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July 5

'Transformers' ties 'Ice Age' on underwhelming July 4 weekend

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" topped the box office together this weekend as July 4 falling on a Saturday dealt a major blow to movie ticket sales.

Networks plan live Jackson memorial coverage

July 4

Investigators focus on five Jackson doctors

Investigators are focusing on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Michael Jackson as they try to unravel the circumstances surrounding the pop star's death, according to law enforcement sources.

July 3

Billy Mays remembered at funeral

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) -- References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.

17,500 tickets for Michael Jackson memorial

July 2

Sources: Public Michael Jackson memorial Tuesday

LOS ANGELES -- Police sources tell KTLA-TV that they're making preparations for a massive public memorial for Michael Jackson Tuesday morning at Staples Center.

'Ice Age,' 'Public Enemies' draw solid opening numbers

Obama: I still have Michael Jackson 'on my iPod'

July 1

Debbie Rowe considers custody bid for Jackson's two older kids

Eight years ago, Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, told a Los Angeles court she wanted to give them up.

Disappointment for fans at Neverland Ranch

Primetime TV rankings, June 22-28

'Endless' supply of unreleased Jackson music found

Neverland has Graceland potential

Kevin Jonas engaged

Karl Malden dies at 97

Michael Jackson's will surfaces

June 30

Michael Jackson: Investigation focuses on prescription meds

Authorities investigating the circumstances of Michael Jackson's death are relying in part on several bags of evidence they have removed over the last week from the pop star's Holmby Hills mansion, including prescription drugs that one source said were not in Jackson's name.

Hugh Jackman, Seth Rogen among Academy invitees

Crowds line up for Apollo's Michael Jackson memorial

Joe Jackson returns to spotlight with son's death

June 29

BET Awards draw strong ratings but also criticism

BET kudos and knocks

'Don't Stop Believin' in the power of a pop song

Tributes are pouring in for Michael Jackson

Johnny Depp: An outlaw outlook

Michael Jackson's mom temporarily gets his kids

Fred Travalena dies at 66

1950s sitcom star Gale Storm dies

June 28

'Transformers' behind 'Dark Knight' for five-day opening record

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days.

Farrah Fawcett funeral planned for Tuesday

June 27

Michael Jackson autopsy results inconclusive

With initial autopsy results inconclusive, the investigation into Michael Jackson's death focused Friday on whether the pop icon, who had struggled with painkiller addiction in the past, overdosed on prescription drugs.

'Hung' review

Michael Jackson's ex-wife expected to get custody

June 26

LAPD: No indication of Demerol use by Michael Jackson

The top Los Angeles Police Department official on the Michael Jackson case says police so far have no information that Jackson was injected with Demerol or other painkillers -- an allegation that has been widely reported in Britain and the United States.

Michael Jackson music sales skyrocket

Doctor sought for questioning in Michael Jackson's death

Michael Jackson autopsy planned for Friday

June 25

25 'Thriller' facts

"Thriller," the biggest-selling album ever, wasn't the only Michael Jackson work released in November 1982. A few weeks before it was set to hit stores, MCA Records released an album of Jackson reading the story of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" and performing the original song "Someone in the Dark." The album promotion, which featured posters of Jackson and E.T. looking very friendly, angered CBS Records, which felt it was stealing the thunder from "Thriller." Lawsuits ensued. Both albums ended up winning Grammys the following year.

Letterman beats O'Brien for the week

'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' has a record opening day

June 24

Rosie O'Donnell to host satellite radio show

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rosie O'Donnell is returning to the airwaves.

'Seinfeld' star advocates comedy to help resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

'Transformers' begins with $16 million launch to blockbuster sequel

Perez Hilton sues Black Eyed Peas manager over incident

Twin Transformers raise questions about racial stereotypes

June 23

'Jon & Kate' divorce papers say marriage 'irretrievably broken'

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that her marriage to Jon is "irretrievably broken."

'NYC Prep' review: Not quite 'Gossip Girl,' but close

Chris Brown pleads guilty to assaulting Rihanna

'The View's' Elisabeth Hasselbeck accused of plagiarism

Ed McMahon dies at 86

June 22

Chris Brown to make plea deal in Rihanna beating case

A plea deal has been reached between Los Angeles prosecutors and pop star Chris Brown, who is accused of assaulting pop star Rihanna before the Grammy Awards.

