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Titin Karisma parades onto the stage wearing a rhinestone bustier and matching bottoms, with sequin fringe that jiggles wildly to the rhythm of the beating drums.Preteen boys watch the singer... more

Thomas Jane knows firsthand the tight ties between comics and film, having played the Punisher on screen and written his own tales for Raw Studios, his partnership with artist Tim Bradstreet.Now,... more

Like aging baby boomers, the cartoon strip Funky Winkerbean and its creator Tom Batiuk (BAT'-ick) have turned gray with life's ups and downs in a 40-year run on the funny pages.The 65-year-old... more

Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five-minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows."Guys, I'm sorry," he said on NBC's "Today"... more

In "Game of Thrones," Peter Dinklage's character is constantly steeped in battle over control of a mythical kingdom. After the show's season finale on Sunday, Dinklage plans to take his fight to... more

Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the... more

William Lee Miller, an author, ethicist and journalist, has died. He was 86.Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that Miller died in Manhattan on Saturday after a long illness.Miller's... more

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' "Men in Black 3" has taken over the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with a $69.3 million debut over the four-day Memorial Day weekend.The superhero blockbuster... more

The North Carolina site where "The Hunger Games' was filmed is being sold.The Hickory Daily Record reports (<a href="http://bit.ly/JLtqx6">http://bit.ly/JLtqx6</a>) that the SyFy show "Hollywood... more

Broadway's box offices pulled in a record haul this past season, netting $1.14 billion even as attendance stayed mostly flat.According to figures released Tuesday by the trade group The Broadway... more

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 28, 2012Top Songs:1. "Call Me Maybe," Carly Rae Jepsen2. "Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)," Maroon 53. "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye4.... more

App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 28, 2012:Top Paid iPhone Apps:1. iTranslate Voice (Sonico GmbH)2. Angry Birds Space (Rovio Mobile Ltd.)3. Grand Theft Auto 3 (Rockstar Games)4.... more

County music singer Randy Travis is accusing his ex-wife of divulging confidential information about him in order to damage his reputation and career.The accusations were made in a countersuit he... more

A musical based on the documentary "Hands on a Hardbody" will be groping its way to Broadway.Producers said Tuesday the show, with a book by Doug Wright and songs by Trey Anastasio and Amanda... more

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain will begin hosting a new show next year on _ of all places _ the news network CNN.The weekend show on food and travel represents a departure for CNN in both content... more

A Polish opera house has performed Mozart's Requiem _ a funeral piece _ in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw to protest cuts to its budget.The Chamber Opera's orchestra, choir and soloists... more

William Hanley, a Broadway playwright and award-winning screenwriter who scripted a pioneering TV film that dealt with incest, has died. He was 80.His daughter, Katherine Hover, said he died... more

Summer television used to mean reruns. This year it's gone to the dogs.Several new shows star dogs and their owners in need of help. CBS has the lone network show in "Dogs in the City," starring... more

Ashley Cummings had a little mishap while engrossed in "Fifty Shades of Grey" on her way to the San Francisco subway. Head down, clutching her iPad, she ran smack into a fellow pedestrian. When... more

A handwritten sign that said "whites hate blacks" and was carried by one of more than 2,000 protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday shows that a fierce national debate over a painting depicting the... more

Charlize Theron's evil queen costumes for "Snow White and the Huntsman" called for hundreds of hand-cut rooster feathers, thousands of iridescent beetle wings from Thailand and one particularly... more

A Florida county is putting the racy romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" back on its library shelves.The Brevard County Library System had pulled 19 copies of the best-sellers from its... more

MSNBC host Chris Hayes says he's sorry for his comments about his discomfort with the use of the word "heroes" to describe fallen soldiers.Hayes made the comments during his show on Sunday, the... more

British police say a man has been arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli national theater company at the Globe Theater in London.Tel Aviv's Habima company... more

For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley's original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his... more