President Barack Obama did not personally approve Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba, the White House said Thursday, after the U.S. rapper released a single online slamming criticism of their travels.

In "Open Letter," Jay-Z -- who with Beyonce worked to raise funds for Obama's re-election campaign last year -- boasts: "I done turned Havana into Atlanta... Boy from the hood, I got White House clearance."

"Django Unchained" became "Django Unscreened" on Thursday as Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge saga was pulled from Chinese theaters on its opening day, with the importer blaming an unspecified technical problem.

The rare suspension order by China Film Group Corp. was confirmed by theater employees throughout China, and has led to speculation that the Hollywood film could have run afoul of Chinese censors despite weeks of promotion in the country.

Malawi has launched a stinging attack on U.S. pop icon Madonna, accusing her of expecting "gratitude" and VIP treatment during a visit last week to her charity work in the southern African country.

It was "strange and depressing" that the singer seemed to want "Malawi to be forever chained to the obligation of gratitude" for having adopted two Malawian children, said President Joyce Banda's government on Wednesday.

Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the U.S. actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse, new court documents show.

In a breach-of-loan-agreement action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, the "Basic Instinct" star says Erlinda Elemen owes $9,500 of a $12,500 loan she made to her in 2010.

Even Kim Jong-Un's threats of nuclear war can't divert world attention from the main event on the Korean peninsula this week -- the launch of Psy's hugely anticipated follow-up to his global hit "Gangnam Style".

The new single "Gentleman" will hit online music stores worldwide Friday and finally answer the question of whether "Gangnam Style" and its invisible horse-riding dance was more than just a one-hit wonder.

Jay-Z's right-hand woman will perform at the festival the rapper has curated in Philadelphia.

The festival announced Wednesday on Spotify that Beyonce will perform at the "Budweiser Made in America" music festival on Labor Day weekend.

A plan by Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan to move ancient Chinese buildings to Singapore has sparked controversy in a nation already sensitive about losing its artifacts, state media said Tuesday.

Beijing has pressured overseas auction houses to cancel the sale of antiques it says were looted during the 19th century in events it considers a national humiliation.

Lindsay Lohan is going into rehab next month, but first she had to face TV talk show host David Letterman.

In an appearance taped for Tuesday's "Late Show," Lohan was pressed by Letterman about her upcoming rehab stint. She faces a 90-day stay as part of a plea deal in a misdemeanor traffic accident case.

Pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the United States, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.

Alastair Fitzpayne, the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, said in a letter to Republican lawmakers who had questioned the trip that the couple's high-profile visit had not broken any laws.

Former French first lady Carla Bruni's new album rose to second place in the country's music charts only a week after being released, her label Barclay Records told Agence France Presse on Tuesday.

The album, "Little French Songs," sold nearly 19,000 copies on CD and was downloaded 3,794 times between its release on April 1 and April 7, the label said.