Posted: 5:49 AM A public funeral will be held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville for country music superstar George Jones, who died Friday at the age of 81.

Posted: 5:46 AM Celebrities are joining the opposition to an animal abuse bill in Tennessee that is waiting for the governor's signature.

Posted: 11:05 AM Rodney Allen Rippy was just 3 in 1972, when he became the toast of a generation as the pint-sized TV pitchman for the Jack In The Box fast-food chain.

Updated: 11:17 PM George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died.

Posted: 9:56 AM Reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, though the bigger star of the show might have been the one who wasn't there: The late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera.

Updated: 9:53 AM The Laos adventure "The Rocket" and the Afghanistan War documentary "The Kill Team" have taken top honors at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Posted: 9:52 AM The series would reinvent the horror-comedy franchise that began with the original release in 1996 and spawned three sequels, the most recent in 2011.

Posted: 7:17 AM Gwyneth Paltrow says she's thrilled to be picked by People magazine as "World's Most Beautiful Woman" for 2013 but it's "obviously not true."

Posted: 7:16 AM Neil Diamond is donating this week's sales from "Sweet Caroline" after the tune became a source of comfort following the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Posted: 7:14 AM Sambol is now parting with 13 of his Wyeths — six by Andrew, six by Jamie, and one by N.C. Christie's auction house, which is selling the works May 23, says it is one of the largest collections of Wyeths it has ever sold.

Posted: 7:13 AM After waiting nearly a year for this month's premiere some viewers have expressed disappointment with the new season. Speaking ahead of a "Mad Men" panel event at the Paley Media Center

Posted: 7:11 AM Instead of being concerned about the release of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" so soon after last week's Boston Marathon bombings, the cast says the film presents an opportunity for understanding.

Posted: 5:26 AM Country singer Billy Currington has been indicted in Georgia.

Posted: 1:11 PM Police say the 41-year-old bassist was speeding down Interstate 40 in his Cadillac CTS when he clipped the back of a pickup truck, causing a crash that killed the driver of the truck.

Posted: 9:41 AM Since directing "Garden State," Zach Braff has continually prepared music in an iTunes playlist titled, "For Next Movie."

Posted: 9:40 AM The 40-year-old actress tops the magazine's annual list of the "World's Most Beautiful," announced Wednesday.

Posted: 9:39 AM The longtime feud between late-night hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman is the stuff of legend and, apparently, so yesterday.

Posted: 9:37 AM It's even getting American studios to sanction alternative versions of films specially tailored for Chinese audiences, like "Iron Man 3," which debuts in theaters around the world later this week.

Updated: 9:35 AM NBCUniversal plans to begin construction this summer on a $1.6 billion, 25-year expansion of its Los Angeles-area theme park, offices and production facilities.

Posted: 8:41 AM The Puppy Bowl, a fixture on Animal Planet during the Super Bowl for nearly a decade, will have new competition next year from the Kitten Bowl, the Hallmark Channel announced this month.

Posted: 8:17 AM Of course, the crowd — which included the singer's friends, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, was roaring at pretty much anything connected to her all evening, as the legend of song and screen was honored

Posted: 8:16 AM Kim Kardashian says she's gotten more used to pregnancy, is more comfortable in her skin and is no longer feeling the aches and pains of expectant motherhood.

Posted: 8:14 AM A jury of six men and six women was accepted by both sides on Monday for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Michael Jackson against AEG concert promoters.

Posted: 7:46 AM The 28-year-old Olympic gold medalist-turned-reality TV star addressed the ups-and-downs of fame at the E! Network Upfront in New York on Monday.

Posted: 1:51 PM The bassist for the rock band 3 Doors Down remains jailed after being accused of driving under the influence and causing a fatal crash that killed a motorist in Nashville over the weekend.