The newly-released horror flick "The Devil Inside" topped the North American box office at the weekend, according to estimates published Sunday by the film industry group Exhibitor Relations.

The dark tale about a girl trying to lead an exorcism on her mother took $34.5 million in ticket sales in the United States and Canada, and knocked Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol," off the top spot.

U.S. pop diva Beyonce has given birth to a girl named Ivy Blue Carter, media reports said. The baby and mother are doing well.

The New York Daily News reports the singer checked into Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's upper East Side on Friday night under the name "Ingrid Jackson."

An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself in a federal court filing Friday.

Huong Hoang of Texas, may be better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang. She has appeared in such films as "Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver" and "Hoodrats 2: Hoodrat Warriors."

Betty White says her plans for her upcoming 90th birthday might include "a little vodka on the rocks."

The tireless actress's big day on January 17 seems to be exciting others more than her. NBC is airing a birthday special for White the day before and has picked up a "Candid Camera"-like prank show featuring senior citizens called "Betty White's Off Their Rockers."

Hollywood actor Joel Edgerton confirmed on Saturday he is in talks to lead a stellar cast in a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden to be directed by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow.

The 37-year-old Australian, who starred alongside Tom Hardy in martial arts blockbuster Warrior, said he has been in contact with Bigelow's team over a possible lead role although a deal is yet to be struck.

It's quiet time on Palestinian Sesame Street.

The iconic children's program, known as "Sharaa Simsim" in Arabic, has been put on hold for the 2012 season because of a funding freeze by the U.S. Congress.

They'll be playing arenas when they tour next month, but on Thursday night, a regrouped Van Halen provided thrills in a tiny club where a VIP crowd stood elbow to elbow as the storied band played some of their greatest hits including "Jump" and "Panama."

"Welcome to Occupy Van Halen, ladies and gentleman!" frontman David Lee Roth yelled just before the band launched into "You Really Got Me," the first in an approximately hour-long, high energy set.

Grammy-winning soul legend Etta James, famous for her hit "At Last," left hospital Thursday in California, where she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, her agent said.

"Etta James was released from the hospital this afternoon. She is home with her husband and family by her side. Her condition remains stable," her agent Lupe de Leon told AFP.

Michael Jackson's three children are to sink their father's shoes and famous sequined glove into the cement outside a storied Hollywood cinema and tourist site, organizers said Thursday.

In a rare public appearance, Prince, Paris and Blanket will make their late father's mark in the cement outside the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 26.

As the economy splutters, fashion will naturally turn to solemn greys and blacks, right? Wrong, according to fabric gurus who unveiled their top trends for spring-summer 2013 in Paris on Thursday.

"We don't believe for a minute that fashion is going to turn all austere, that consumers are going to start dressing all in black," Pascaline Wilhelm, fashion director at textile fair organizer Premiere Vision, told reporters.