Fans delighted by DeGeneres' 'Idol' debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres hit the right notes with "American Idol" viewers....

Jay Leno ends his NBC prime-time experiment
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jay Leno ushered out one of television's biggest flops without sentiment on Tuesday, the final night of a prime-time experiment doomed by bad ratings and bad vibes....

For defense team, singer's fame may pose challenge
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's fame could pose a challenge for Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team as his lawyers fight an involuntary manslaughter charge against the physician in the singer's death....

Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53....

Obama says music fueled civil rights movement
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience....

Cruise suits up for `Mission: Impossible IV'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tom Cruise is starring in another impossible mission....

Vampire author Anne Rice set to release video book
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anne Rice is giving the video book a try....

MTV cancels Mexico airing of 'South Park' episode
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon's "South Park" cameo will have to wait....

Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, "Blame It."...

Lil Wayne NY sentencing put off for dental surgery
NEW YORK (AP) -- After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention....