Television
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'Frontline' follows young adults in a changing ChinaJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - "Young & Restless in China," the season finale of PBS' investigative series "Frontline," is scattershot by definition. It looks at the lives of nine young Chinese ci...
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Ludacris is busy building his resume
Jun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Ludacris is following the footsteps of P. Diddy and Jay-Z with a laundry list of projects, including a Web site, acting gigs and a show on the Planet Green n...
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It ain't easy being yellow: Words of wisdom from Big Bird
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- On the street, Caroll Spinney is a 74-year-old of modest proportions. On the job, transformed into Big Bird, he stands 8 feet 2 inches tall and is 6 years ol...
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Tim Russert warmly remembered on 'Meet the Press'
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tim Russert's chair was empty on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, two days after his unexpected death. But Russert was very much present on the full-hour tribute ...
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Voight to join "24" castJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Jon Voight has been cast as the villain on the upcoming season of the Fox drama "24." The seventh season kicks off in January, though Voight will make his first appearan...
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Cooter says he found new life after the bottle
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Ben Jones figures he drank 43,000 beers, 2,000 jugs of whiskey, wine, gin and vodka, and smoked pounds of pot in the 20 years he was out of control. "I'd w...
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Musicians union sues 'Idol' producers
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A musicians union has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of "American Idol," claiming musicians were underpaid because the show's live music wa...
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Prime-time U.S. Open TV should be Father's Day treatJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Golf in prime time worked for the Skins Game, more or less, but will it work for the U.S. Open? This, after all, is the major championship that didn't even allow play on...
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Chicagoan wins 4th season of 'Top Chef'
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It took four seasons, but a woman finally took the top spot on Bravo's "Top Chef." Stephanie Izard, a 31-year-old, mild-mannered chef from Chicago, beat out ...
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Heigl says she doesn't deserve an Emmy -- 'Grey's' wasn't so good
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Katherine Heigl won't be chewing her manicure at this year's Emmy ceremony: She says she didn't seek a nomination because "Grey's Anatomy" failed to deliv...