Associated Press     2/13/2012 12:30 AM   

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut. Five photos of the 1-month-old were posted by her parents - Beyonce and Jay-Z - on a page at the blogging service Tumblr. The pictures ...

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY   Associated Press   2/13/2012 12:30 AM   

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Don Cornelius was cremated at a private service attended by family and family who were led in prayer by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the "Soul Train" founder's family announced Friday. Jackson led the gathering in prayer during the s ...

Associated Press     2/12/2012 12:33 AM   

NEW YORK (AP) -- The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82. Breck died Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after a long illness, his wife, Diane, announced on the ...

By RYAN PEARSON   ASsociated Press   2/12/2012 12:31 AM   

ANGELES -- Douglas Trumbull is nearly 70, but the special effects whiz behind space classics like "2001: A Space Odyssey" said he's launching a new phase in his filmmaking career. Trumbull is being honored with a special achievement Oscar at the A ...

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6. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult) 7. "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press) 8. "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 9. "Private: Number 1 Suspect" by James Patters ...

By MICHELLE WIENER   Associated Press   2/12/2012 12:31 AM   

"Tribulations of the Shortcut Man" (Scribner), by p.g. sturges: At the start of p.g. sturges' follow-up to last year's "Shortcut Man," Dick Henry - the guy people call to fix things when legal recourse is either exhausted or out of the question - is ...

By JEFF AYERS   Associated Press   2/12/2012 12:31 AM   

"Catch Me" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner: If you knew the exact date and time of your death, what would you do? "Everyone has to die sometime. Be brave." In Lisa Gardner's latest D.D. Warren thriller, "Catch Me," Charlene Grant is terrified that her de ...

By LOU KESTEN   Associated Press   2/10/2012 12:30 AM   

In game six of the 2004 American League Championship Series, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling beat the New York Yankees despite playing on an injured ankle - one that bled so badly that Schilling's victory became known as the "bloody sock" game. ...

By FRAZIER MOORE   Associated Press   2/10/2012 12:30 AM   

NEW YORK -- Lana Parrilla, whose dual roles on the fantasy drama "Once Upon a Time" include the fearsome Evil Queen, wasn't satisfied just knowing her character was evil. "You can also see she's a tortured soul," says Parrilla, "and I made a very c ...

By MARY FOSTER   Associated Press   2/9/2012 11:17 AM   

NEW ORLEANS — A new generation of parades is hitting the streets of New Orleans for Mardi Gras, and they're throwing away old traditions of big, glitzy floats and celebrity kings and queens for smaller, greener and sometimes naughtier floats w ...

  Associated Press   2/9/2012 10:44 AM   

CLEVELAND -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with previously enshrined original lead singers. The Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the F ...

By MESFIN FEKADU   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:31 AM   

NEW YORK -- Chris Brown is known pop singer, a slick bedroom crooner and at other times, a Euro-flavored dance singer. But it's his rapping that has taken his career to new heights. With his hit single "Look at Me Now," Brown has dominated more tha ...

By MICHAEL MCCALL   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:31 AM   

Dierks Bentley, "Home" (Capitol Nashville) A banjo kicks off Dierks Bentley's new album "Home," recalling a backwoods sound prevalent on his previous, bluegrass-inspired album "Up on the Ridge." The similarities stop there. The bluegrass album g ...

By JOCELYN NOVECK   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:31 AM   

NEW YORK -- Can President Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago? Yes it can, says actress Scarlett Johansson - even if it's one designer tote bag at a time. Johansson, dressed in a black-and-sheer Stella McCartn ...

By RYAN NAKASHIMA   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:30 AM   

LOS ANGELES -- The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is getting support from companies that are willing to go green. With a host of commercial tie-ins - albeit for eco-friendly products - Universal ...

By CHARLES WILSON   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:30 AM   

INDIANAPOLIS -- The company that built the stage ahead of last summer's deadly Indiana State Fair collapse appeared to be indifferent to safety standards, the state Department of Labor said Wednesday. The agency cited Mid-America Sound Corp. with t ...

By DAVID GERMAIN   Associated Press   2/9/2012 12:30 AM   

There's little mystery about "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." This 3-D sort-of sequel wears its formula-for-dollars purpose with pride, delivering a dash of cinematic nonsense that represents Hollywood calculation at its shrewdest and most shame ...

By MATT MOORE   Associated Press   2/8/2012 12:31 AM   

PHILADELPHIA -- It's a familiar tale: Science genius, smart girlfriend, her hot-shot brother and a football-player-turned-accomplished-pilot travel to space, get bombarded by cosmic rays and come back a foursome with fantastic powers. But it's a st ...

By DAVID GERMAIN   Associated Press   2/8/2012 12:31 AM   

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- George Clooney said the best thing about Academy Awards nominations is not necessarily the prizes. It's hanging with old and new friends. At the annual Oscar nominee luncheon Monday, Clooney said he's made new pals on the a ...

By DERRIK J. LANG   Associated Press   2/8/2012 12:31 AM   

LOS ANGELES -- "The Amazing Spider-Man" dropped in on hundreds of fans Monday. Sony Pictures teased the latest incarnation of the web-slinging superhero, which doesn't arrive in U.S. theaters until July 3, at preview events held Monday at movie the ...