Updated: 12:05 PM Martin Sheen commanded the stage with his impassioned portrayal of an attorney arguing for gay-marriage rights

Updated: 6:41 PM Sevier County is looking towards Spring and Summer with open arms and a focused marketing plan to get people to vacation in the mist of high gas prices.

Updated: 8:00 AM We know him from his TV shows and appearances on David Letterman, but tonight Jack Hanna came home.

Updated: 11:02 AM Rich Middlemas took home an Oscar Sunday Night for "Undefeated." He helped produce the documentary feature that won the statuette.

Updated: 9:29 PM Looking for something weird to do this year? Try Dollywood. .

Updated: 11:36 PM The crowd was estimated as one of the largest to experience Fat Tuesday in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.

Posted: 2:59 PM Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars.

Posted: 2:01 PM Tyler Perry has had enormous success with his many film and TV projects. The actor, writer, director, and producer is the highest-earning man in all of entertainment, according to Forbes magazine.

Posted: 10:46 AM A black velvet dress that belonged to Whitney Houston and a pair of earrings she wore in "The Bodyguard" will be sold to the highest bidder next month.

Posted: 10:27 AM Gov. Chris Christie has strongly defended his decision to have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for Whitney Houston despite receiving emails and other messages disparaging the singer and criticizing him.

Updated: 10:21 AM They won't be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston's millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet.

Posted: 6:25 PM A California woman has been charged with trespassing on the property of country star Kenny Chesney.

Posted: 1:13 PM Actress Patricia Clarkson arrived in New Orleans Wednesday, setting the stage for the all-women Krewe of Muses parade to roll Thursday night.

Posted: 12:28 PM In Whitney Houston's hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died, there's not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for fans to pile flowers.

Posted: 4:02 PM Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records, claiming the company has not properly paid him for digital downloads, ringtones and other uses of his songs.

Posted: 2:29 PM Whitney Houston's family is asking that any donations in her memory be sent to the arts-focused public school in New Jersey that she attended as a child and that is now named after her.

Updated: 12:55 PM Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Phish will headline Bonnaroo this year, organizers announced on Tuesday.

Posted: 11:18 AM Whitney Houston's funeral will be Saturday in the church where she first sang as a child.

Updated: 12:00 AM An annual spring time event of music got a big financial boost on Monday.

Updated: 12:34 PM Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president.

Posted: 10:42 AM The Nashville Municipal Auditorium has announced that Bobby Brown will not perform with New Edition a day after his ex-wife Whitney Houston was found dead.

Posted: 2:08 PM Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow."

Posted: 2:18 PM Naomi Watts says it's an "honor" to play the late Princess Diana in "Caught in Flight," a movie about the royal's final two years.

Updated: 12:35 PM Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.

Posted: 10:39 AM Heather Mills, the former model who was once married to Paul McCartney, testified forcefully Thursday that there was no doubt her phone had been hacked by a U.K. journalist.