Entertainment

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor, writer and comedian Steve Martin has become a dad for the first time at age 67 – and managed to keep it secret from the media for more than a month.

GENEVA (Reuters) – New tests on a painting billed as the original version of the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century portrait, have produced fresh proof that it is the work of the Italian master, a Swiss-based art foundation said today.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Beyonce is letting fans into her private life, introducing daughter Blue Ivy to the world and talking about motherhood, marriage and miscarriage in a new documentary.

(Reuters) – Two rising Hollywood actresses are seen as front-runners for this year’s Best Actress Oscar, with Jennifer Lawrence expected to steal the show from Jessica Chastain on awards night, a Reuters poll showed today.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Grammy awards were bestowed widely yesterday as Australian singer Gotye, New York indie-pop trio FUN.

(Reuters) – Despite a blizzard in the US Northeast, “Identity Thief,” a newly released comedy starring Melissa McCarthy, collected $36.6 million in weekend ticket sales in the United States and Canada, making it the top-performing film.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – “We Are Young” by indie-pop trio FUN.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – R&B singer Chris Brown showed up smiling at the Grammy Awards show today, saying he was just a little banged up after crashing his car into a wall on the eve of the annual music industry awards.

(Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for the album Rebirth.