NY appeals court skeptical about startup's live TV
A startup company trying to defend the legality of how it sends live TV programming to laptop computers, iPhones and other mobile devices encountered ...

Sony introduces ultra-high-definition video player
"The Amazing Spiderman," ''Taxi Driver" and "The Karate Kid" are getting some real resolution. The new, restored and rebooted films from Sony Pictures ...

Clint Eastwood's daughter named Miss Golden Globe
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has named its newest Miss Golden Globe. Francesca Eastwood was introduced as the 2013 honoree Thursday at ...

Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen get Billboard honors
Billboard named Katy Perry its woman of the year, but the pop star thought her year was 2011. "I felt like my year was last year ... I thought my ...

MacFarlane surprises UCLA class, announces contest
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is inviting college students to join him on stage at the Academy Awards. The "Family Guy" creator made a surprise ...
Study: DVRs now in half of US pay-TV homes
A new survey finds that digital video recorders are now in more than half of all U.S. homes that subscribe to cable or satellite TV services.

China bans rowdy game show for 'wanton' content
Chinese regulators suspended a broadcaster Friday after an unaired segment of a TV game show was leaked online showing a raucous shouting match about ...

Gilda's Club name change insult to late comedian?
Remember Roseanne Roseannadana? Or Emily Litella? Or Baba Wawa? Younger generations might not recognize the characters popularized by comedian Gilda ...

Actor who apparently killed landlady not on drugs
A former "Sons of Anarchy" actor who was the lone suspect in the killing of his landlady did not have drugs in his system when he died, according to ...

Mayim Bialik files to end 9-year marriage in LA
Court records show Mayim Bialik filed for divorce from her husband of nine years on the same day she announced the couple's split in a blog post.
Original Batmobile from TV series to be auctioned
Batman's ride is up for sale — just the thing for cruising on those Dark Knights. The original Batmobile from the 1960s TV series will be auctioned ...

Ex-NBC Universal head Zucker named new CNN chief
Incoming CNN President Jeff Zucker said Thursday that he intends to make the network more "vibrant and exciting" while broadening the programming on ...

Shatner to attend USS Enterprise retirement event
Captain James T. Kirk will be on hand when the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is officially retired. A publicist for William Shatner tells the Daily ...

Steven Tyler addresses Nicki Minaj 'racist' claim
Steven Tyler is apologizing — if Nicki Minaj misinterpreted his recent comments. The former "American Idol" judge and Aerosmith frontman responded to ...

NJ spruce lights up as Rockefeller Center tree
An 80-foot Norway spruce that made it through Superstorm Sandy was transformed into a beacon of shimmering glory Wednesday when New York City Mayor ...

MTV renovates House of Style, looks behind scenes
The "House of Style" that MTV built back in 1989 has undergone some serious renovation, but it always had good bones. The show's past and present come ...
Whitney Houston's daughter cited in Ga. accident
Police say the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobbi Brown was cited in a car accident in a northern Atlanta suburb. Officers Wednesday ...

Kim Kardashian divorce inches toward trial
Kim Kardashian's divorce attorney told a judge Wednesday that the reality star wants to move on with her life but is "handcuffed" to her estranged ...

ABC celebrating Dick Clark on New Year's Eve
ABC is turning its first New Year's Eve without Dick Clark in four decades partly into a celebration of the showbiz impresario's life. Clark, who did ...

BBC drama 'The Hour' back to make the 1950s sexy
The media are under fire, celebrities are under the microscope. Welcome to Britain in 2012 — or in the 1950s, the setting for the BBC drama "The Hour.
Fla. man sues ex-Elmo puppeteer, claims NY abuse
A Florida man on Tuesday sued a former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, saying the voice actor met him in New York a dozen ...
Casey Anthony movie to debut in January
"Prosecuting Casey Anthony" starring Rob Lowe is set to debut early next year on the Lifetime cable network. Based on prosecutor Jeff Ashton's book, ...

'Dancing With the Stars: All Stars' champ crowned
She was dissed on "The Bachelor" and came in third place during her first stint on "Dancing With the Stars," but Melissa Rycroft is now a winner.
Football leads NBC to ratings win
Two football games that showed the widely divergent paths of New York's pro football teams boosted NBC to its first ratings win of the new season.

'Two and a Half Men' actor apologizes
Teenage actor Angus T. Jones of the comedy "Two and a Half Men" is apologizing for a series of interviews attacking his own show, at one point calling ...