Author: The Associated Press

The former TV pitchman later made memorable appearances in “Poltergeist” and “Return of the Living Dead.” He died Tuesday at 94 in Los Angeles.

Justin Timberlake says he’s under doctor’s orders to postpone his Wednesday show at Madison Square Garden.

Rapper Nicki Minaj is being dragged to court for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission.

The Emmy-winning Grammer says his father was shot and killed, and he found out about his killer’s release through a tabloid.

The Oscar-nominated actor’s representative says Dern, 82, is in good spirits after being released from the hospital after a fall.

Local media say the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department arrested Todd Harrell on Friday on a charge of introducing narcotics into a correctional facility. Sheriff Mike Ezell says the drugs were found during a screening of the incoming mail to the jail.

A federal judge on Friday modified the bail conditions for Juelz Santana to allow him to play the first five shows of his upcoming 15-city nationwide tour. There’s a catch: His mom must accompany him, and he has to wear an electronic ankle bracelet.

White, 78, is known for such groundbreaking LGBT works as ‘A Boy’s Own Story,’ andO’Brien, 87, has written the novel ‘The Country Girls’ and more.