'American Idol' tour gears up

'Make It or Break It' review

June 21

Madonna's adopted daughter leaves Malawi for London

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna's new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna's adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday.

June 20

Schwarzenegger's plane makes emergency landing

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plane made an emergency landing Friday evening because of smoke in the cockpit.

Dennis Quaid and wife settle with hospital after twins OD'd on blood thinner

June 19

Report: Gisele Bundchen pregnant

BOSTON (AP) — Is she or isn't she?

'America's Got Talent seeking its own Susan Boyle

For 'Nip/Tuck,' beauty fades

June 18

ABC combines network and studio operations

Driven by a need to overhaul its program development process and cut costs, Walt Disney Co.'s ABC has finalized a complex consolidation of its ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios operations.

Film festival, art exhibit mark quiet steps forward for China's gay community

Atlanta holds another 'American Idol' audition

Universal Studios' town square set reopens after fire

June 17

Davis Guggenheim documents Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White in 'It Might Get Loud'

Davis Guggenheim calls himself a "Behind the Music" junkie, watching every episode of the VH1 show chronicling famous rock stars' rise and fall and rise again amid triumph and self-destruction. He loves it, he says, but the Academy Award-winning director of "An Inconvenient Truth" had other ideas for his own documentary on the electric guitar.

Jane Fonda undergoes surgery to replace knee

Bruno shows military flair at film premiere

Kelis wants $20,000 for baby supplies from Nas

Neighbor sues Rihanna over rental LA home

Taylor Swift wins video of the year at CMT Awards

June 16

'Harry Potter' publisher to fight copyright lawsuit

The publisher of the wildly popular and very profitable "Harry Potter" books says it intends to fight a lawsuit alleging that author J.K. Rowling stole the idea for the series about the boy wizard.

Cartoon Network's new reality shows, kid style

A&E cancels Patrick Swayze's 'Beast'

Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman's apology

RadarOnline cited for child labor violations taping Octomom's kids

June 15

Letterman apologizes for Palin joke

NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman said his joke about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter was a lousy joke, no matter how you cut it, and he's sorry.

Brad Pitt, siblings donate $1M to hometown Missouri hospital to open new cancer center

Virgin, Universal launch new music download service

Comedian Bill Engvall 'really nervous' about hosting CMT awards

June 14

Review: TNT's 'Hawthorne' doesn't break any new ground

You would think that into a vacuum, greatness would rush. At a time when so many groundbreaking shows -- "ER," "The Shield," "Battlestar Galactica," "Boston Legal" -- have triumphantly concluded, you would imagine networks killing themselves to come up with the next innovation. Instead we get "HawthoRNe."

Comedian Robert Smigel, as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, skewers Bonnaroo Music Festival

Blagojevich guest stars in 'surreal' production of Second City show that lampoons him

Nurses' rage at Showtime series raises question

June 12

Bret Michaels tries to laugh off Tonys wipeout

Bret Michaels ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good explanation.

Morgan Freeman denies car-crash allegations

Palin: David Letterman owes women an apology

June 11

'The Real World' goes to Washington

LOS ANGELES (AP) — MTV is electing Washington as the next location for "The Real World."

Digital switch: Millions of TVs go fuzzy Friday

'The View's' Joy Behar doubles up with new show

Jessica Alba's shark attack won't be prosecuted

Autopsy reveals David Carradine's death not a suicide

June 10

Brad Pitt buys painting by German artist Neo Rauch

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Brad Pitt was the star attraction Wednesday at this year's edition of the world's leading contemporary art fair. He was also a customer.

'Slumdog' child star gets new apartment from filmmakers

Francis Ford Coppola returns with 'Tetro'

Alexis Stewart pokes fun at mom Martha on Fine Living show

Pussycat Dolls' singer wants to sing at Pacquiao match

June 9

Mike Tyson weds after daughter's death

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Mike Tyson has married for a third time, two weeks after his 4-year-old daughter died in a tragic treadmill accident.

SAG OKs contract, avoids strike ... for now

'Top Chef Masters' television review

June 8

Rapper DMX avoids jail in tray-throwing incident

PHOENIX (AP) — Rapper DMX was sentenced Monday to more than a year of probation, avoiding more time in Arizona jails after spending two years in and out of the state's legal system.

