The twice-yearly style orgy that is New York Fashion Week kicks off Thursday when the booted and suited may have to sidestep thunderstorms to catch sight of collections for spring-summer 2016.

Hollywood stars, buyers and fashion editors from across the planet descend on Gotham to admire the most coveted talent in US design dominated by the likes of Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.

Bon Jovi's concert tour in China next week has been abruptly canceled because of what promoters said were "unforeseen reasons."

AEG Live Asia declined to give the reason for the cancellation, but said in a statement Tuesday that refunds will be offered for shows scheduled Sept. 14 in Shanghai and Sept. 17 in Beijing. AEG also apologized "for the inconvenience and disappointment that this will cause."

Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a visit to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday, receiving the host's blessing as a presidential hopeful while touching on issues including equal rights and email and delivering a number of clever lines.

Clinton's appearance on the syndicated TV talk show, which will air on Thursday, was taped on an open-air stage built for DeGeneres at Rockefeller Center, where hundreds of fans gathered.

The latest literary installment of the James Bond saga hit bookshelves on Tuesday, following controversial comments by Anthony Horowitz, the latest author to assume 007 creator Ian Fleming's mantle.

"Trigger Mortis" is the first Bond novel released since the death of British writer Fleming 51 years ago to be set in the "tradition and timeline" of the original series, according to publisher Orion.

Stephen Colbert made his "Late Show" debut, giving Hollywood hunk George Clooney a wedding present and eliciting jokes from White House hopeful Jeb Bush in kicking off a new era in American late-night television comedy.

It was a jubilant start for the 51-year-old Catholic family man as he tries to step into the shoes of one of America's biggest television legends, David Letterman, who retired this summer after a 33-year career.

British soul singer Sam Smith on Tuesday said he will sing the theme song for the next James Bond film, "Spectre," following in the footsteps of top artists selected for the prestigious spot.

Title songs for the popular British spy films typically open the movie to a backdrop of flash graphics and sultry silhouettes, and usually guarantee the artist major airplay.

Prolific pop icon Prince is out with a new album of dance-friendly funk and, in the latest twist to his tortured relationship with the music industry, he is exclusively streaming it.

Called "HitNRun Phase One," a reference to the famously eccentric singer's recent tours where he announces concerts hours before taking the stage, the album out Monday recaptures the vigorous feel of live Prince who remains sprightly at 57.

Tyler Perry recently met with a group of Tanzanian children with albinism who are living in a home the filmmaker helped fund.

Perry's representative said Monday he donated $200,000 three years ago to help build a four-bedroom house in New York for a group of children who had been mutilated for their body parts. The children attended Perry's "Madea on the Run" play Thursday night at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre, where they met him backstage.

Months after denying their relationship was over, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt are splitting up.

Hamm and Westfeldt released a statement Monday through publicist Annett Wolf that "with great sadness" they were separating after 18 years. The couple, who never married, said they would "continue to be supportive of each other in every way possible." The statement first appeared on the web site of People magazine.

Renowned Israeli director Amos Gitai's new film on the incitement campaign before the 1995 assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin revisits a form of Jewish radicalism that still poses major risks, he said.

The film, "Rabin, The Last Day," premieres on Monday at the Venice Film Festival just ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the assassination by a rightwing Jewish radical.