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• Justin Timberlake prefers vinyl to MP3s

  October 7, 2010 9:22 AM

  Justin Timberlake says he thinks vinyl records sound better than digitalized tunes. The 29-year-old pop musician and actor told German newspaper Frankfurter Rundshau on Thursday that he loves putting on records featuring oldies from the Beach Boys and early Beatles, claiming they "sound warmer" and "more vintage" than digital... more »

• Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon

  October 4, 2010 12:53 PM

  The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon. Gibson Acoustic's director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a... more »

• Secretariat owner Chenery attending film premiere

  September 29, 2010 3:36 PM

  The Colorado woman who owned 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat says actress Diane Lane does a good capturing her mannerisms and way of speaking in the upcoming movie "Secretariat." Penny Chenery of Boulder plans to attend the Hollywood premiere of the film Thursday. Chenery and about 100 of her... more »

• More gay characters on network TV, study confirms

  September 29, 2010 10:23 AM

  The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says the number of gay and bisexual characters on scripted broadcast TV has risen slightly this season, to 23 out of a total of nearly 600 roles. The 15th annual "Where We Are on TV" report released Wednesday found that 3.9 percent... more »

• Lady Gaga sweeps VMAs with 8 awards

  September 13, 2010 8:29 AM

  MTV officials in Los Angeles now say Lady Gaga's eight-win sweep at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards was not a VMA record. Peter Gabriel previously won 10 for "Sledgehammer" in 1987. The outrageous singer picked up the biggest prize of the night, video of the year. ... more »

• Woody Allen defends his latest find, Bruni-Sarkozy

  September 13, 2010 8:22 AM

  Woody Allen loves shooting in Paris. He doesn't care for the gossip about one of his co-stars, France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Allen says he was shocked at gossip column reports that Bruni-Sarkozy was a handful on the set of his romantic comedy "Midnight in Paris" or that he... more »

• California delays Bo Derek confirmation to horse board

  August 26, 2010 8:36 AM

  The California state Senate has delayed confirming actress Bo Derek to a commission that oversees horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering at racetracks in California. A spokeswoman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg says the delay comes because the Democrat from Sacramento wants more time to consider all four... more »

• Prosecutors get results of Gibson investigation

  August 26, 2010 8:33 AM

  A sheriff's official says detectives have given prosecutors the results of their investigation into domestic violence allegations against Mel Gibson. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore says the results were turned over Wednesday for a decision on whether charges will be filed. Detectives investigated claims made against... more »

• Judge to issue mystery ruling in Lohan case

  August 24, 2010 8:02 AM

  A court official says the judge handling Lindsay Lohan's criminal case plans to issue an unspecified ruling in the case a day before her attorneys are due in court. Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini said Monday that Judge Elden Fox plans to issue the ruling Tuesday afternoon.... more »

• Jay Leno to do benefit for gulf fishermen

  August 20, 2010 1:42 PM

  Jay Leno will be doing standup to help the Gulf Coast. The "Tonight Show" host and comedian will appear Saturday at the Beau Rivage Theater in Biloxi, Mississippi, in a benefit performance for residents who've been affected by the massive oil spill. The appearance is billed as "Stand... more »

• 'Listen Up!' Betty White has 2-book deal

  August 18, 2010 10:36 AM

  The next stage in Betty White's ever-rising career: books. The 88-year-old actress has a two-book deal with G.P. Putnam's Sons, starting in 2011 with "Listen Up!" The publisher said Wednesday that the book will include what White has learned over "her incredibly varied, decades-long career in Hollywood." Subjects... more »

• Publicist: Zsa Zsa Gabor receives last rites

  August 16, 2010 9:22 AM

  A spokesman for Zsa Zsa Gabor says she is in serious condition at a Los Angeles hospital and has received the last rites. John Blanchette on Sunday described Gabor's health situation following her surgery a day earlier as "very sad." Blanchette told the Los Angeles Times that the 93-year-old... more »

• MTV selects its first-ever Twitter jockey

  August 9, 2010 8:30 AM

  MTV has named 23-year-old Gabi Gregg its first "Twitter Jockey." Gregg won the position Sunday night after a nationwide vote. The TJ position is the updated version of the network's VJ job, and Gregg will report on pop culture news using Twitter, Facebook, blogs and MTV's website. Gregg graduated... more »

• Actor Charlie Sheen pleads guilty to misdemeanor

  August 3, 2010 8:10 AM

  Actor Charlie Sheen has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in a domestic abuse case in exchange for dismissal of two other charges, including a felony. Sheen entered the plea Monday in court in Aspen, the scene of a Christmas Day argument with his wife that ended in... more »

• Lisa Kudrow prescribes laughter in Web series

  July 29, 2010 10:35 AM

  Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow is making herself laugh. She's reading tweets written by her character, Fiona Wallice, on the online show "Web Therapy." "Web Therapy" is available on Hulu, lstudio.com and for purchase on iTunes. Showtime has said it will air at least 10 episodes starting next... more »

