Actress Sofia Vergara's ex- fiancé's demands that she give him two frozen embryos they created — referring to them as "our girls" — highlights the wider legal and ethical issues surrounding frozen embryos created by in-vitro fertilization.

Businessman Nick Loeb wrote Wednesday on NYTimes.com that he has sued the "Modern Family" star for the embryos because he longs to become a parent and doesn't want the "two lives" they created to "be destroyed or sit in a freezer until the end of time."

Britney Spears has canceled two shows in Las Vegas this weekend after injuring her ankle in an embarrassing onstage fall, her publicist said Thursday.

"Britney injured her ankle during her performance Wednesday evening and her doctor has advised her not to perform Friday and Saturday evening so that she may heal," said a statement.

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge Wednesday marked their fourth wedding anniversary while waiting for the birth of their second child.

The former Kate Middleton is expected to give birth in the coming days. Palace officials have said she is due in late April without providing further details.

Pop star Justin Bieber on Wednesday laughed off media reports that he was quizzed by police in Rome over Argentina's request for him to be arrested over the alleged assault of a photographer.

Two of the country's most respected dailies, La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, said the Canadian heart throb had been interrogated at his five-star hotel, but had not been arrested.

The intricacies of cross-strait diplomacy may not have been uppermost on her mind but Katy Perry caused a stir in both Taiwan and China with her politically tinged attire at a Taipei concert this week.

Singer-songwriter Perry moved fans to tears Tuesday, according to local media, after she appeared on stage draped in a Taiwanese flag at Taipei Arena, while donning a glittering gold dress adorned with sunflowers -- the symbol of anti-China student protests in Taiwan last year.

They don't fit the normal fan profile, but South Korea's 40-something K-pop "aunties" are every bit as obsessed with their idols as their teenage counterparts.

Posters and photos of one of K-pop's best-known boy bands, Big Bang, adorn every wall of Lee Un-Young's apartment in Seoul -- a live-in shrine to a decade-long devotion.

A musician says a fight outside a Philadelphia bar led to a stabbing that killed a member of rapper Nicki Minaj's tour.

Marcus Kincy testified Tuesday at 31-year-old Pierce Boykin's preliminary hearing.

Robert Redford says getting his entire family in one place at one time can be a challenge.

"We don't come together that easy," the actor said at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Chaplin Award ceremony, where he was honored with the prestigious prize as his wife, three children, their spouses and lots of grandkids looked on.

Bruce Jenner's much-awaited interview on "20/20" lifted the ABC newsmagazine to the week's top spot last week.

The two-hour broadcast, hosted by Diane Sawyer, centered on Jenner's acknowledgment that he's transitioning into a woman. It was seen by 17.1 million viewers.

Director Peter Jackson and Hollywood star Russell Crowe led tributes Wednesday for Oscar-winning Australian cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, who died suddenly aged 59.

Lesnie, who passed away Monday after a suspected heart attack, worked with Jackson on eight films, including the epic Tolkien trilogies "The Lord of the Rings and "The Hobbit".