MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian actress Jessica Jacobs, who starred in the children's TV series "The Saddle Club," was buried today after being hit and killed by a train. She was 17. More than...

LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favour of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her tal...

NEW YORK - Taylor Hicks is going from "Idol" to "Angel." The "American Idol" alum will join the Broadway cast of "Grease" on June 6, playing Teen Angel in the revival of the popular musical. The gr...

MEXICO CITY - Colombian singer Shakira announced Thursday that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and American Howard Buffett will donate $200 million to a foundation that helps poor children in Latin Am...

MONTREAL - Quebec painter Claude Theberge died Thursday after a long illness. He was 73. "He was a man of great intellect and spirit," said Gilles Quenneville, a close friend. "One of the greatest ...

PHOENIX - Rapper DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanour animal cruelty charges. A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor at a brief court hearing Thursday. ...

LOS ANGELES - Warren Cowan, one of the last of the super publicists who helped make Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, has died. He was 87. Cowan, who handled the careers of stars from Joa...

TORONTO - The game only came out on April 29, but "Grand Theft Auto IV" still topped the Canadian sales chart for the month with a record 270,000 copies flying out of the stores. That number, which...

CANNES, France - It's an animated documentary - which is perhaps a contradiction in terms. Israeli director Ari Folman thought the unusual technique was the only way to tell his story of recovering...

TORONTO - The game only came out on April 29, but "Grand Theft Auto IV" still topped the Canadian sales chart for the month with a record 270,000 copies flying out of the stores. That number, which...