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A medical expert testified on Wednesday that Michael Jackson's doctor acted more like an employee than a physician by agreeing to give the pop star nightly doses of the potent anesthetic propofol to treat insomnia.

Jersey Shore's Ronnie and Sammi have broken up again, guys, and this time it's totally for real. Like that other time. And that other time. And...

Tuesday's Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas hit the ratings jackpot for CNN.

In addition to the usual lines we'll be hearing at the next Academy Awards show -- I'd like to thank the Academy, It's an honor just to be nominated, and all the other cliches -- there's a pretty good chance that something else will be heard at the Kodak Theater:

On Tuesday night's The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert released his personal assistant Siri on his iPhone 4S; Much to his dismay, Siri could not help him with his requests.

Renowned Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen said Wednesday he had recorded his first new album since 2004 and would release it next year.

Hit Off-Broadway play Peter and the Starcatcher, a prequel to the classic tale of Peter Pan, is making it to the Great White Way in 2012, its producers said on Wednesday.

It's been a whirlwind month, to say the least, for rapper T.I.

Rapper Soulja Boy has claimed he is innocent of drug and weapon charges after being arrested and freed on bail earlier this week in Atlanta, Georgia.

An angry Los Angeles judge on Wednesday revoked the probation for Lindsay Lohan because she failed to perform community service, and admonished the troubled actress for failing to treat her sentence seriously.

Jessica Alba stepped back onto the red carpet at the Clinton Foundation Gala looking as polished and pretty as ever.

Nearly 32 acts survived last week's Judges' Homes episodes and encounters with Simon Cowell, who will sort out the weak from the strong on The X Factor, TV's newest singing contest.

A concert DVD featuring Neil Young and a generation of music icons will launch this month with live screenings across the United States.

Law and Order: SVU actress Mariska Hargitay and her husband have adopted a baby boy just six months after doing the same with a baby girl, the actress told People Magazine on Wednesday.

The full cast of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice 5 outed themselves in New York Tuesday, as the new assemblage of competitors hit the mean streets to test their sandwich-making skills in what appeared to be a one of the show's competitions, Reality Blurred reported.

Norman Corwin, the award-winning writer and director of golden-age radio plays who was also Oscar nominated for his work in films has died of natural causes at home in Los Angeles. He was 101.

Grammy-winning gothic rock band Evanescence topped the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday with their latest self-titled album, Evanescence.

The Los Angeles Times' two-part series on the Kabbalah Center this week provides a fascinating look at the organization's rapid rise in popularity, its colorful founders, and its current tax issues.

Jurors in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor were shown a detailed video on Wednesday on the correct use of the drug that killed the singer -- a potentially damaging presentation that differed sharply from accounts of how the doctor cared for him.

Actress Ashley Greene slideshow.

An authority on the drug propofol testified at the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor on Wednesday that he wants to dispel fears about the anesthetic that led to the pop star's 2009 death.

Parody takes aim at notorious climate change skeptic

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and her husband, Peter Hermann, are proud parents of a newly adopted baby boy, Andrew Nicolas, according to People magazine.

The First Lady of France gave birth on Wednesday.

Britney Spears gets steamy with her real-life boyfriend, Jason Trawick, in the new racy and controversial “Criminal” video. In the video, Spears escapes her abusive British boyfriend and runs away with her real-life boyfriend, Jason Trawick. The two become partners in crime, unsurprising given the song's name Criminal.

For Ricky Gervais, making people laugh is part of his job description, but instead of having the disabled community guffawing, the comedian's latest round of Tweets has left them outraged.

Selena Gomez should be feeling safe by now, knowing that the Los Angeles Police is taking the recent death threat posed by a homeless stalker extremely seriously.

Halloween 2011 is just days away (it's on Oct. 31, for clarification) but there is still more than enough time to start a zombie movie marathon. But with so many out there, which ones are the best?

MC Hammer announced a new search engine at the Web 2.0 Summit