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  1. CBS cancels another daytime drama AP - Tue Dec 8, 6:24 PM ETSent 596 times

    NEW YORK - Procter & Gamble, the company responsible for the phrase "soap operas," is out of the daytime drama business after 76 years now that CBS is making "As the World Turns" stop spinning.

  2. FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo, actress Kristen Wiig attends IFC's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani's Wall Street in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
    Wiig to host `SNL' Christmas special as Gilly AP - Tue Dec 8, 1:44 PM ETSent 333 times

    NEW YORK - Kristen Wiig's recurring character Gilly might not seemed filled with holiday cheer, yet NBC is turning to her to host a "Saturday Night Live" Christmas special.

  3. In this Dec. 5, 2009 booking photo provided by the Boulder County, Colo. Jail via The Daily Camera, former child television star Brian Bonsall is shown. Bonsall, who played Andy Keaton in 'Family Ties,' has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado. Police said Monday Dec. 7, 2009, that 28-year-old Bonsall got into a fight at an apartment on Saturday and hit a friend with part of a broken wooden stool.  (AP Photo/Boulder County, Colo. Sheriff's Department via The Daily Camera)
    'Family Ties' actor arrested after Colo. assault AP - Tue Dec 8, 8:19 AM ETSent 304 times

    BOULDER, Colo. - Police say a former cast member of the 1980s television show "Family Ties" has been arrested for investigation of assault in Colorado.

  4. FILE - This Nov. 16, 2009 file photo shows Bryant Gumbel attending the premiere of 'The Road' in New York. Gumbel says he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former 'Today' show anchor, 61, revealed his condition Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009, that a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. The tumor was not in Gumbel's lung, but next to it, said Sean Cassidy, a friend of Gumbel's.  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini,File)
    Bryant Gumbel says he's had cancer surgery AP - Tue Dec 8, 5:27 PM ETSent 159 times

    NEW YORK - Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago. He revealed his condition to Kelly Ripa while subbing for Regis Philbin on Tuesday's edition of "Live With Regis and Kelly." (Philbin recently had hip replacement surgery.)

  5. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, left, and first lady Jenny Sanford, second right, welcome guests at the Governor's Mansion in Columbia, S.C., for a Christmas Open House on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
    SC first lady: I wouldn't have stood with governor AP - Tue Dec 8, 11:51 AM ETSent 76 times

    CHARLESTON, S.C. - Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine woman.

  6. FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2009 file photo, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs as part of the 'Guitar Hero 5 Fridays on Yahoo! Music' concert series, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, Calif. The lead singer of the alternative rock band Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch early Sunday morning Dec. 6, 2009, police said.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Weezer cancels tour after bus crash in upstate NY AP - Mon Dec 7, 5:40 PM ETSent 58 times

    ALBANY, N.Y. - Weezer has canceled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York.

  7. James Cameron, director of 'Avatar,' poses for a picture in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
    Can Cameron deliver Titanic results on `Avatar?' AP - Tue Dec 8, 12:56 PM ETSent 54 times

    LOS ANGELES - A colossal budget, visionary technology and a down-to-the-wire workload on a film whose fortunes are a real question mark.

  8. Wilco's 2009 self-titled release is seen with a CD copy of the album along with the vinyl in Toronto December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Terri Coles
    Vinyl's comeback makes musicians want to sing Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 2:50 PM ETSent 46 times

    TORONTO (Reuters) - As music lovers approach a new decade in this still-young century, a recording technology once considered old and obsolete -- vinyl -- has been making a strong comeback.

