Hollywood star Toni Collette is being sued for loss and damage after allegedly failing to complete the purchase of a Sydney house for Aus$6.35 million (U.S.$6.35 million), reports said Tuesday.

Industrie clothing brand founders Nick and Susan Kelly launched the action in the Supreme Court in Sydney against the Oscar-nominated Australian actress, known for her roles in "The Sixth Sense" and TV show "United States of Tara".

Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" -- and they responded by splashing out $38.8 million.

The "11th Hour" auction at Christie's featured 33 works of mostly contemporary art, much of it created for the event and addressing environmental themes.

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday she has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer, encouraging other women to address threats to their health.

The ultra-glamorous Jolie -- whose mother Marcheline Bertrand died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56 -- said she had managed to keep the issue quiet for months and continue working.

Daring thieves have made off with tens of thousands of dollars in cash from a Justin Bieber concert in Johannesburg, South African police said Monday.

Burglars dug into a safe room in the city's Soccer City stadium -- the venue of the 2010 football World Cup Final -- just hours after the Canadian pop star wowed a sell-out crowd.

J.J. Abrams is master of one universe — and he's about to try conquering another.

The director who rebooted "Star Trek" for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been put at the "Star Wars" helm. Soon he'll direct a new film, the seventh, in the epic sci-fi franchise.

Pioneering TV news veteran Barbara Walters is telling viewers she is retiring in another year following a television career that began in 1961.

She wiped away tears on ABC's "The View" on Monday after a taped piece summarizing her career.

Written by Anthony Sargon

It can't be easy adapting one of the world's most popular literary works to the big screen. If you thought this was the first attempt at bringing F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel to life, think again; Baz Luhrmann is the fourth director to tackle the venerable material, and he actually does a marvelous job. Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" might not fully capture the spirit of Fitzgerald's literary work, but it's a visually dazzling and wonderfully acted adaptation that should entertain fans and non-fans of the source material alike.

Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.

Leonard DiCaprio's "The Great Gatsby" partied like it was the Roaring Twenties with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster "Iron Man 3."

Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with what some are calling frightening art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.

A neighborhood group said the grimacing, sharp-toothed, red-eyed goblins painted along a retaining wall have been scaring children, and is an eyesore to boot, according to the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/19cjOBY).

The next chapter in the wildly successful "Star Wars" movie franchise will be produced in Britain, Disney's Lucasfilm announced.

"Star Wars: Episode VII" will be the first in the series since Disney bought the studio from George Lucas in 2012 for $4 billion. It is scheduled for release in 2015.