 2013 shows was proof enough.

Curious designers, thirsty for new inspiration, ventured across the globe to bring new ideas and exotic cultures back to the catwalk.

Talk about product placement: Target is releasing an episodic series of short films starring Kristen Bell and Nia Long and everything on screen is for sale.

The company unveiled the three episodes of "Falling for You" Thursday at a private event at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles.

Oscar-winning US actress Reese Witherspoon has given birth to her first child with new husband Jim Toth, a baby boy called Tennessee James, her publicist announced Thursday.

The actress, who won her Oscar in 2006 for her role in "Walk the Line" and who has two children by her first marriage, is doing well as is the infant.