• Sheriff investigating Mel Gibson's ex for extortion

  July 21, 2010 3:39 PM

  Sheriff's detectives in Los Angeles are checking extortion allegations against Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the agency is looking into whether Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva may have tried to extort the Academy Award-winner. He declined to offer any other details on the inquiry. Detectives earlier... more »

• U2's rescheduled Denver concert date announced

  July 13, 2010 1:17 PM

  U2 will kick off its postponed North American tour in Denver next May. The Denver concert was originally scheduled for June 12 but was postponed when band frontman Bono had emergency back surgery. He is now recovering. If you hold a ticket for the original concert, it will be... more »

• Heath Ledger won't be replaced as Joker in Batman 3

  July 12, 2010 11:19 AM

  Batman is returning, but he won't have the Joker to contend with next time. Director Christopher Nolan says he will not bring back the Joker, the villain played so maniacally in "The Dark Knight" by the late Heath Ledger. The role earned him an Academy Award a year after... more »

• Switzerland won't extradite Polanski to United States

  July 12, 2010 10:43 AM

  The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony about Polanski's sentencing... more »

• `The Pacific,' `Glee,' top Emmy Awards nominees

  July 8, 2010 9:03 AM

  "Glee," the spunky TV musical comedy about high school misfits and the teachers who shepherd them, was a top Emmy nominee Thursday with 19 bids, including for best comedy series and stars Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele. The leading nominee was the gritty, unsparing World War II drama, "The... more »

• British singer hospitalized for malaria

  July 7, 2010 10:58 AM

  British singer Cheryl Cole is hospitalized for malaria. She recently returned from from a trip to the east African country of Tanzania. The 27-year-old is best known for being a member of the band "Girls Aloud" and a judge on the popular British show "The X Factor." Cole... more »

• Lohan judge says she won't consider alcohol report

  July 6, 2010 1:54 PM

  A judge at Lindsay Lohan's probation revocation hearing says she will not consider whether the actress consumed alcohol last month after attending the MTV Movie Awards. Prosecutors had hoped to introduce reports from an ankle, alcohol monitor to show the "Mean Girls" actress had violated a court order against... more »

• Hearing on possible Sheen deal delayed until July

  June 8, 2010 8:12 AM

  A hearing on a possible plea deal for Charlie Sheen in his domestic abuse case in Colorado has been delayed until next month. Lawyers met Monday at the courthouse, with prosecutors saying they needed more time to work out the agreement. Pitkin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin... more »

• Michael Caine memoir due this fall

  June 7, 2010 1:23 PM

  Sir Michael Caine hasn't finished telling us what it's all about. The 77-year-old Academy Award-winning actor is working on a second memoir, "The Elephant to Hollywood," a sequel that will come nearly 20 years after "What's It All About?" Henry Holt and Company will release the new book... more »

• Shrek continues to dominate box office

  June 7, 2010 12:35 PM

  Hollywood is in a June swoon as a rush of new movies fails to grab audiences. "Shrek Forever After" remained the No. 1 movie for a third-straight weekend with $25.3 million. The best of the newcomers was the rock 'n' roll comedy "Get Him to the Greek," which debuted... more »

• Kevin Costner, wife welcome third child

  June 3, 2010 12:46 PM

  Kevin Costner and his wife have welcomed their third child, a girl, into the world. Costner's 36-year-old wife, Christine, gave birth to Grace Avery Costner on Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles. The actor's publicist Arnold Robinson says mother and daughter are doing well. The couple have two other... more »

• 'Golden Girls' star Rue McClanahan dies at 76

  June 3, 2010 12:13 PM

  Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 76. Her manager Barbara Lawrence said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. of a stroke. She had undergone treatment for... more »

• Mexico judge OKs producer's arrest in Cancun death

  June 1, 2010 8:22 AM

  A judge in Mexico has issued an arrest warrant for a former "Survivor" producer suspected in the killing of his wife while on vacation with their children at a Cancun resort. That's according to the state attorney general in Quintana Roo state, who says prosecutors would initiate extradition proceedings... more »

• Gary Coleman on life support, unconscious

  May 28, 2010 1:54 PM

  The family of former child television star Gary Coleman says he is on life support and unconscious after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage at his home. Coleman suffered the hemorrhage Wednesday evening at his Santaquin home, 55 miles south of Salt Lake City. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center on Friday... more »

• Denver U2 concert canceled until 2011

  May 25, 2010 11:37 AM

  One of the most anticipated concerts of the summer in Denver--U2's 360 Tour scheduled for June 12--has been postponed until next year. An exact date has not been set. The band's web site announced Tuesday that the North American leg of U2's world tour has been scrapped following frontman... more »

• Lindsay Lohan to wear Colorado alcohol bracelet

  May 25, 2010 10:32 AM

  If an alcohol-monitoring bracelet can keep celebrities like Lindsay Lohan from drinking, some parents might wonder: "Can I get one for my teen?" The answer is no. For the time being, Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. only sells the bracelets to the courts, probation officers and others who want... more »

