"A little awkward" is how Selena Gomez describes her transition from Disney girl to Disney girl gone wild in the new R-rated independent film "Spring Breakers," in which she plays a bikini-clad and heavily armed college student bent on a good time with three friends and some drugs, sex and violence.

"I am getting a little bit older, so I wanted to push myself and kind of get into a little bit more of an indie world. And it was a really great experience for me. And at the same time it has been, of course, a little awkward, but great," the 20-year-old Gomez said Thursday at the film's Hollywood premiere.

Carla Bruni has reportedly taken a swipe at French President Francois Hollande, depicting him as a bumbling buffoon with no manners in a song that features on the former first lady's new album.

The lyrics of "The Penguin" were released Friday and immediately interpreted as an attack on the man who succeeded her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, as France's leader.

British actor Stephen Fry on Thursday clashed with the Russian politician behind a controversial law in the second city of Saint Petersburg that activists see as violating the rights of gays.

Fry, who is openly gay, met city lawmaker Vitaly Milonov while filming a BBC documentary titled "Out There" about being gay around the world, he wrote on Twitter.

Don't overthink Thom Browne.

Yes, he dressed Michelle Obama on Inauguration Day in an outfit made of fabrics usually used for men's ties, and, yes, his most recent New York Fashion Week show seemed a fairy tale interpreted through "Fifty Shades of Grey." But Browne says he isn't staring at the ceiling at night thinking how to shake up fashion. He's just not the overzealous, mercurial artiste.

Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to unload frustration over what he says are the "countless lies" being circulated about him.

In a passionate post Thursday, Bieber wrote that he's "tired of all the countless lies in the press right now," denying rumors that he's going to rehab. Bieber railed against those he perceives as against him, writing that "I'm 19 and it must be scary to some people to think that this is just the beginning."

Michael Buble has sold millions of albums, but as he readies the release of his newest project, he's less concerned with his future sales, thanks to his wife's pregnancy.

"I'm nervous and excited, and truly I think it's given me great perspective," the singer said at the music video shoot for his new single, "It's a Beautiful Day."

Written by Anthony Sargon

Fairytale re-imaginings are everywhere. Ever since Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" shattered the $1 billion mark worldwide, studios have been turning beloved cartoons and fairytales into "epic" blockbusters with tons of CGI and a fraction of the source material's heart. It's to this reviewer's delight that "Jack the Giant Slayer" fairs significantly better than recent retreads, but to say that it's a necessary or very memorable film would be a stretch.

Growing up as the daughter of film director Tay Garnett, best known for his 1946 thriller "The Postman Only Rings Twice", Tiela Garnett learned all about the highs and lows of Hollywood from an early age.

Tay Garnett, who died in 1977 at the age of 83, began his career as a writer in silent films before going on to make over 40 movies with some of the biggest names in 20th century cinema from Humphrey Bogart and Gregory Peck to Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich.

South Korean prosecutors said Thursday they had charged four TV celebrities with illegal use of propofol, a short-acting sedative and anaesthetic blamed in the death of U.S. pop legend Michael Jackson.

Park Si-Yeon, Lee Seung-Yeon, Jang Mi-In-Ae and Hyun Young were charged with taking the prescription drug for "non-medical purposes", a spokesman for the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, told Agence France Presse.

A Kenyan acrobat fell through a safety net during a show at a Moscow circus on and was rushed to a hospital with severe injuries including a fractured vertebra.

An amateur video aired on Russian television showed 22-year-old Karo Christopher Kazungu falling through the safety net and onto the arena floor during the Wednesday evening show.