The prestigious New York Film Critics Circle gave "Zero Dark Thirty," Kathryn Bigelow's thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a new shove in the direction of Oscar glory Monday.

The director of the Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker" is quickly gathering buzz for her latest war drama, which recounts the decade-long search for the Al-Qaeda founder and his killing in Pakistan in May 2011.

John Travolta and his "Grease" on-screen love Olivia Newton-John have recorded together for the first time in 30 years, making a Christmas album honoring the U.S. star's late son Jett.

Speaking to Australia's Fairfax Media via telephone on Tuesday, the pair said they had remained close friends since their roles as Danny and Sandy in the musical hit and were delighted to be working together again.

The most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.

St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton — has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side.

For half a century Syria's filmmakers were forced to work under a numbing state censor or choose exile. But a flow of images beamed online from the conflict zone, spotlighted in Paris this week, may contain the seeds of a new Syrian cinema.

The French capital's Forum des Images film center is showcasing some of the gems to have slipped past the censors since the 1970s, alongside raw and urgent images born of the revolution.

The final "Twilight" vampire movie held on for a third week to the top spot at the North America box office, narrowly holding off the latest James Bond effort, preliminary estimates said Sunday.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2," the fifth and final installment of the wildly popular series, took $17.4 million, said industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, pushing the film's three-week total past $250 million.

Costumes worn by Michael Jackson commanded hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, and Lady Gaga was among the collectors.

Gaga tweeted Sunday that she bought 55 pieces in the sale administered by Julien's Auctions and said she plans to keep the items "archived and expertly cared for in the spirit and love of Michael Jackson, his bravery and fans worldwide."

Led Zeppelin, Dustin Hoffman and David Letterman were among seven performers honored for their lifetime contribution to U.S. culture at a glittering awards ceremony late Sunday that is the climax of Washington's social calendar.

This years's honorees of Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts also included blues musician Buddy Guy and Russian-born ballerina Natalia Makarova.

Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn't see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries — the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world's most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.

Lopez's "Dance Again World Tour" was performed in the country's capital, Jakarta, on Friday in line with promises Lopez made to make her show more appropriate for the audience, said Chairi Ibrahim from Dyandra Entertainment, the concert promoter.

Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of clowns, acrobats, puppeteers and even a pair of lion cubs on Saturday as the circus came to town for an unusual papal performance.

Benedict clapped and watched amused as circus workers flipped, flopped, juggled and twisted before him in what the Vatican has called a historic audience to make street performers and other itinerant entertainers feel like they belong to the church.

South Korean pop sensation Psy was the big winner at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong Friday, with thousands of fans a screaming testament to the spread of K-pop and "Gangnam Style".

The 34-year-old, wearing a white suit and baggy checkered pants, not only performed his infectious tune at the Korean music awards show, he also picked up gongs for song of the year, best music video, best dance performance and global favorite artist.