Hollywood superstar Jennifer Lopez, 42, and the 24-year-old back-up dancer reported as her new flame say age doesn't matter -- and they have proudly tweeted it.

The singer and actress, who has not confirmed a romance with Casper Smart, retweeted messages from him saying other people's views don't matter and that "our hearts are endless."

A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.

Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford opened the festival by characterizing the slate of 117 feature films as products of "dark and grim" times and the "suffering from a government that's in paralysis."

NBC comedy "30 Rock" often finds laughs in real-life events in the show business world it inhabits.

But Thursday's edition targeted one of its own cast members, Tracy Morgan, who found himself in real-life hot water last June after making anti-gay remarks during a stand-up appearance in Nashville, Tenn.

Belgian-Italian singing sensation Lara Fabian has cancelled a Lebanon concert after activists launched a campaign accusing her of being pro-Israeli.

In a message posted on her official Facebook page, the 42-year-old diva known for her French love songs, said she had pulled out of a planned Valentine's Day concert in Lebanon over "threats."

Following the success of their first CD ''Daw L Baladiyyi'', released

in summer 2011, Lebanese pop/folk band ADONIS will be premiering the

Uggie the four-legged co-star of silent film "The Artist" is tipped to win his own canine accolade, to go with the growing haul of honors bestowed on the movie in Hollywood.

The trick-performing terrier, who saves his master's life in the black and white film which won three Golden Globes and is hoping for Oscars glory, was nominated Wednesday for a newly-minted Golden Collar award from Dog News Daily.

Even though Jennifer Hudson has dropped more than 80 pounds (36 kilograms), the singer and actress said she would have no problem gaining weight for Hollywood if the proper movie role comes her way.

"When I do films, it has to be led by something through me — like my passion for it," Hudson said before a book signing in suburban Atlanta on Wednesday. "I just don't want to hop into anything. So if I commit myself to something, than it'll be worth it no matter what character it is."

Cinemagoers in the British city of Liverpool demanded refunds on tickets for Oscar favorite "The Artist" because they did not realize it is a silent movie, a cinema chain said.

The French-directed picture won three Golden Globes and the most nominations for Britain's BAFTAs this week, and is widely tipped for glory at next month's Oscars.

A Michigan beauty queen of Lebanese origin who made headlines two years ago by becoming the first Arab-American crowned Miss USA will stand trial in March on a drunken-driving charge unless a plea deal is reached, a judge said Wednesday.

Judge Brigette Officer set a March 14 trial date for Rima Fakih, who made her first court appearance since the Dec. 3 traffic stop in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park. Fakih, 26, has said she wasn't drinking that night, but two police breath tests put her blood alcohol content at over twice the legal limit.

Australian surf boats, American whalers and an Indian houseboat will take part in a huge flotilla of ships led by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to mark her diamond jubilee, organizers said Wednesday.

More than one million people are expected to line the River Thames in London and hundreds of millions to watch on television around the world as the 1,000-boat tribute sails on June 3, they said.