  9. FILE - This is a Sept. 12, 2009 file photo of  Pop singer Elton John as he kisses baby Lev during a news conference at a orphanage for HIV-positive children in the town of Makeyevka outside Donetsk, Ukraine.  Elton John's partner David Furnish  said Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009 that  the musician was devastated that he wasn't allowed to adopt baby Lev a Ukrainian child, but plans to support the boy anyway. The 62-year-old pop star met 14-month-old Lev at a home for HIV-positive children in September. But he was refused permission to adopt the boy because he was too old and not married.  (AP Photo/Ho, Fule)
    Elton will support Ukrainian boy he can't adopt AP - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 AM ETSent 45 times

    LONDON - Elton John's partner says the musician was devastated that he wasn't allowed to adopt an HIV-positive Ukrainian toddler, but plans to support the boy anyway.

  10. FILE -- In a Jan. 13, 2009 file photo talk show host David Letterman leaves a taping of the 'Late Show with David Letterman,'  in New York.  Letterman  Monday Dec. 7, 2009  dived right into material on Tiger Woods on the 'Late Show,' joking he wishes the golfer would stop asking him for advice.  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
    With familiarity, Letterman jokes about Woods AP - Tue Dec 8, 9:31 AM ETSent 44 times

    NEW YORK - David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show," joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice.

  11. President Barack Obama, right, greets Kennedy Center honoree Bruce Springsteen in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Bruce Springsteen backs gay marriage in NJ AP - 2 hours, 21 minutes agoSent 34 times

    TRENTON, N.J. - "The Boss" is backing gay marriage in the Garden State.

  12. FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2009 file photo, Fergie, of The Black Eyed Peas, performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
    `Boom Boom Pow,' Kings of Leon CD top 2009 iTunes AP - Tue Dec 8, 7:37 AM ETSent 25 times

    NEW YORK - The Kings of Leon are the kings of the iTunes album charts for 2009.

  13. ABC in talks with Cuomo for `20/20' AP - Tue Dec 8, 12:41 PM ETSent 25 times

    NEW YORK - ABC News' Chris Cuomo is likely to move to the nighttime newsmagazine "20/20" as its co-host.

  14. FILE- In this June 6, 2004 file photo, pianist, singer and songwriter, Alexa Ray Joel, left, joins her father, Billy Joel, for the arrivals of the 58th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, in New York. Alexa Ray Joel's publicist, Claire Mercuri, says that the performer has been hospitalized in New York on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 for an undisclosed condition.(AP Photo/AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)
    Joel, recovering from pill scare, feeling better AP - Mon Dec 7, 6:19 PM ETSent 24 times

    NEW YORK - A publicist for Alexa Ray Joel says the daughter of Billy Joel is feeling better two days after being hospitalized in New York for a possible overdose of pills.

  15. Reality series `Basketball Wives' set for VH1 AP - Tue Dec 8, 8:23 AM ETSent 22 times

    LOS ANGELES - A VH1 reality series that promises an inside look at the lives of NBA players' wives and girlfriends is set to air early next year.

  16. Autopsy finds overdose killed Springsteen's cousin AP - Tue Dec 8, 10:51 PM ETSent 20 times

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A medical examiner has found that the cousin of rock veteran Bruce Springsteen died from an accidental drug overdose.

  17. NBC sends Lauer, Roker to Afghanistan AP - Mon Dec 7, 5:56 PM ETSent 17 times

    NEW YORK - NBC's "Today" show will broadcast from Afghanistan this week.

  18. Colombian singer Shakira poses for the photographers at the Oxford University Union library after delivering a speech about universal access to education, in Oxford, England, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
    Shakira shakes up Oxford Union with address AP - Mon Dec 7, 2:51 PM ETSent 17 times

    LONDON - Michael Jackson and Mother Teresa. Stephen Hawking and the Dalai Lama. And now Shakira.

  19. In this 2007 publicity photo released by Walt Disney Pictures, actor Johnny Depp appears in a scene from 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.'  (AP Photo/Walt Disney Pictures, Peter Mountain)
    Hollywood counters reality with decade of escapism AP - Tue Dec 8, 12:35 PM ETSent 15 times

    LOS ANGELES - Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow.

  20. Colin Firth gets naked for "A Single Man" Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 6:02 PM ETSent 15 times

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For more than 20 years, Colin Firth has been the movie industry's go-to, buttoned-up English man.

