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Lauren Conrad working on her next book.

The painting was purchased by Bullock's agents at Thursday's amfAR gallery.

In a year already colored by rare natural events, including an earthquake and a strike from Hurricane Irene, New York could receive an all-time record snowfall for the month of October on Saturday, according to forecasts.

Allen Gregory, brought to life by Superbad actor Jonah Hill, debuts on Fox this Sunday telling of a pretentious boy named Allen Gregory, who struggles to adapt to public school after his family loses all its money.

The British singer is to have surgery for her recent throat problems.

One passenger's death is potentially suspicious

Suggestions include hipster cop, Tim Tebow and pig in a blanket.

Steve Martin book of tweets coming out next year.

On Thursday night, MTV aired the first new episode of Beavis and Butt-Head in 14 years. So what would the duo think if they were watching the show on TV?

Actor Ralph Fiennes has blamed social networking sites like Twitter for eroding the English language.games, utorrentpirate bay, utorrent

Salma Hayek has been many things: movie star, director, producer, wife and mother. On Friday, she adds clawless and lawless to that list as the fierce, female heroine Kitty Softpaws in new animated film, Puss in Boots.

Placido Domingo appeared at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden late Thursday both as a tenor and in his new guise as a baritone.

Spanish singer Placido Domingo marked his 40th anniversary at London's Royal Opera House with a gala concert late Thursday that was greeted with one of the longest and loudest curtain calls the venue has seen in years.

Michael Jackson was dependent on a painkiller that he received in large, regular shots, along with Botox treatments, in the months before his death, a Los Angeles court heard on Thursday.

Actor Charlie Sheen, fired from his previous role on TV's Two and a Half Men, will return to television in summer 2012, in his new Anger Management on FX, the network announced on Thursday.

Ay Carumba! Bart Simpson better watch out because there's a new kid on Fox competing for attention of TV fans on Sunday nights.

First, Lady Gaga wore a dress made of meat. Now, how about one made of lettuce?

Project Runway announced the Season 9 winner on the finale Oct. 27. The winner of the cycle is Anya Ayoung-Chee.

Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan has been arrested for the second time in a week after he reportedly violated the terms and conditions of his release from jail.

Michael Ellsberg IB Times interview.

The new Beavis and Butt-Head proves the old adage is true: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Many buildings in the old city of Suakin in the Red Sea state along the Red Sea are being restored in a bid to attract tourism to the state.

Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley underwent successful surgery for recurring vocal cord issues.

Actor Charlie Sheen, fired from his previous role on TV's Two and a Half Men, will return to television in summer 2012, in his new Anger Management on FX, the network announced on Thursday.

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Edwin Boyd, the bank-robber movie that won Best Canadian First Feature at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

Besides being the familiar appellation for a potent alcoholic liquor, the word rum can also mean -- it's a colloquial Briticism -- that something is a little off, a tad peculiar.

Two labor groups say that satellite radio company SiriusXM is proposing a blatantly anti-artist and anti-union deal that would make it difficult for artists to recoup their royalties.

Two labor groups say that satellite radio company SiriusXM is proposing a blatantly anti-artist and anti-union deal that would make it difficult for artists to recoup their royalties.

Paramount Pictures is laying off about 120 people in a reorganization of its global theatrical division, the company announced Thursday.