Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol." The 24-year-old event coordinator from Amarillo, Texas, was the first finalist eliminated from the ninth season

Singer and sometimes actress Jessica Simpson has paid the price of beauty, and now she's examining people's obsession with looking good.

Tim Urban couldn't get any satisfaction on "American Idol." The judges dismissed Urban's reggae rendition of "Under My Thumb" during a night of Rolling Stones

Charlie Sheen is back at work and shooting has resumed on "Two and a Half Men."

Betty White's dance card continues to fill. The legendary comedian-actress has signed to co-star in the TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland."

Former world heavyweight champ Mike Tyson will take flight on Animal Planet with a new sport — pigeon racing.

The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shooting nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole is facing sentencing in a Los Angeles

Writer-comedian Carol Leifer is the first person to go as NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" starts a new season.

Madonna doesn't think a wife should withhold sex from a sloppy husband.

Teen power won out on "American Idol" as Katie Stevens claimed a place in the top 12 while a more experienced singer got the ax.
 

Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Elizabeth Dole are joining 250 veterans at the World War II memorial in Washington to honor their service.

Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O'Brien is taking his act on the road.

Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS'