Five years after being treated for breast cancer, "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts has a new health fight on her hands.
Roberts said Monday she is beginning chemotherapy treatment for myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia. She is expected to get a bone marrow transplant sometime this fall.
Full Story"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" and "Prometheus" leapfrogged a fairy tale to take the top spots in the North American box office charts over the weekend, industry figures showed Monday.
The animated "Madagascar 3," the third installment in the wildly popular franchise starring Ben Stiller about escaped New York zoo animals, opened with a bigger-than-expected $60.3 million debut, according to Exhibitor Relations.
Full StoryA new pan-Arab TV station that went on the air Monday courts viewers who see mainstream coverage of the political upheaval sweeping the Middle East as biased against the regimes in Syria and Iran and their close ally in Lebanon, the powerful Shiite militant group Hizbullah.
The Beirut-based station Al-Mayadeen, Arabic for The Squares, hopes to counter the influence of regional media heavyweights like Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, both funded by oil-rich Sunni Gulf Arab countries that have backed the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad. It also promises to support the Palestinian cause and all forms of "resistance" — a term in Mideast parlance usually used to describe Hizbullah and other groups that fight Israel.
Full StoryIt's a good thing that J.R. Ewing only shot himself in a mirror in the final episode of "Dallas" back in 1991. Now he can rejoin the rest of the gang for a revival of the cult TV series.
Larry Hagman, 80, who portrayed the greedy Texas oil baron from the outset, stars in the freshly-minted episodes that will start going out Wednesday on the TNT cable television channel.
Full StoryHollywood star Matthew McConaughey married his longtime girlfriend, Brazilian model Camila Alves, on Saturday evening, according to People magazine.
The couple tied the knot in a private ceremony in Texas before close friends and family, including their two young kids, with Alves taking the groom's last name to become Camila McConaughey, the actor's rep told the magazine.
Full StoryPop diva Lady Gaga suffered concussion when a dancer accidentally hit her on the head with a metal pole during her final New Zealand show, reports said Monday.
The U.S. artist was performing her hit "Judas" at Auckland's Vector Arena on Sunday night when the accident left her seeing stars, 3News reported.
Full StoryThe musical "Once," which tells a love story between a musician and an immigrant singer and pianist, was the big winner at this year's Tony awards ceremony in New York late Sunday, scooping a total of eight prizes.
"Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris won the Tony for best play and Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" won the awards for best revival play and best director of a play for Mike Nichols.
Full StoryReclusive singer Lauryn Hill said in an Internet posting Friday that she hasn't paid taxes since she withdrew from society to guarantee the safety and well-being of herself and her family.
The eight-time Grammy Award winner and South Orange, N.J., resident was charged this week with willfully failing to file income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. Federal prosecutors said she didn't pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007 from recording and film royalties.
Full StoryThe sole surviving member of the Bee Gees paid tribute to his brother and bandmate Robin Gibb at his funeral on Friday, mourning the loss of his "magnificent mind and his beautiful heart".
Barry Gibb said that legendary singer and songwriter Robin had finally been reunited with his twin brother and fellow Bee Gee Maurice -- who died in 2003 -- when he lost his battle with cancer on May 20, aged 62.
Full StoryA fire that broke out in Robert De Niro's Manhattan apartment has been extinguished.
A Fire Department spokesman said no residents were injured in the Friday afternoon fire on Central Park West. The fire was contained within an hour, and the cause was under investigation.
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