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Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy - Added 2 hours ago

Matthew McConaughey's longtime model girlfriend, Camila Alves, has given birth to the couple's first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. Alves, 24, gave birth Monday night in California and named the child Levi,...

Nielsen: TV viewing up overall, but not last week - Added 4 hours ago

You wouldn't necessarily know it from last week, but Nielsen Media Research says TV viewership is on the rise. The company said Tuesday that the average American watched 127 1/4 hours of television in May, or the...

Kidman birth adds to Nashville's image as oasis - Added 4 hours ago

Nicole Kidman has described Nashville as a quiet escape, a nice place to raise a garden or grab coffee without photographers in tow. So it really shouldn't be a surprise that it's also where she and husband Keith Urban...

TV One to offer extensive Obama coverage - Added 5 hours ago

TV One, the cable network aimed at African-American viewers, will cover Barack Obama's nominating convention but is ignoring John McCain's. The network is telecasting live, prime-time coverage of the Democratic...

Psychiatrist: Brinkley should weigh choice of men - Added 5 hours ago

A court-appointed psychiatrist sized up Christie Brinkley's ill-fated fourth marriage Tuesday, saying the model needs to examine her taste in men and her cheating husband is a narcissist with a bottomless ego. But...

Nat's back as a Peach Pit of a guy on `90210' - Added 6 hours ago

Joe E. Tata is cooking again in the role of Peach Pit diner owner Nat for the new incarnation of "Beverly Hills 90210." Tata, who was part of the original series that aired from 1990 to 2000 on Fox, said Tuesday he was...

Leonard Cohen returns to Montreux stage - Added 6 hours ago

Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years. Cohen, who played favorite old songs "Suzanne" and the much-covered "Hallelujah," as well as the lesser-known "The...

Report: CBS News' Logan talks about her baby drama - Added 6 hours ago

Lara Logan, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, tells The Washington Post she is pregnant, and the father is a married federal contractor whom she met while stationed in Iraq. Logan's relationship...

Top 20 prime-time shows in Nielsen ratings - Added 7 hours ago

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 30-July 6. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses...

LA prosecutors charge Nate Dogg with stalking - Added 9 hours ago

Prosecutors have filed felony charges against Nate Dogg, who authorities suspect threatened and stalked his wife. The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, was charged Monday. He was arrested last month by...

Steve-O says sobriety won't stop stunts - Added 9 hours ago

Sobriety won't change some things about Steve-O _ the daredevil prankster says he could still perform many of the radical stunts that made him famous. "I can do what I've done in the past," the 34-year-old said after...

Fertile country: Babies linked to Colo. festival - Added 10 hours ago

The effects of an annual music festival in Grand Junction, Colo., may appear months after the last act plays _ nine months, to be precise. A health official says her agency sees far more pregnant women in the weeks...

Drew Barrymore and Justin Long end relationship - Added 10 hours ago

Justin Long and Drew Barrymore have ended their romance, the actor's publicist said Tuesday. "I just wanted to confirm that, yes, they did break up," Carrie Gordon told The Associated Press in a phone interview, adding...

McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy - Added 10 hours ago

Matthew McConaughey's longtime model girlfriend, Camila Alves, has given birth to the couple's first child, a 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. Alves, 24, gave birth Monday night in California, McConaughey's publicist, Alan...

Original Village People policeman in hospital - Added 11 hours ago

Former Village People lead singer Victor Willis is recovering from vocal cord surgery and has postponed his tour. Willis, the band's original policeman, is resting in a San Diego hospital after surgery Monday to remove...

Conductor James Levine to have kidney removed - Added 12 hours ago

James Levine will have a kidney removed in surgery this week, causing the conductor to miss the remainder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season. The 65-year-old music director of both the BSO and the...

Britney Spears to film footage for Madonna tour - Added 12 hours ago

Madonna has recruited Britney Spears for a virtual appearance on her upcoming tour. "There is footage being shot of Britney some time this week in conjunction with Madonna's upcoming (Sticky & Sweet) tour,"...

Scalpers ask $1,500 for free Bon Jovi concert - Added 14 hours ago

Bon Jovi's concert in Central Park this Saturday is free. But that isn't stopping some scalpers from selling tickets for as much as $1,500 a pair _ despite a warning they cannot be resold. New York City has distributed...

Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit - Added 16 hours ago

Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial. The Grammy winner was in a neighborhood on Detroit's East Side Monday to announce the building of five new homes as part...

Ringo Starr celebrates 68th in Chicago - Added 17 hours ago

Ringo Starr celebrated his 68th birthday in Chicago giving out messages of peace and love, along with dessert. Fans surrounded the former Beatles drummer Monday as he waited for the clock to strike noon the Hard Rock...

Meet the 'Big Brother 10' cast - Added 18 hours ago

"Big Brother 10" is returning to its roots. The claustrophobic CBS reality show is sealing 13 actual strangers _ no ex lovers, secret twin partners or long-lost siblings this time _ inside a makeshift house on a Studio...

'Survivor' producer sued by ex-partner for $70M - Added 18 hours ago

The producer of the hit reality series "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has been sued in Los Angeles by his former business partner. Conrad Riggs filed the lawsuit against Mark Burnett on Monday. Riggs claims he is owed...

Kidman, Urban pick Sunday Rose for newborn girl - Added 19 hours ago

As with most new parents, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban might have difficulty telling what day it is. No matter. From here on out, they'll have a little Sunday every day. The Oscar-winning actress and her country-star...

