Grammy-winning U.S. singer Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest Friday to a charge of giving a woman ecstasy before going back to her hotel, but insisted he was innocent.

A judge sentenced Green to three years probation, 360 hours of community service, 52 Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous classes and ordered him to register as a controlled substance offender.

Joan Rivers, the acerbic U.S. stand-up comic and octogenarian television presenter, remained seriously ill in a New York hospital for a second day on Friday, her daughter said.

Brooklyn-born Rivers, 81, reportedly stopped breathing while undergoing a medical procedure on her vocal cords at a clinic in New York on Thursday and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital.

Master of screwball comedy Peter Bogdanovich charmed audiences at the Venice film festival on Friday with his movie "She's Funny That Way", a delicious romantic farce with a star-studded cast.

Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston and Rhys Ifans star in the flick, which centers on a prostitute named Izzy (Britain's Imogen Poots) who dreams of becoming an actress.

Chelsea Clinton announced Friday that she was stepping down from a part-time reporting job on U.S. television to focus on charity work as she prepares to give birth to her first child.

The former first daughter, 34, frequently tipped to follow her parents into politics, said she was leaving her position as NBC Special Correspondent in a message posted on Facebook and Twitter.

It's been 20 years since "Friends" took the world by storm. And to celebrate, New Yorkers can indulge their love of comedy and coffee in their very own Central Perk.

It was the celluloid coffee shop where for 10 years Joey, Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica and Chandler captivated millions with their revolving-door love lives, work traumas, make-ups and break-ups.

Oscar organizers announced Thursday they will give a prestigious humanitarian award to U.S. actor-producer-singer Harry Belafonte, whose work as an activist has helped shed light on racism and inequality.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also announced honorary lifetime awards for Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, French screenwriter/actor Jean-Claude Carriere and Irish actress Maureen O'Hara.

Former Playboy model Brandi Brandt was Friday jailed for at least three and a half years over her involvement with a syndicate which hid cocaine on flights between Sydney and Los Angeles.

Brandt, an ex-wife of Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx, was extradited from the United States in late 2013 on a charge of conspiring to import drugs.

The young homeless man who accompanied Miley Cyrus to the MTV Video Music Awards and who had been sought on an Oregon arrest warrant has turned himself in and posted bail, an Oregon official said.

Jesse Helt, 22, turned himself in at the Polk County Jail in the Willamette Valley community of Dallas, Oregon, was booked on a probation violation warrant and then posted $2,500 bail, said Martin Silbernagel, director of Polk County Community Corrections .

Shakira has confirmed she is pregnant.

Reports have been circulating for weeks that the 37-year-old singer and her soccer player partner Gerard Piqué were expecting their second child together and now the Colombian beauty has admitted she's carrying the Barcelona FC star's child.

Brad and Angelina: it is rare that celebrities can be instantly recognized by their first names. It's even rarer that two can be immediately identified by one moniker.

But "Brangelina" has become the brand name for the hyper celebrity couple -- and humanitarian campaign team -- which is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who announced Thursday that they have finally tied the knot.