Entertainment - Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Matt Damon and his wife welcomed their second daughter into the world on Wednesday, and all were "doing great," his spokeswoman said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios are nearing the end of their summer of superheroes with domestic box office receipts expected to roughly match last year's record $4.18 billion sum despite lower movie attendance.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Press-shy billionaire Kirk Kerkorian made a rare public appearance Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom to testify in the federal wiretapping trial of his longtime friend, attorney Terry Christensen.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki of Oscar-winning animated film "Spirited Away" has captured the hearts of Japanese movie goers again, this time with a tale of a mermaid which will soon be seen around the world.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tired of living "la vida loca," Latin American singing sensation Ricky Martin has become the father of twin boys through a surrogate mother and will take time away from his career to raise them, his spokesman said in a statement on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - Jerry Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp's $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people close to the situation.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Disgraced glam rocker Gary Glitter returned to Bangkok on Thursday after Hong Kong barred him from entering following his release from three years' prison in Vietnam for child sex abuse.

DETROIT (Billboard) - The Verve considers its upcoming album, "Forth," the reunited British group's first new set in 11 years, to be the beginning of its new era -- and the continuation of a career that's been interrupted by two previous breakups.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - British band Oasis gets back to its stripped-down rock roots on its upcoming album, "Dig Out Your Soul."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When she first set foot on a movie set as a child, Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, knew she wanted to be a part of the "family business," even though she didn't fit the image of a Hollywood celebrity.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has banned a popular actress from leaving the country after she starred in a Hollywood movie without permission from Iranian authorities, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Boy-band rock trio the Jonas Brothers have landed atop the U.S. album chart for the first time with their third full-length release, "A Little Bit Longer."

LONDON (Billboard) - American heavy metal band Metallica will launch its album "Death Magnetic" with two budget-priced shows in Europe, including the first show at the new 17,000-capacity O2 World arena in Berlin.

ROME (Hollywood Reporter) - Television programs with medical and hospital themes get so many details wrong, according to a leading Italian medical group, that Italy's main broadcasters should refrain from airing them.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's search for writers for "The Hobbit" and its companion film has ended, with the filmmakers deciding that no one is better suited for the task than they are.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died on Tuesday of complications from a vehicle accident in June.

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto International Film Festival is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and in the number of movies presented, with domestic dramas and comedies prominent among the 312 features and shorts unveiled on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's government has told promoters of a concert by Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne to postpone the show because it could mar the country's independence day celebrations, an official said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood talent agency International Creative Management agreed on Tuesday to pay $4.5 million to settle an age-discrimination suit brought by TV writers, the first of 23 such class-action cases to be resolved.