NEW YORK - Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Hollywood's other Paris has just birthed un bébé.
NEW YORK - It's hardly unusual for a singer to drop off the musical map. Declining album sales, drug habits, legal woes and other dramas have landed a multitude of chart-toppers on the "Whatever Happened To ..." list.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Travis Barker may have been released from Georgia's Joseph M. Still Burn Center last month, but his ongoing treatment is far from over.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - The latest installment of Heroes, "I Am Become Death," didn't just have an impact—it had a blast crater!
NEW YORK - The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life whether on a golf course or shuttling people around downtown Stockholm in a golf cart, as he did last year.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Halle Berry may be a mommy of a certain age, but the men's magazine Esquire says the Oscar-winning actress is still the Sexiest Woman Alive.
BEIJING - Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.
LOS ANGELES - Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor had surgery to repair a torn Achilles' tendon on Tuesday, a day after she said on "Dancing with the Stars" that she was dropping out of the competition.
LONDON - A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Life on Mars," a British cop show with a twist, has had two extreme makeovers.
PARIS (AFP) - French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the US vice presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini were like a couple of high schoolers last night at Elle's Women in Hollywood Tribute.
(Reuters) - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and EMI Records, the world's fourth largest music company, dropped copyright infringement lawsuits against the makers of a documentary that used the portion of the song "Imagine" without permission.
DEAR ABBY: The number of fires in the United States has declined over the years, and while that's encouraging, there is still a real cause for concern today. In 2007, eight in 10 people who died in a fire were killed in a home fire.
LOS ANGELES - Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue.
NEW YORK - You'd hardly know the Democrats have even chosen a presidential candidate, judging from late-night comedy monologues. It was Republican John McCain and oh, by the way his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, who claimed most of the jokesters' attention.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Aw, check it out. It's B. Spears looking hot and normal. Even her weave looks good.