Top Entertainment Stories from the AP

• CNN names Piers Morgan as Larry King's replacement Sept. 8, 2010, 10:29 a.m. CDT

  NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says Piers Morgan of "America's Got Talent" will replace Larry King on the network's prime-time lineup in January. Morgan, a veteran journalist who hosts a popular interview program in Britain, will do a similar show for CNN. His selection as King's replacement had ...

• John Lennon's killer is again denied parole in NY Sept. 7, 2010, 7:46 a.m. CDT

  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — John Lennon's killer was again denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building. A parole board decided not to release Mark David Chapman after interviewing him Tuesday by teleconference at Attica ...

• Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue up for Booker Prize Sept. 7, 2010, 6:10 a.m. CDT

  LONDON (AP) — Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction's prestigious Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice. Carey's "Parrot and Olivier in America" — a U.S. odyssey inspired by philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville ...

• Danielle Staub leaving 'Real Housewives' Sept. 7, 2010, 12:49 a.m. CDT

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bravo is cleaning house. The network announced Monday that Danielle Staub, the fire-starter on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," would not be returning to the show. Throughout the tumultuous second season, Staub enraged Caroline Manzo, her sister-in-law Jacqueline Laurita and family friend Teresa Giudice, though Staub ...

• Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case Sept. 6, 2010, 9:39 a.m. CDT

  NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island ...

• Jerry Hall's art collection on auction block Sept. 6, 2010, 6:47 a.m. CDT

  LONDON (AP) — Model Jerry Hall plans to auction some of her art collection next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant, Sotheby's said Monday. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David Bailey and ...

• Fox: Kara DioGuardi departs 'American Idol' Sept. 3, 2010, 7:23 p.m. CDT

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol." Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been with the singing contest from the start, the last judge standing, for now. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are the reported front-runners for the ...

• Lennon still helping me, Yoko Ono says Sept. 3, 2010, 12:58 p.m. CDT

  LONDON (AP) — Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday. Ono visited Lennon's childhood home and school in northern England's Liverpool on ...

• Ne-Yo on T.I.: 'He makes a lot of poor decisions' Sept. 3, 2010, 10:18 a.m. CDT

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together. After T.I. was arrested in a drug case, Ne-Yo called him one of the smartest people in the music industry. "I just feel that he makes a lot of ...

• Brooks & Dunn end 20-year career at Nashville show Sept. 3, 2010, 7:06 a.m. CDT

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with their 1991 debut single, "Brand New Man," during the encore. The sold-out show was the final stop ...

• Lady A's Dave Haywood looking for CMA Awards date Sept. 2, 2010, 2:49 p.m. CDT

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum guitarist Dave Haywood still needs a plus-one for the CMA Awards. He tells The Associated Press that he asked his mom to go with him over Twitter, because "she loves Twitter for some reason." But it turns out she can't go. The group is ...

• Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest Sept. 2, 2010, 5:09 a.m. CDT

  After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall. The multiplatinum rapper starred in the nation's No. 1 movie, recently married his longtime girlfriend, taped a music special for VH1 and was wrapping up a new album ...

• Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove Sept. 2, 2010, 4:38 a.m. CDT

  TOKYO (AP) — Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea Shepherd said Friday. A town official said none were killed. The dolphin hunt at Taiji, documented in "The ...

• 6-month restoration ends of Van Gogh's "Bedroom" Sept. 2, 2010, 4:17 a.m. CDT

  AMSTERDAM (AP) — Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture. He pressed newspaper to the canvas to protect it from further deterioration, and later rolled it up ...

• Gunman shot as Discovery hostages planned escape Sept. 1, 2010, 6:10 p.m. CDT

  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff. After several hours ...

• Hilton banned from Wynn resorts after Vegas arrest Sept. 1, 2010, 2:20 p.m. CDT

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paris Hilton was banned Wednesday from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, and her boyfriend was dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a vehicle that police said reeked of marijuana. Wynn Resorts Ltd. spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne told The Associated Press that Hilton ...

• Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel Sept. 1, 2010, 12:57 p.m. CDT

  SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said. The ...

• Miranda Lambert tops CMA Awards with 9 nominations Sept. 1, 2010, 7:59 a.m. CDT

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miranda Lambert made history Wednesday morning when she was nominated for nine CMA Awards, the most for a female country music artist. She'll be celebrating with close friends Lady Antebellum and fiance Blake Shelton. Lady A earned the second most nominations with five and Shelton was ...

• CMA announces first round of nominees Aug. 31, 2010, 10:31 a.m. CDT

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miranda Lambert leads the first round of CMA Awards nominations with five, followed closely by Lady Antebellum with four and Zac Brown with three. Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins as well as newcomer Easton Corbin have two each. Lambert is competing against herself twice. "The House That ...

• 'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future Aug. 31, 2010, 4:35 a.m. CDT

  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation. "So y'all need to hide your kids, hide ...

• Lohan talks trial, talent, drug use in Vanity Fair Aug. 30, 2010, 11:20 p.m. CDT

  NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Lohan wants your respect. In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, the 24-year-old actress acknowledges making mistakes in the past and "dabbling in certain things." But in a July interview with the magazine before she served 14 days in jail followed by 23 days of inpatient ...

• Purse, cocaine not hers, Hilton told Vegas police Aug. 30, 2010, 12:36 p.m. CDT

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paris Hilton had an explanation for police: The rolling papers, $1,300 in cash and several credit cards were hers, but not the purse they were in. And definitely not the bag of white powder that fell out of it. Believing it to be cocaine, an officer ...

• French filmmaker Alain Corneau dies at 67 Aug. 30, 2010, 9:42 a.m. CDT

  PARIS (AP) — Alain Corneau, the French filmmaker who leapt to international notice with the 1991 hit "Tous les Matins du Monde," has died, his talent agency said Monday. He was 67. Artmedia agency said Corneau had been suffering from cancer and died overnight Sunday to Monday. Throughout a career lasting ...

• Car strikes gate outside Stephen King's Maine home Aug. 30, 2010, 8:31 a.m. CDT

  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a car rammed into the security gate outside Stephen King's home in Maine. Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards says 25-year-old Renee Harris of Alton told police that an oncoming car veered into her lane about 9 a.m. Sunday. She swerved and crash into ...

• Split personality for Emmy Awards Aug. 30, 2010, 2:51 a.m. CDT

  Emmy had a split personality this year. Television's annual awards show honored hot new broadcast comedies "Modern Family" and "Glee," while sticking with more familiar favorites from cable in drama. "Modern Family" won the Emmy for best comedy in its rookie season. The sweetly uproarious sitcom knit together a ...