• Lindsay Lohan loses bid to ease restriction on drug tests

  May 24, 2010 1:41 PM

  Lindsay Lohan has lost a bid to ease restrictions involving drug and alcohol testing so she can attend a film shoot in Texas. The actress, wearing a dark gray suit, appeared somber and concerned Monday in a Beverly Hills courtroom when she conferred with her lawyer about the plan... more »

• Actress Murphy's husband found dead

  May 24, 2010 8:14 AM

  Police say the husband of deceased actress Brittany Murphy has been found dead, according to the Los Angeles Times. Sgt. Louie Lozano of the Los Angeles Police Department tells the paper that screenwriter Simon Monjack was found dead Sunday night at his home in the Hollywood Hills. Lozano says... more »

• U2's Bono has emergency surgery

  May 21, 2010 12:57 PM

  The manager of U2 says that frontman Bono has undergone emergency back surgery in a Munich hospital after he was injured while preparing for the group's tour. It's unclear if the band's June 12 concert date in Denver will go on as scheduled. The 50 year old, whose real... more »

• MeadowGrass Music Festival coming up in Black Forest

  May 20, 2010 3:32 PM

  Grant-Lee Phillips, The Greencards and Great Lake Swimmers will all perform Memorial Day Weekend at the second annual MeadowGrass Music Festival in Black Forest. The two-day Festival features Americana, bluegrass, indie and blues music in the meadow of La Foret Conference and Retreat Center. Other performers include Gregory Alan... more »

• Country stars raise money for Nashville flood relief

  May 17, 2010 8:45 AM

  Some of country music's biggest stars have performed and answered phones at a telethon to help raise more than $1.5 million for flood relief for Tennessee. Country music singers Brad Paisley and Keith Urban and the group Lady Antebellum were among those performing during Sunday's telethon, which aired live... more »

• Last Broadway Ziegfeld Follies Girl dies at 106

  May 12, 2010 1:53 PM

  The last Ziegfeld Girl has died. Doris Eaton Travis died Tuesday at age 106. Travis was one of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies Girls, the chorus girls who wore elaborate costumes for the Ziegfeld Follies series of Broadway theatrical productions in the early 1900s. She also was a supporter... more »

• Swift to receive award at Songwriters Hall of Fame

  May 11, 2010 12:24 PM

  She's only 20, but Taylor Swift will receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on June 17. Swift has written or co-written every song on her two multiplatinum-selling CDs: her 2006 self-titled debut and 2008's "Fearless," which won album of the year at... more »

• Cannes gears up for film festival

  May 11, 2010 9:06 AM

  Final preparations are underway for the world famous Cannes Film Festival, which gets underway Wednesday on the French Riviera. The festival brings a mix of obscure movie makers and Hollywood royalty together. Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, will premiere at the festival Wednesday. The... more »

• NYC home with literary connection for sale

  May 10, 2010 12:16 PM

  The Brooklyn town house where Truman Capote wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and other notable works is for sale. Asking price: $18 million. Sotheby's International Realty agent Karen Heyman said Monday that the building is expected to break sales records as one of the most expensive townhouses in the borough.... more »

• Barbara Walters to have heart valve surgery

  May 10, 2010 11:53 AM

  Barbara Walters says she will have surgery later this week to replace a faulty heart valve. The television legend made the announcement Monday on ABC's "The View." Walters said she's known about her condition for a while and thought the time was right for the surgery because she can... more »

• Betty White to host SNL

  May 7, 2010 4:49 PM

  Betty White never expected to be on Saturday Night Live, much less host it. At 88, she's by far the show's oldest host ever. A movie with Sandra Bullock and a Super Bowl Snickers commercial have boosted White's profile in recent months, but she's been a TV regular since... more »

• Actress Lynn Redgrave has died at age 67

  May 3, 2010 1:31 PM

  Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the freethinking title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled past in such one-woman stage performances, has died. She was 67. Her publicist Rick Miramontez, speaking on behalf of... more »

• 'Avatar' director helps with 3-D Mars camera

  April 30, 2010 9:52 AM

  "Avatar" director James Cameron is helping to build a high-resolution 3-D camera on the next-generation Mars rover. The camera will be mounted atop Curiosity, the next mission to Mars, which is due for launch next year. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scaled back its plans in 2007 to mount... more »

• Captain Paul Watson to give free lecture in Colorado Springs

  April 21, 2010 4:52 PM

  Captain Paul Watson, star of Animal Planet' s show "Whale Wars" and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will speak on the importance of saving our ecosystem in a free lecture at Colorado College Thursday evening. He's described as a dynamic and passionate speaker on conservation and environmental... more »

• Willie Nelson in Colorado Springs this month

  April 8, 2010 10:32 AM

  Willie Nelson and Family will perform in concert at the Colorado Springs World Arena April 19. The Grammy Award-winning Nelson has sold millions of albums and downloads in his long career. He began as a songwriter, penning such classics as Crazy and Funny How Time Slips Away. While... more »