Review: `The First Grader' hits feel-good notes (AP)

Review: `The First Grader' hits feel-good notes (AP)
Justin Bieber visits victims of Japan earthquake
'American Idol's' Final 3 Compete, But Who Fell On Stage?
Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances (AP)
Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances
Bad Religion frontman to teach Evolution at Cornell
Private Practice Finale Scoop: Who Is Addison's New Mystery Man?
Michael Jackson's dad promotes branded perfumes
Parks and Recreation Finale: Will Ben and Leslie Heat Things Up? And Where's Tom Going?
Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances (AP)
At Cannes, record number of women filmmakers competing for top festival prize - Washington Post
Rosie Perez sues producers of 'Law & Order: SVU' (AP)
Rosie Perez sues producers of 'Law & Order: SVU' (AP)
Shriver joins Oprah's star-studded farewell
Grey's Anatomy's Season Finale: Meredith's Misdeed Tears Seattle Grace Apart
Cash-starved Philly Orchestra asks public to help (AP)
‘Cougar Town’: Fear the chalk children
`Taxi' star Jeff Conaway hospitalized in a coma (AP)
'Fast Five' continues to lead the race overseas (AP)
`Taxi' star Jeff Conaway hospitalized in a coma (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT

AP - "The First Grader," based on the true story of a Kenyan man who goes to school for the first time at age 84, hits all the feel-good notes you expect it to hit. Adversity is overcome and forgiveness is granted, lessons are learned and hearts are warmed.

Justin Bieber visits victims of Japan earthquake

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT

Justin Bieber met with victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo on Wednesday. He wished nine students from the hardest hit areas of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima a brighter future and invited them to his upcoming shows in Japan. (May 18)

'American Idol's' Final 3 Compete, But Who Fell On Stage?

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:46 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- "American Idol" really is anyone's game.

Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:23 PM PDT

AP - The lights aren't out for Scotty McCreery on "American Idol."

Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:28 PM PDT

AP - The lights likely aren't out for Scotty McCreery on "American Idol."

Bad Religion frontman to teach Evolution at Cornell

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Greg Graffin, frontman for punk rock stalwarts Bad Religion who obtained a PhD in zoology from Cornell University and recently published the science memoir "Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God," will teach Evolution at the ivy league university this fall.

Private Practice Finale Scoop: Who Is Addison's New Mystery Man?

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Just as Addison (Kate Walsh) and Sam's relationship has fallen apart on Private Practice, a mystery man enters the picture with a very tempting proposition for Addison.

Law & Order alum Benjamin Bratt discusses playing the new guy and what he might have to offer. "He is...

Michael Jackson's dad promotes branded perfumes

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Reuters - An impromptu press conference called on the sidelines of this year's Festival de Cannes for the Jackson Family Foundation, saw Joe Jackson, and a number of his associates, gather at the Playboy Mansion Tuesday for a brief meet with the press.

Parks and Recreation Finale: Will Ben and Leslie Heat Things Up? And Where's Tom Going?

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Oh yes, Ben and Leslie are getting it on.

In last week's episode, "Road Trip," both confessed their mutual like — and then Ben (Adam Scott) did something about it! But can they keep a lid on it after a kiss like that? Parks and Recreation boss Mike Schur says it won't be easy.

"It wasn't a tidy bow on the end of that episode. Now that they've expressed their feelings for each other, the question becomes, 'What do we do about it?'" he tells TVGuide.com...

Alaina, Reinhart fumble 'Idol' performances (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:23 PM PDT

AP - The lights aren't out for Scotty McCreery on "American Idol."

At Cannes, record number of women filmmakers competing for top festival prize - Washington Post

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:42 PM PDT

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Rosie Perez sues producers of 'Law & Order: SVU' (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT

AP - Academy Award-nominated actress Rosie Perez is suing the producers of television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," alleging she was injured during the filming of a 2009 episode in New York City.

Rosie Perez sues producers of 'Law & Order: SVU' (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT

Shriver joins Oprah's star-studded farewell

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:38 PM PDT

Maria Shriver, the TV journalist and Kennedy heiress, taped a farewell episode of the Oprah show the same day it was revealed her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had fathered a child with a woman on his household staff more than a decade ago. (May 18)

Grey's Anatomy's Season Finale: Meredith's Misdeed Tears Seattle Grace Apart

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:25 PM PDT

A shooter may not be rampaging through Seattle Grace, but that doesn't mean there won't be casualties in the season finale of Grey's Anatomy. This time, however, it's the doctors' relationships that end up on life support — and may even flatline.

"Last year, the finale was about something external coming in and forcing our characters to cling to one another for dear life," Sarah Drew tells TVGuide.com. "This finale is about something internally that implodes and ends up breaking relationships and tearing people apart."

Shonda Rhimes on the Grey's Anatomy finale: No gunmen, more growth

Who's to blame? Well...

Cash-starved Philly Orchestra asks public to help (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:43 PM PDT

AP - The financially troubled Philadelphia Orchestra is kicking off a new campaign aimed at rallying both classical music devotees and novices to support the ensemble by attending concerts and making donations.

‘Cougar Town’: Fear the chalk children

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:01 PM PDT

Much like the beginning of last week's episode of We Should Have Live Cougars On Cougar Town, Travis was still hanging out in the dark mourning the loss of Kirsten. He hadn't even been going to college. It was a Travisty. (See what I did there?) But breakups are hard. It took Jules a year

`Taxi' star Jeff Conaway hospitalized in a coma (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:26 PM PDT

AP - Jeff Conaway's manager says the former star of "Taxi" and "Grease" is in a coma following a drug overdose, possibly from pain pills.

'Fast Five' continues to lead the race overseas (AP)

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:37 PM PDT

AP - "Fast Five" has crossed the $400 million mark in global revenue as it yet again led the international box office race over the weekend with $44.5 million in 52 territories. The turbocharged heist drama pushed the pedal to the metal a month ago and never looked back.