"Good Morning America" cameras were there last week when co-host Robin Roberts underwent a bone marrow transplant. So were her colleagues Diane Sawyer and Sam Champion, wearing surgical masks and singing songs of encouragement. All of it was on the next day's show, along with a detailed interview with Roberts' doctor.
A visibly spent Roberts recorded a message to fans from a hospital bed that she could "feel the love." ABC News' website encourages people to "follow Robin's journey." Followers are pitched $5 wristbands to benefit a bone marrow registry, which her "Good Morning America" co-workers wear on TV.
Full StoryEveryone remembers their first kiss, but one 12-year-old boy will need no reminding: he went lip-to-lip with U.S. country singer Carrie Underwood on stage before a thousand cameraphones.
The Grammy-winning blond complied with his request after he held up a sign asking "Will you be my first kiss?" at a concert in Louisville, Kentucky at the weekend.
Full StoryIndian Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been named as an ambassador by the United Nations AIDS agency and will be tasked with raising awareness to prevent HIV among children.
One of Hindi cinema's most famous faces abroad, Rai Bachchan in her new role will be mainly advocating for the Global Plan, launched in June last year and focused on India and 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Full StorySarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have added a boy to their brood.
Publicist Leslie Sloane says the baby was born in Los Angeles. His name and details of the birth weren't released.
Full StoryViewers of Katie Couric's talk show were doubtless surprised on Monday when, during the discussion of eating disorders, Couric disclosed that she had had her own struggles with that cruel, sometimes deadly condition.
"I wrestled with bulimia all through college and for two years after that," she said, describing the guilt she felt at eating a single cookie or chewing a stick of gum that wasn't sugar-free.
Full StoryHarry Potter author JK Rowling bids goodbye to the boy wizard on Thursday when she releases her first novel for adults, a gritty tale of poverty and politics in an idyllic English village.
With more than 450 million copies of the Potter books sold and fans feverishly excited about the British author's first major work since 2007, her new black comedy, titled "The Casual Vacancy", is already a guaranteed success.
Full StoryNewly single Heidi Klum might not stay that way for long: Her seafoam-green gown made waves on the Emmy red carpet with a plunging front, plunging back and slits up-to-there, leaving very little in the middle.
She was among the dazzling arrivals Sunday who made the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles awash in color.
Full StoryGiorgio Armani may have dazzled Milan fashion week with a series of glittering stellar creations, but Dolce & Gabbana pulled off the most innovative and fun look of the season with wicker bustiers.
The hotly-awaited Armani collection ranged from sleek silk suits in the brand's trademark subtle tones to a series of glittering eveningwear creations.
Full StorySpy thriller "Homeland" won best TV drama at the Emmy awards Sunday, ending retro cult show "Mad Men" four-year unbroken run, while "Modern Family" was named best comedy for the third straight year.
Election campaign film "Game Change," about John McCain's Republican running mate Sarah Palin's implosion in the doomed 2008 White House race, meanwhile won best mini-series or movie at U.S. television's annual awards show.
Full StoryHundreds of young Arabs joyfully screamed out obscenities, encouraged by the handsome, gay Lebanese lead singer at the concert in Jordan's capital. Police looked on worriedly. People outside asked what was going on.
It was a performance by the band Mashrou Leila, which uses a hybrid of velvety Lebanese slang and European instruments to address difficult, sometimes taboo issues of Middle Eastern societies. Lyrics of love and angst are intertwined with more difficult, sometimes taboo issues, with issues like poverty, premarital sex and homosexuality in this deeply homophobic region.
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