Apple offers up $99 iPhone

Lisa Ling's sister sentenced to12 years' labor

June 7

TV reviews: 'Nurse Jackie' and 'Weeds'

“Nurse Jackie,” the much-buzzed-about half-hour medical comedy starring Edie Falco, premieres tonight, following, in what has become a Showtime launch tradition, the season premiere of the perennially great “Weeds.”

June 6

Neil Patrick Harris takes his hosting act to the Tony Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Ask Neil Patrick Harris how he sees his job as host of the 2009 Tony Awards, and the star of TV's "How I Met Your Mother" says judiciously, "ringmaster at the circus — I want to be strong enough to earn your trust but be able to allow all the specialty acts to shine."

June 5

Monkey-boy memories with 'Land of the Lost's' original Cha-Ka

The fuzzy memories are all coming back for Phillip Paley, but sometimes it's still hard for him to talk about his days as America's favorite monkey-boy.

Stephen Colbert 'Going Commando' in Iraq

James Franco skips UCLA speech for film

June 4

Her husband behind bars, Spector's wife breaks silence

Rachelle Spector arrived for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel with one French-manicured hand gripping a hot pink BlackBerry. "I never know when he is going to be allowed to call," she said as she laid the mobile device carefully on a velvety banquette. "Whenever he calls, I answer."

Shia LaBeouf sold on 'Wall Street'

The yin-yang of David Carradine

'Kung Fu' star David Carradine found dead in Thailand

June 3

Review: 'Royal Pains'

There is something refreshing, in the way that a Popsicle is refreshing, about a summer series set in the summer in a place where people go to summer -- it amplifies the season. “Royal Pains,” which takes place in the Hamptons and premieres tonight on USA, begins with that advantage, and for the most part does not squander it.

'Bruno' stunt allegedly disables woman

June 2

Charity declines Patti's 'Celebrity' donation

The day after former Illinois First Lady Patti Blagojevich ate a dead tarantula on network television to benefit herself and a charity, the selected charity said today it had declined the offered money. Another charity took its place, said NBC.

Susan Boyle fairy tale sours

June 1

'Twilight' takes bite out of MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The MTV Movie Awards were a blood bath Sunday night with "Twilight" taking five trophies, including best movie. But it was Sacha Baron Cohen who gave the show it's trademark bizarro moment when he landed upside-down on the lap of Eminem, who may or may not have been deeply offended.

May 28

Rihanna may testify in Chris Brown case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna's attorney says the singer will appear at a hearing next month as a possible witness in the assault case against Chris Brown.

Susan Boyle drops F-bombs on reporters

May 24

The 2009 Palme d'Or goes to Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon'

It felt like "friends and family" night at the Festival de Cannes when the world's most prestigious film event handed out its awards on Sunday.

May 22

Cursed 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' back on?

CANNES, France (AP) — Filmmaker Terry Gilliam says a "Don Quixote" fantasy he had to abandon because of a series of mishaps is back on.

May 20

'Jon & Kate Plus 8' meets genuine reality

For the last couple of weeks, the faces of Jon and Kate Gosselin have been everywhere -- peering out from tabloid covers, flashed on celebrity gossip shows, picked apart by blogs. Monday night, though, their TLC reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" returns for a fifth season, and the couple will reveal which face they'd like the world to see and to judge them by.

'Mentalist' moves, 'Medium' finds home on CBS

May 14

'Angels & Demons': Stellan Skarsgard slams Dan Brown's prose

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Actor Stellan Skarsgard says he's no big fan of Dan Brown's writing and accepted a role in "Angels & Demons" only after reading the script based on Brown's book.

May 13

Kara DioGuardi warms to the hot seat

The "American Idol" personality is largely id-driven: The pleasures the talent show offers are immediate, whether a singer soars or sinks. And the show around the show can yield even more merriment, as it spews out a ceaseless stream of news/gossip generated by the contestants' biographical details, the judges' antics, behind-the-scenes backstabbing that may or may not be fictional and, often least important, discussion of the results of the actual singing competition.

Sunday Conversation: Robin Tunney, 'The Mentalist'

The faux mystery that is 'How I Met Your Mother'

May 10

Farrah Fawcett: 'Under a microscope' and holding onto hope

For more than 2 1/2 years, Farrah Fawcett's battle with cancer has sparked a flurry of headlines for celebrity tabloids. But it has also stripped the actress of her ability to seek treatment while maintaining her privacy, she said in an interview.