Updated: 7:11 AM On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired.

Posted: 5:38 AM Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia because police worry her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the country's youth.

Posted: 5:32 AM Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll.

Posted: 5:26 PM Spradlin visited the daytime talk show to claim her $1 million prize. When asked what she plans to do with the money, the 29-year-old winner said she never had a "ton of money".

Posted: 12:43 PM The rapper has announced a two-day music festival in Philadelphia. It'll feature nearly 30 acts "that embody the American spirit" across three stages at Fairmount Park on Sept 1. and Sept. 2, which is Labor Day weekend.

Posted: 12:19 PM Crews will be at the downtown Tutwiler Hotel on Monday to film scenes for the film "42," and they will move to the city's Rickwood Field baseball park on Tuesday.

Updated: 4:47 PM WIVK and Ray Varner Ford have come up with a unique way to give away a truck. "Survive it to Drive it."

Updated: 11:37 PM Dolly Parton welcomed in the 27th year of the park named after her. Alan Williams sat down with her for a candid one on one conversation.

Posted: 3:34 PM Shocking or no big deal? A woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son is the cover photo of this week's Time magazine for a story on "attachment parenting," and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.

Posted: 9:49 AM Country Music Hall of Fame member Loretta Lynn is taking her life story to Broadway, and she has tapped film and TV actress Zooey Deschanel to play her on stage.

Posted: 9:45 AM The Grammy Award-winning singer's lawyers contend they were within their rights to opt out of the deal because Gate Five didn't have its financing in place.

Posted: 9:50 AM Two weeks of expert witnesses, grisly crime-scene photos and tearful testimony by Jennifer Hudson culminates Wednesday in closing arguments at the trial of the man accused of killing three of her relatives.

Posted: 9:32 AM Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday.

Posted: 9:24 AM It's known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models and even a few star quarterbacks putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala.

Posted: 10:30 AM The untimely death of the game-changing rock `n' roll guitarist is a central theme in Gregg Allman's life and a big part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member's new memoir, "My Cross to Bear."

Posted: 10:23 AM It's by far the biggest opening ever, shooting past the previous record of $169.2 million for the debut of last year's "Harry Potter" finale.

Posted: 4:02 PM "The Avengers" launched domestically early Friday with $18.7 million from midnight screenings. That puts it at No. 8 all-time for midnight debuts, just behind the $19.7 million start for "The Hunger Games" in March.

Posted: 3:37 PM The newly formed Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame's first inductions include names that are nationally recognized along with announcers who are longtime local voices.

Posted: 3:18 PM Adam "MCA" Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died Friday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, the band's publicist said.

Posted: 11:02 AM Demi Moore is no longer (at)mrskutcher, in real life or on Twitter.

Posted: 5:01 PM After popping up in cameos during the credits of Marvel films as the authoritative, eye-patch-wearing Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson steps fully into his role as the head of peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D. in "The Avengers."

Updated: 12:10 PM Carrie Underwood played a full set on Tuesday night's Live on Letterman from the Ed Sullivan Theater. Watch the full concert.

Posted: 10:23 AM The low-tech musical "Once" based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician and vacuum cleaner repairman in Dublin got a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

Posted: 5:10 PM The Theatre Development Fund, a nonprofit organization focused on providing access to live theater, bought all 1,797 seats for Sunday's matinee and offered reduced price tickets to families with an autistic member.

Posted: 5:06 PM International Jazz Day was launched in Paris on Friday by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in partnership with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, of which Hancock is chairman.