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…

Captain America's latest foe is deadlier than the Red Skull: suicide.

The character armed with his trademark shield faces off against suicide in a new story that publisher Marvel Entertainment released Wednesday for free through its website and app.

The toll-free hotline for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is featured in the work, too.

The 11-page story "Captain America: A Little Help" is written by psychologist Tim Ursiny and illustrated by Nick…

Ten weeks after giving birth to 17 puppies, the Rhodesian Ridgeback mother is to be spayed while her cute offspring leave for new homes, the dog's owner said Thursday.

Ramona Wegemann said the 26-hour labor was very tiresome for the mother, Etana, and she does not want to endanger the dog's health with another pregnancy.

Wegemann said she had to personally feed the eight female and nine male puppies with a bottle filled with special milk for several weeks, because Etana's nine…

The 1993 killing of a man outside a housing complex was a cold case for years until a suspect appeared on detectives' doorstep last week.

Apparently haunted by his secret, once-promising rapper G. Dep walked into a police precinct to confess to the shooting, authorities said. The rapper is being held without bail after surprised investigators matched the details he provided to the unsolved slaying of John Henkel. Initially charged with murder, he was indicted Tuesday on a charge that…

Looking for the perfect mix tape for 2010? Well, surely others will disagree, but these 10 songs got our votes for the year's most entertaining, and we're betting they'll keep your attention for some time to come:

1. "When a Woman Loves," R. Kelly: An absolutely stunning love song with a pitch-perfect vocal performance that will send chills down your spine — for the right reasons.

2. "(Expletive) You," Cee Lo: This phrase might not be so offensive if everyone delivered…

What Betty White did in 2010 doesn't usually happen: an 88-year-old actress with more than six decades in Hollywood suddenly became the object of adulation of the Facebook-connected masses, which campaigned for her to host "Saturday Night Live," boosting the show's ratings and helping her set ratings records for her own show.

After a year remarkable for a star of any age, White has been voted the Entertainer of the Year by members of The Associated Press.

"It's ridiculous,"…

As her many fans know, Oprah Winfrey champions a few golden rules: Take charge of your life ... look beyond yourself to learn how others took charge ... always remember if you can dream it, you can do it.

Another Oprah principle the wise know to heed: Never bet against her.

That's a rule worth keeping in mind especially now, as the long-awaited OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network gears up for its premiere on New Year's Day.

The bold ambition of this venture would spark doubts if…

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.…

The Golf Channel is going for an earlier tee time.

The network said Friday it will introduce a weekday morning news show starting Jan. 3. Golf will be the focus for "Morning Drive," but hosts Erik Kuselias (kuh-SEEL'-ee-us) and Gary Williams will also briefly fill duffers in on general news and weather.

Programming chief Tom Stathakes (stuh-THAY'-kuhs) says the show will be reminiscent of MSNBC's "Morning Joe." He says he wished the Golf Channel had created the morning show…

When Ron Isley talks about the three years he spent in prison for tax evasion, there's no bitterness or anger in his voice: At times, there almost seems to be a bit of nostalgia.

"I made a lot of friends. I was treated like a king. I had all of the respect that one would want. And it's a part of that that I miss — when I say I miss, I miss the people that I met," said the 69-year-old with the golden tenor.

"When I first went in there, there were 300 people there and those 300…

Time will soon indeed stand still for the drama "Time Stands Still" on Broadway.

Producers say the show will end its run when stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian and Christina Ricci leave as scheduled on Jan. 30. It will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances.

The play, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan, has enjoyed runs at two Broadway theaters. It is produced by the Manhattan…

The makers of the latest blockbuster based on C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia" books admit they departed significantly from the source material, but believe the changes made for a better film.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" hits movie theatres this week in the key U.S. and British markets, and much is riding on the third installment of the franchise.

The action-packed, effects-laden 3-D film follows Lucy and Edmund Pevensie and their surly…

LimeWire -- one of the world's biggest outlets for people to share music, movies and TV shows free of charge over the Internet -- said it would be shutting down by the end of the year and closing its sole office in New York.

In October, a U.S. federal judge granted the music industry's request to shut down the popular LimeWire file-sharing service, which had been found liable for copyright infringement.

"As a result of our current legal situation, we have no choice but to wind…

Jeneane Marie Cranert boasts of touring Europe with the Funk Brothers and Tito Jackson and warming up the stage over the years for such stars as Frank Sinatra, Liberace and Wayne Newton.

It sounds glamorous, only Cranert is telling the story from beneath the covers of her bed, where a bone disease has confined her for weeks because she doesn't have health insurance and can't afford hip replacement surgery.

The 53-year-old singer's face is bloated, her speech punctuated by…

Hollywood scribe Nikki Finke, the founder of the Deadline Hollywood news site, is in a trademark tangle with the operator of a website called Deadline Hollyweird.

One problem: Finke and her lawyers have no idea who is running the Hollyweird site, which describes itself as "a Los Angeles-based news and gossip organization dedicated to exposing the truth about Hollywood talent agencies, celebrities and the movie studios & television networks."

Mail.com Media Corp., parent of…

Actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston on Tuesday announced the birth of their third child, a baby boy born nearly two years after the death of their 16-year-old son Jett.

The baby, named Benjamin, was born at a hospital in Florida on Tuesday evening weighing more than 8 lbs (3.6 kg), according to a statement from Travolta's publicist.

"John, Kelly and their daughter Ella Bleu are ecstatic and very happy about the newest member of the family. Both mother and baby are…

Harry Potter is on the way to his biggest magic act yet.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" conjured up $61.2 million domestically in its first day, positioning it for the best opening weekend ever for the series about the young wizard.

Friday's haul puts "Deathly Hallows" on track to shoot past the franchise's previous high, a $102.7 million opening weekend for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in 2005.

"Deathly Hallows" lands at No. 5 on the box-office…

Mainstream online video destinations don't do enough to keep explicit content from kids, the Parents Television Council said in a report released Wednesday.

The advocacy group, which monitors decency issues, evaluated the child appropriateness of four online video portals: Hulu, Comcast's Fancast, AOL's Slashcontrol and AT&T's U-verse. None received a better grade than a D.

The study looked at home pages and 602 videos over a three-week period. The council found that…

Patti Smith is a literary star.

The singer-poet's memoir about life in New York City in the 1960s, "Just Kids," won the National Book Award for nonfiction. "Just Kids" is a bittersweet look back at her deep friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and at a revolutionary time in the country.

A tearful Smith, 63, recalled working decades ago at a Scribner's bookstore and stacking up the National Book Award winners, wondering if she would ever receive such a…

Apple said on Tuesday single Beatles albums are available for purchase and download on iTunes for $12.99 each.

Other highlights:

* Says double albums available for $19.99 each and individual songs for $1.29 each

(Bangalore Equities Newsroom.)