
Indian star Amitabh Bachchan to act in TV series
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan says he'll make his television acting debut in a new series this year. Bachchan announced the new and not-yet titled ...

Paris Jackson now in all-too-familiar spotlight
Michael Jackson's family is saying little about the hospitalization of his 15-year-old daughter while pleading for privacy and saying nothing about ...

Venezuela frees US filmmaker jailed as alleged spy
A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could ...
Berry Gordy memoir reissued as e-book
The Berry Gordy memoir which inspired the Broadway hit "Motown: The Musical" is being reissued as an e-book. Gordy's "To Be Loved," first published ...

Carrie Underwood takes video of year at CMT Awards
Carrie Underwood's awesome week got off to a roaring start at the CMT Music Awards. Underwood won top honor video of the year Wednesday night for ...

Defense report: Post-bin Laden raid security lapse
Several weeks after overseeing the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, then-CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the raid commander in a ...
Blakey, Hampton, Terry enter NYC Jazz Hall of Fame
Drummer Art Blakey, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and trumpeter Clark Terry are the newest inductees into Jazz at Lincoln Center's Ertegun Jazz Hall of ...

'Hot in Cleveland' going live with William Shatner
The TV Land channel says William Shatner will guest star on this month's live premiere of "Hot in Cleveland." Brian Baumgartner of "The Office" also ...
NY man who played Elmo charged in Girl Scouts scam
A homeless man with a history of playing an evil version of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo from coast to coast was charged Wednesday with trying ...

Wayne Newton moving out of Las Vegas estate
With a bitter legal fight nearly over, "Mr. Las Vegas" Wayne Newton is moving from his estate of 45 years, "Casa de Shenandoah," to another mansion ...

Attorney: Paris Jackson hospitalized but OK
The 15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson is physically fine after being taken to a hospital early Wednesday, an attorney for Jackson's mother said.

Syracuse University naming studio for Dick Clark
Syracuse University is naming a renovated broadcast studio on its campus for the late television producer and host Dick Clark. Clark's family donated ...
Actor Stephen Fry reveals suicide attempt in 2012
British actor and writer Stephen Fry says he attempted suicide last year while filming abroad. In an interview recorded with comic Richard Herring, ...

US writer A.M. Homes wins Women's Fiction Prize
American novelist A.M. Homes has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction with her sixth novel, "May We Be Forgiven." Homes beat bookmakers' favorite ...

Keith Olbermann to host TBS baseball studio show
Keith Olbermann is getting back into broadcasting to host TBS's postseason baseball studio show, staying away from politics for the moment.

Lindsey Vonn goes from red carpet to drug testing
Talk about your random testing. Lindsey Vonn took an unexpected detour during her evening at an awards show — off the red carpet and into the women's ...
Barry Manilow joins star lineup for July 4th in DC
Barry Manilow will join stars from Broadway and "American Idol" as well as composer John Williams for this year's July Fourth celebration on the ...

'GMA' anchor Sam Champion to host Daytime Emmys
"Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion will host The Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, joining forces with HLN network's A.J. Hammer and ...

Jon Stewart to take 'Daily Show' break
Jon Stewart is starting a summer-long break from anchoring "The Daily Show," but it will be no holiday. He'll be in the Middle East making his first ...

Expect the unexpected at CMT Music Awards
Country music has been good to the rapper Nelly, and he's back in Music City because of it. Nelly will perform the crossover hit "Cruise" with country ...

Rebekah Brooks denies phone hacking charges
Rebekah Brooks — a friend of Prime Minister David Cameron and once one of the most powerful people in the British media — on Wednesday formally denied ...

Whedon says Shakespeare informs his superheroes
Some might find it strange that Joss Whedon's first movie since "The Avengers" — his 2012 megahit about a team of Marvel Comics superheroes — is an ...

Now dads, Vaughn and Wilson bond with kids on set
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have gone from womanizing "Wedding Crashers" to doting dads who bring their kids to work. The two actors reunite on ...

Former dot.com star wants entrepreneurial Japan
Takafumi Horie, the Japanese dot.com celebrity imprisoned for nearly two years on securities fraud charges, is cooking up dozens of ventures and ...
Czech court clears US musician for fan's death
An appeals court has upheld the acquittal of the frontman of a U.S. heavy metal band accused of causing a teenage fan's death at a concert in the ...