'Big Brother 10' contestants - Added 21 hours ago

A look at the 13 "Big Brother 10" contestants: > Michelle Costa, 28 Hometown: Cumberland, R.I. Occupation: Real estate agent Most Unique Item Packed: Crossword puzzles Audition Process: Costa said this was her...

GAME REVIEW: 'Space Invaders,' 'Arkanoid' return - Added 23 hours ago

!!-- pobj:NY332-0707081215 -->In 2028, when 3D holodecks are in every strip mall and we'll be able to have games downloaded directly into our brains, we'll look back wistfully on the hits of 2008. Wasn't "Grand Theft...

Video-game news: Best of 2008, so far - Added 23 hours ago

!!-- pobj:NY312-0703081231 -->Real news from the virtual world: _BEST OF 2008 (SO FAR): E3, the video-game industry's big trade show, is next week, and you'll be hearing a lot about all the new software coming between...

Stadium speech by Obama sends networks scrambling - Added 1 day ago

Barack Obama's plan to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a Denver outdoor stadium instead of the arena in which his party's convention will be held sent the television networks scrambling Monday. Only...

Christie Brinkley recalls breakup `nightmare' - Added 1 day ago

Christie Brinkley had everything she wanted: a family and an old Hamptons farmhouse brimming with children's music and art and beloved pets. But Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Monday that her lifelong dream of...

Steve-O says he's back in 'looney bin' - Added 1 day ago

Steve-O is back in rehab. The "Jackass" daredevil writes in his blog that after 115 days of sobriety, he is "back in the looney bin." Steve-O, whose real names is Stephen Glover, told fans that he's still struggling...

Bon Jovi helps bring down a house in Detroit - Added 1 day ago

Jon Bon Jovi is giving some people who are living on a prayer something a bit more substantial. The Grammy winner was in a neighborhood on Detroit's East Side Monday to announce the building of five new homes as part...

Smith rules holiday with $62M `Hancock' debut - Added 1 day ago

Will Smith owned the Fourth of July again at the box office. His superhero tale "Hancock" pulled in $62.6 million to join past Smith hits that opened as the No. 1 movie over the holiday weekend. The top 20 movies at...

Soprano Joan Sutherland hospitalized after fall - Added 1 day ago

Opera legend Joan Sutherland is recovering well after breaking both legs during a fall at her Swiss home, her agent said Monday. "She had an accident while doing the gardening, and somehow managed to break both her...

Benny and Bjorn: no ABBA reunion - Added 1 day ago

Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour. Songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the Swedish pop quartet told Britain's Sunday Telegraph that ABBA...

Nicole Kidman gives birth to baby girl - Added 1 day ago

A spokesman for Keith Urban says Nicole Kidman gave birth to a baby girl Monday morning in Nashville. Paul Freundlich says Sunday Rose Kidman Urban weighed a little over 6 pounds. He says Urban was by his wife's side,...

La Scala Philharmonic to make China debut Sept. 12 - Added 1 day ago

La Scala's Philharmonic orchestra will make its debut in China during a seven-concert, six-city Asian tour in September. The Philharmonic will perform in Shanghai on September 12th and in Beijing on September 13th. ...

TV's 'The Bachelor' weds in California - Added 1 day ago

"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. "We're...

Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer - Added 1 day ago

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's...

White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit - Added 1 day ago

Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. White said he was frustrated by a...

Essence Festival wraps up in New Orleans - Added 1 day ago

The Essence Music Festival wrapped up its 14th year Sunday night, which was marked by the return of Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock. The Louisiana Superdome was even more packed than it was...

Koppel series shows changes in China - Added 2 days ago

!!-- pobj:ASIANYET137-0702081348 -->!!-- pobj:ASIANYET138-0702081348 -->The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese...

Audience rolls down tracks during 'Die Soldaten' - Added 2 days ago

The opening note of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" has to be the most moving in opera when heard in David Pountney's production: The 974-seat bleacher containing the audience slowly starts to roll down train...

'Hancock' grabs heroic $107.3M over long weekend - Added 2 days ago

Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock" _ the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum _ led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to...

How's `Hancock' stack up among movie twists? - Added 2 days ago

A Will Smith movie packs in millions of people over Fourth of July weekend. No surprises there. Yet Smith's "Hancock," the tale of an anti-social boozer who happens to be a superhero, comes with an abrupt plot twist,...

White Stripes' White pens poem about Detroit - Added 2 days ago

Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. White said he was frustrated by a...

Koppel series shows changes in China - Added 2 days ago

The image of Ted Koppel interviewing world leaders is so ingrained that it feels odd to see him wearing a hardhat for a nervous trip into a Chinese coal mine, or sitting in a Chongqing karaoke bar where teenage girls...

Supermodel raises awareness for pediatric cancer - Added 2 days ago

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Crawford's younger brother, Jeff, was a patient at University of Wisconsin Children's...

TV's 'The Bachelor' weds in California - Added 2 days ago

"The Bachelor" is a bachelor no more. Andrew Firestone, star of the ABC-TV reality show, married Serbian model and actress Ivana Bozilovic Saturday, Firestone's publicist Alisha Mahon told The Associated Press. "We're...

Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' daughter gets own doll - Added 3 days ago

The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll. The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other...

'Love Connection' producer Eric Lieber dies at 71 - Added 3 days ago

Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show "Love Connection," has died. He was 71. Lieber died Wednesday of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his wife, Peggy. ...

Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand - Added 3 days ago

Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday. Then, as tens...