Thousands of screaming teenage girls swamped London's Leicester Square on Tuesday as British boyband One Direction launched their first film with a glitzy red carpet premiere.

Fans have camped out since Sunday to secure prime spots, hoping to catch a glimpse of the five singers as they arrived for the first screening of "One Direction: This Is Us".

British TV mogul Simon Cowell says he's looking forward to being a father, his first public confirmation that he will be having a child with married New York socialite Lauren Silverman.

Cowell, who had previously dodged questions about the affair, told the BBC that "things are changing in my life right now, for the better," adding: "I'm proud to be a dad."

This year's iTunes Festival is ending with a roar, to be delivered by Katy Perry.

The pop superstar, whose new single "Roar" is climbing the charts, will be the final act of the month-long London festival. It kicks off Sept. 1 with another diva, Lady Gaga, and will feature Robin Thicke, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Kendrick Lamar and the Kings of Leon, among others.

Zumba Fitness instructors worldwide are not only using a Latin-heavy song lineup in their classes, they're also creating new fans for artists such as Pitbull, Daddy Yankee and Don Omar.

Omar's "Zumba" has remained high on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for nearly a year, peaking at No. 2. In Greece, Daddy Yankee's "Limbo," currently in the Top 10 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, is featured in a promotional video that has Greek Zumba instructors dancing to a Puerto Rican reggaeton beat in a beach setting.

A person familiar with negotiations to bring Jennifer Lopez back as an "American Idol" judge says her return will be announced this week.

The person said Monday that a deal is close to being signed with Lopez, who was an "Idol" judge for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The person wasn't authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A man was found shot dead Monday in the Florida home of actress and singer Olivia Newton-John, police said.

The actress and her husband, John Easterling, were not in the house when the incident happened, said police in Jupiter Inlet Colony, north of Palm Beach.

Prince William and his wife Catherine on Tuesday released the first official photographs of their baby son George -- and in a break with tradition they were taken by her father Michael Middleton.

The intimate photographs were shot earlier this month in the garden of the Middletons' family home in rural Bucklebury, west of London, and show the newborn prince lying peacefully in his mother's arms.

French animators are enjoying global success, most recently with the blockbuster comedy "Despicable Me 2", U.S. studio Universal's most profitable film ever.

Made not in Hollywood but in Paris's 15th arrondissement by the Illumination Mac Guff studio, the 3D computer-animated movie with stars Steve Carrell and Miranda Cosgrove has taken nearly $700 million at the box office on a budget of $76 million since its release in June.

Prince William has described his newborn son George as a "bit of a rascal" and admitted that fatherhood has changed him already.

In his first interview since the birth on July 22, the British prince said he and Catherine were enjoying their new role as parents, but admitted the new arrival was keeping them on their toes.

Anyone who has enjoyed the works of Stephen King, seen the films "Alien" or "Prometheus," or heard about the fictional Arkham Asylum in Batman can thank H.P. Lovecraft, the early 20th century horror writer whose work has been an inspiration to others for nearly a century.

The mythos Lovecraft created in stories such as "The Call of Cthulhu," ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" and "At the Mountains of Madness," has reached its tentacles deep into popular culture, so much that his creations and the works they inspired may be better known than the Providence writer himself.