The Golden Globes have never really been a paradigm of dinner etiquette, but the 2011 show was notable for going out of its way to insult its hosts, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.From emcee Ricky Gervais to honored guest Robert De Niro, there were several pointed jokes directed at a group that has just been sued and accused of engaging in payola and is engaged in another fight over its lucrative TV rights."I'd like to quash this ridiculous rumor going around that the only reason 'The…See More

Italian broadcast powerhouse Mediaset will unveil an around-the-clock news channel that will start operations this year, company president Fedele Confalonieri said Tuesday.Confalonieri, speaking at the 26th meeting of Italy's leading editors union near Milan, said the channel will be part of the new News Mediaset unit and will be based on a partnership between Mediaset and a major international publishing and news organization. He did not provide further details.If the 24-hour news channel…See More

Curtain up! Light the lights! Spider-Man returned to the stage without any apparent hitches Thursday, a day after two performances were canceled due to a scary fall that left a stuntman seriously injured.New safety precautions didn't seem to prevent the cast of Broadway's costliest show from hitting the heights in nearly 40 aerial maneuvers.Before the $65 million show could resume Thursday, producers had to give final confirmation to the state Department of Labor that they had enacted safety…See More

A leading stuntman in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man" was recovering in hospital on Tuesday after falling from a high platform during a preview performance in yet another setback for the troubled musical.An aerialist and stunt double for the title character in the show, Christopher Tierney, was taken to a nearby hospital after he fell about seven minutes before the end of the performance on Monday night, the show's spokesman Rick Miramontez said in a statement.The show has temporarily stopped…See More

The thoroughly underwhelming romantic comedy "How Do You Know" in no way makes the best use of its starry cast — not Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd or Owen Wilson, and most certainly not Jack Nicholson.But we're going to be glass-half-full around here and use this as an opportunity to look back at the best of Nicholson's work. Now, given that the man is prolific and we only get to choose five films, this isn't going to be comprehensive. We'll try our best, though, and you're welcome to respond…See More

Sherrill "Shaun" Nielsen, a gospel singer who performed with Elvis Presley, has died at age 68.Nielsen's publicist, Aaron Crisler, says Nielsen died Friday of lung cancer.Nielsen sang with Elvis on the Grammy-nominated song "Softly as I Leave You" and performed with a number of gospel groups over his career including the Singing Speer Family and Voice.Nielsen is survived by his wife Brenda Hall Nielsen. His funeral is scheduled for Thursday in Cullman, Ala.…See More

Harlem Globetrotters great Meadowlark Lemon remembers the day he first saw the team that would become his life's story as if it were yesterday.In the darkened Ritz Theater in Wilmington, N.C., he sat mesmerized as newsreel footage showed the famous tricksters of basketball going through their paces to the delight of fans."I saw them when I was 11 years-old and that became my life's work," Lemon told Reuters, following a workout on a basketball court near his adopted home in Scottsdale, Ariz. "I…See More

Actor Wesley Snipes has arrived at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin serving a three-year sentence for failure to file income tax returns.Federal Prisons spokesman Ed Ross says Snipes entered the Federal Correctional Institution McKean on Thursday morning. He had been ordered to arrive by noon.The minimum security prison camp in the northwestern Pennsylvania town of Lewis Run is worlds away from the harsh prison fortresses depicted in the Snipes' films "Undisputed" and "Brooklyn's…See More

A jumpsuit that belonged to country music legend Johnny Cash has been sold for 50,000 dollars, the auction house that organized the sale has said.The plain blue suit was made famous in a photograph that became known simply as "The Finger," in which the much-troubled singer sneeringly flicks a one-digit salute to the camera as he rehearsed for a concert before the inmates of San Quentin State Prison in California.A Johnny Cash shirt went under the hammer for 31,250 dollars, a rare poster sold…See More

Katy Perry loves a man in a uniform.The pop superstar met dozens of service members while working on the special "VH1 Divas Salute the Troops" this weekend near San Diego."There was a kid who I met backstage who was rather chatty, but adorable," Perry recalled. "He was really sweet. He was 19. He had such a good heart. He said, 'Yes, ma'am' to me. 'Yes ma'am!' I was like, 'O.K.! Yes, sir!'"A VH1 publicist estimated an audience of 27,000 attended nearly three-hour taping of the concert Friday…See More

The man who killed himself just as police zeroed in on him as a "person of interest" in the slaying of a prominent Hollywood publicist was regarded as a danger by some of his apartment house neighbors but friendly by others.One person said the man they knew as Harold Smith bragged about killing Ronni Chasen and was waiting to receive the $10,000 he was promised for the hit.When detectives tried to question him in the lobby of the dreary Harvey Apartments Wednesday night, the man raised a gun to…See More

Randy Quaid said if it weren't for Canada's refugee system, he and his wife would be dead.The actor made the comment Tuesday as he entered his immigration and refugee board hearing in Vancouver, where he and his wife Evi were picked up last month on an outstanding warrant in the United States.The pair quickly claimed refugee status and their hearings have been conducted amid their bizarre claims of being hunted by what they call "Hollywood star whackers."They say many of their friends have died…See More

King Charles or King William? Royal wedding bells have reignited the debate over whether Prince Charles should step aside to let his more popular son William be king.Many are pushing the idea as the nation buzzes over the announcement of William's engagement to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton. They argue that Charles' standing suffered irreparable harm when his marriage to Princess Diana fell apart and seamy details of his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles went public.Others say he is, at…See More

A rural Wisconsin man apparently enraged by Bristol Palin's "Dancing with the Stars" routine blasted his television with a shotgun, leading to an all-night standoff with a SWAT team, investigators said.Steven Cowan, 67, was arrested Tuesday morning after officers coaxed him out of his house in Vermont, a rural community near Madison. Cowan, who is accused of threatening his wife with the gun after destroying the television, appeared in a Madison courtroom Wednesday on a charge of second-degree…See More

If "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" felt less frenetic than many fantasy blockbusters, then it was the calm before the storm.Cast and crew of the hugely successful film franchise have described Deathly Hallows Part 2 -- the eighth and last installment in the boy wizard series due out next July -- as a war movie. And unlike Part 1, it will also be in 3-D."In Harry Potter 7 (Deathly Hallows Part 1) ... people keep talking about 'Oh it's an action movie' (but) ... this is so sedate…See More

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash said the he and his wife, Alejandra, who gave birth to their son on Friday, are in the process of a divorce.Nash said in a statement to Life and Style Magazine that he and his wife have lived separately for several months but remain committed to bringing up their children "in the most positive, nurturing way possible."The couple, who had been together for several years when they married in 2005, also have 6-year-old twin daughters, Lola and Bella."I want only…See More

If you missed "The Walking Dead" last week, you missed a top contender for the most deliciously gross scene in television history.In a desperate ploy to escape undetected by the zombies crowding downtown Atlanta, Sheriff Rick Grimes decided to fool them with a deathly masquerade. He found a zombie carcass and chopped it up with an ax, then smeared hunks of these goopy remains on his clothing. But he did it with respect. Rick, a man of conscience, first took a moment to mourn the ordinary guy…See More