Posted: 2:07 PM A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the Dixie Chicks by the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys killed in Arkansas 15 years ago.

Posted: 3:02 PM John Mellencamp's 14-year-old son has started a social networking campaign on Facebook that he hopes will get his rocker dad to quit smoking.

Posted: 3:31 PM Julie Andrews is to perform in London, 30 years after her last appearance on the British stage.

Updated: 2:54 PM Roman Polanski is still in a Swiss jail. It isn't clear whether the director has paid his full $4.5 million bail

Updated: 6:40 PM More people appear to be paying their credit cards on time.

Posted: 2:37 PM Spike TV says the action-adventure video game "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards.

Posted: 2:25 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show.

Posted: 2:49 PM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Library of Congress is awarding Paul McCartney its third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Posted: 2:20 PM The physician being investigated in Michael Jackson's death has reached an agreement in a separate child support case that will keep him out of jail.

Posted: 5:21 PM Movie fans are lining up for the end of the world, with the disaster tale "2012" hauling in $65 million domestically to debut at No. 1

Posted: 3:18 PM For anyone that may have missed the award show last night, the following is a list of the winners and the award they recieved at the 2009 CMAs!

Posted: 2:06 PM NEW YORK (AP) -- John King is replacing Lou Dobbs on CNN.

Updated: 1:58 PM Sony Pictures says "Michael Jackson's This Is It" has passed the $200 million mark at the box office worldwide.

Posted: 8:48 PM The man accused of extortion in the case of late night comedian David Letterman appeared in court today.

Updated: 2:08 PM Vampires are sucking up the most nominations for People's Choice Awards.

Updated: 1:34 AM If you didn't see many trick-or-treaters on Halloween, it might be because they were all trunk-or-treating at Living Hope Baptist Church.

Posted: 4:10 AM A public hearing on mountaintop removal coal mining is drawing intense interest and will be held in an exposition center that seats 5,000 people.

Updated: 3:46 PM Look out Madonna and Angelina Jolie -- pop star Elton John may be joining the ranks of A-list celebrities with adopted children.

Updated: 3:46 PM Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend.

Updated: 3:46 PM Movie fans have made fear their top destination at the weekend box office.

Updated: 3:46 PM A judge says Chris Brown must serve five years of probation and perform six months of community labor for beating Rihanna.

Updated: 3:46 PM The year's not even over, but Billboard already knows who its woman of the year is -- Beyonce

Updated: 3:46 PM The acclaimed sci-fi thriller "District 9" has given Hollywood a late-summer box office boost.

Posted: 8:14 AM Country singer LeAnn Rimes will help start a new tradition at this year's Kentucky Derby.

Posted: 12:50 PM The Fox network is making a reality show out of the troubled economy.