  21. Pearl Jam unveils 2010 European tour plans Reuters - Mon Dec 7, 6:46 PM ETSent 15 times

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam will return to Europe in the summer for a series of headlining and festival appearances, beginning June 22 in Dublin.

  22. Soap opera veteran Helen Wagner, star of the daytime series "As the World Turns" poses as she arrives at the 33rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Hollywood, California April 28, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
    TV's "As The World Turns" gets axe after 54 years Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 2:37 PM ETSent 12 times

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - CBS said on Tuesday it was canceling one of its longest-running daytime television soap operas, "As the World Turns", after 54 years.

  23. Deschanel, Ward reteam for follow-up album Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 7:00 PM ETSent 11 times

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - The country-folk duo of M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel, known as She & Him, is slated to return in 2010, proving that the 2008 collaboration wasn't just a one-off affair.

  24. Actress Bonnie Hunt arrives to attend the celebration of Hilary Duff's 18th birthday at the club "Mood" in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California September 28, 2005. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
    "Bonnie Hunt Show" folding Reuters - Tue Dec 8, 6:48 PM ETSent 11 times

    NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Struggling sophomore talker "The Bonnie Hunt Show" will stop production at the end of this season.

  25. Hollywood actor Johnny Depp greets people during a press conference to promote his latest film 'Public Enemies' in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
    Depp promotes latest movie, but hasn't seen it AP - Wed Dec 9, 3:53 AM ETSent 11 times

    TOKYO - Actor Johnny Depp highly recommends his latest movie — though he said he hadn't personally gone out to see it yet.

  26. In this image released by La Scala theater press office Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, Anita Rachvelishvili plays Carmen as Jonas Kaufmann is Don José  during the dress reahearsal of George Bizet's 'Carmen'.  Daniel Barenboim conducts Bizet's 'Carmen' in La Scala's highly anticipated season premiere in Milan, Italy, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, starring German tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Don Jose and 25-year-old Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili in the title role as Carmen. The production is directed by Sicilian-born Emma dante, known for her avant-garde stage productions. (AP Photo/La Scala press office, Marco Brescia)
    Critics applaud women in La Scala's 'Carmen' AP - Tue Dec 8, 3:40 PM ETSent 11 times

    MILAN - If the critics are right, La Scala's production of Bizet's "Carmen" could well give new force to the role of women in Italian opera.

  27. US golfer Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren seen in October 2009. Woods' mother-in-law is in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital in an ambulance overnight Tuesday in the latest twist in the scandal surrounding the embattled golf star.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
    Woman 'taken by ambulance from Tiger Woods' home' AFP - Tue Dec 8, 7:48 AM ETSent 10 times

    MIAMI (AFP) - An ambulance responded early Tuesday to a call for medical assistance from the Florida home of Tiger Woods, US media reported.

  28. FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows French singer Johnny Hallyday during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for an infection following back surgery. A statement Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009 from his Paris press office says Hallyday, an entertainment icon for decades, is 'under observation' for the infection linked to Nov. 26 surgery on a herniated disc.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
    French rocker Hallyday hospitalized in LA AP - Wed Dec 9, 6:20 AM ETSent 10 times

    PARIS - France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for an infection following back surgery.

  29. Publisher of Obama's 'Audacity of Hope' steps down AP - Tue Dec 8, 6:31 PM ETSent 9 times

    NEW YORK - The publisher of President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope" has stepped down.

  30. This July 22, 2009 photo shows Nicky Hilton arriving at a screening of 'Paris, Not France' in Los Angeles. Police said, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, they are investigating a burglary at the Los Angeles home of Hilton, a clothing designer and granddaughter of hotel magnate Barron Hilton. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
    Burglary reported at Nicky Hilton's LA home AP - Tue Dec 8, 10:49 PM ETSent 8 times

    LOS ANGELES - Police say they are investigating a burglary at the Los Angeles home of Nicky Hilton.