CULTURE

ObamaVision -- the term coined by the media to sum up President Barack Obama's pledge to bring hope and change to America -- was on Wednesday deemed the most influential English word from television in 2009.

John Travolta frantically tried to save his son by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the actor told a Bahamian court on Wednesday in the trial of two people accused of attempting to extort $25 million from him.

Actress Mackenzie Phillips said in a memoir published on Wednesday that she had an incestuous affair for years with her father John Phillips, the late singer with 1960s band The Mamas & the Papas.

Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing dashed speculation on Wednesday that he once had an affair with Lady Diana, saying his novel about a romance between a French leader and a British princess was pure fiction.

Actor John Travolta acknowledged Wednesday that his son Jett, 16 who died in January, had autism and suffered from a seizure disorder.

So you're moving from the United States to another country and the most important thing you can think of is how you can watch the new season of American Idol?

A blockbuster sci-fi movie which caricatures Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals and a Sony PlayStation advert which implies they are fraudsters have infuriated a government battling to improve the country's image.

Chynna Phillips, the half sister of actress Mackenzie Phillips, says she is telling the truth about an incestual relationship with their father, John Phillips.

Actress Mackenzie Phillips revealed that she had a sexual relationship with her father, John Phillips, the founder of The Mamas and the Papas band of the 1960's.

As U2 wraps the 2009 dates of its groundbreaking 360 world stadium tour, the band is expected to gross about $300 million and sell about 3 million tickets to fewer than 50 shows.

It's always a challenge to say specifically what makes a TV comedy outstanding, but, as Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography 45 years ago, I know it when I see it. When it comes to Modern Family, you will, too.

Disney's imminent re-release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D has many wondering if others will tap their film libraries for extra-dimensional opportunities, but it appears less a matter of if than when.

Before committing yourself to ABC's new hour comedy-drama Eastwick, try to turn off your brain. Forget the 1987 movie and its four big stars; forget that Charmed ran for eight seasons; forget that TV translations in 1992 and 2002 of the same source material died early. Once you're into it, try to forget the two boob and one vibrator jokes that materialize during the first five minutes.

Cougar Town is a place dreamed up by Bill Lawrence, the man who also helped give the world many excellent episodes of Scrubs. Courteney Cox, the woman who gave the world many amusing moments on Friends, is the star of ABC's Cougar Town. Their television marriage could have worked.

Megan Fox's black leather motorcycle costume, a 17-foot-tall robot and more than 100 other props, costumes and set pieces from the Transformers movie franchise are going up for auction near Los Angeles next month.

Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones will make her Broadway debut in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, producers said on Tuesday.

The 234th season of Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Theater opened Tuesday with chaos, tragedy, betrayal and strife.

A pharmacist asked to provide powerful medications for late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith described the combination of drugs as a prescription for pharmaceutical suicide and refused to fill the order, according to court documents released on Tuesday.

Actress Heather Locklear, who played a scheming advertising executive in 1990s drama Melrose Place, is reprising the role in the new version of the show, the CW television network said on Tuesday.

Mackenzie Phillips will reveal an explosive family secret she has kept for 31 years to Oprah in an exclusive interview to be aired on Wednesday.

Former model Anna Nicole Smith was prescribed with pharmaceutical suicide by psychiatrists, a pharmacist said according to court documents obtained, the L.A. Times reported Tuesday.

His fans call classical virtuoso Murray Perahia the poet of the piano, but he very nearly became a silent one.

News agency Agence France Presse and two photographers sued NFL star Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen over an incident in which they allege the couple's bodyguards fired on the photographers.

Documents and personal letters from world leaders provide a glimpse of the back drop to key historical events and a new exhibit highlights several from the defining event of the 20th century -- World War Two.

Chess legends Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov reignite one of the greatest rivalries in the history of chess this week with a re-match of their classic 1984 world championship contest.

The world financial crisis is an opportunity, allowing more creative ideas to come about, Italian designer Donatella Versace said, adding consumers wanted to be stimulated at this time.

The date Kevin Jonas will wed his girlfriend, Danielle Deleasa, is not yet set but he knows who will be his best men -- his younger brothers Joe and Nick.

The pairings for the next season of Dancing With the Stars were announced Tuesday. The ninth season which premiered Monday on ABC will feature former congressman Tom DeLay, rockstar Kelly Osbourne and Iron chef star Mark Dacascos, among others.

Animated children's movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, topped the box office over the weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday.