Celebrity News Stories

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation’s top humor prize. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS’ fall schedule has a definite British accent, courtesy of the returning drama “Upstairs Downstairs” and newcomer “Call the Midwife.” The prominence of dramas imported from the U.K. is no surprise given PBS’ success with “Downton … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — For one last time, a crowd turned out to watch the goings-on on Wisteria Lane. ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” drew a little more than 11 million viewers for the two-hour series finale of creator Marc Cherry’s prime-time … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge cited the confident voice of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs on Tuesday as she refused to toss out lawsuits alleging the company and various publishers conspired to drive up the price of … Continue reading →

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America’s novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83. Mexico‘s National Council … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Hoping to lure viewers with laughs, struggling NBC is calling on old friend Matthew Perry to lend a hand. The TV network unveiled a fall schedule on Sunday that has 10 sitcoms, double the number of … Continue reading →

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Avengers” is taking a page out of Superman’s comic book — flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar mark at the box office. The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to lead for … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as … Continue reading →

CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors finished a second day of deliberations Thursday without a verdict in the trial of the man charged with murdering Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson‘s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. The jury is scheduled to resume deliberations Friday … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — New “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern says that his critics should watch before attacking him. Stern debuts Monday as Piers Morgan‘s replacement on NBC‘s summertime talent show. Yet a group that calls attention to bad … Continue reading →