Sony settles lawsuit by lawyer for gospel artists
Sony Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut lawyer who said record company executives retaliated against him for winning ...

Paramilitary soap opera stirs dispute in Colombia
Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a ...

Van Gogh Museum reopens with display on his craft
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition that shows the ...

IBM makes tiny movie by pushing molecules around
Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever — a ...

Keith Richards: I don't own an iPod
He's rock royalty and likes to keep it old-school: Keith Richards says he doesn't own an iPod. The Rolling Stones guitarist says he isn't a fan of the ...
O Music Awards set to return June 19
More than 50 bands will help keep the party rolling for 24 hours during the O Music Awards. The show put on by MTV, VH1 and CMT that celebrates music ...

Jackson's private life on display in civil trial
Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday ...

Alan Alda wants scientists to cut out the jargon
Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on "M.A.S.H." was an end-to-end anastomosis. Most of the viewers, actor Alan Alda concedes, ...
Amanda Knox says what happened to her was surreal
Amanda Knox says in an interview that what happened to her was "surreal but it could have happened to anyone." The Seattle native told ABC News' Diane ...

Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award
Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary ...

Online poker back: Legal website launches in Nev.
Poker devotees can now skip the smoky casino and legally gamble their dollars away on the couch — at least in the state of Nevada. A Las Vegas-based ...

Montana company faces fines in fatal bear mauling
The death of a Montana animal trainer mauled by a pair of 500-pound captive brown bears could have been prevented if standard safety practices had ...

Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king
Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands Tuesday in honor of a once-in-a-generation milestone for the ...

Paltrow, Parker launch Web series for AOL
AOL is making its most substantial dip into original video programming with new series from Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria and ...

ESPN regrets Broussard comment on gay NBA player
ESPN says that it regrets the "distraction" caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly ...
'American Idol' is now 3rd-rated competition show
Television's champion for nearly a decade, Fox's "American Idol," now isn't even the most popular competition show on the air. Both editions of "The ...

Maria Shriver is coming back to NBC News
After nearly a decade away, former California first lady Maria Shriver is returning to NBC News for a job where she will concentrate on the roles of ...

Woody Allen casts stars Colin Firth, Emma Stone
Woody Allen is returning to France for his next film and bringing Colin Firth and Emma Stone along as its stars. Producers Letty Aronson and Stephen ...

Tony Award nods largely skip stars for veterans
The Tony Awards committee largely favored tried-and-true stage veterans over flashy visitors Tuesday when announcing this year's Tony nominations, ...

Candice Bergen producing film on her famed father
Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The big-screen project ...
Artist hurls paint into Learjet engine
Princess Tarinan von Anhalt's creative process may be a bit more powerful than the average artist these days. She hurled paint into a Learjet engine ...
New Dallas Opera music director named
The Dallas Opera says the French-born conductor Emmanuel Villaume (vee-YOHM') has been appointed its new music director. The announcement was made ...

Zeta-Jones checks into mental health facility
A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress has "proactively" checked into a mental health facility for treatment of her bipolar condition
CNN starting morning show 'New Day' on June 10
CNN's new morning show will be called "New Day" and it will start on June 10. The network had previously announced that Chris Cuomo and Kate Balduan ...
TV director, DGA president Jack Shea dies at 84
Jack Shea, who directed "The Jeffersons" and other TV hits and was a three-time president of the Directors Guild of America, has died at age 84.