The Nielsen Co. says Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony was seen by almost 17 million TV viewers. It beat all network competition in its time period, slightly exceeding last year's audience for the film and TV awards show.According to time zone-adjusted Nielsen "fast national" figures released Monday, it was NBC's most-watched prime-time entertainment telecast in the 18-to-49 demographic since last year's Golden Globes.Carried by NBC from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, the program aired live in…See More

The original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning "God of Carnage" will reunite for a six-week run at the Ahmanson Theatre.Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden — together with director Matthew Warchus — are set to resume their darkly comic domestic battles from April 5 through May 15.The play, by "Art" playwright Yasmina Reza, is set in a gentrified section of Brooklyn where two married couples meet to sort out a playground fight between their sons. The meeting…See More

Universal's "Little Fockers," the latest installment in the successful comedy franchise that began 10 years ago, is set to bring home yet another No. 1 debut for Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and their reunited family of A-listers."Meet the Parents" was the seventh highest grossing release of 2000, earning $166.2 million in the wake of an October weekend debut of $28.6 million. Its sequel, 2004's "Meet the Fockers," switched to the holiday season and collected $46.1 million in its first weekend,…See More

A tally of serious onstage accidents on Broadway and off:• Nathan Lane fell through a trap door while starring in "The Frogs" at Lincoln Center in 2004 and missed a show with bruised and gashed legs.• Idina Menzel fractured a rib falling through a trap door in a 2005 performance of "Wicked" on Broadway.• Also in 2005, Christina Applegate broke her foot during out-of-town previews for "Sweet Charity."swing voters 2008…See More

Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King hangs up his famous suspenders Thursday, after a quarter of a century of interviewing the powerful and famous.The 77-year-old, who will be succeeded by former British journalist Piers Morgan, is finally retiring from "Larry King Live," the show he has presented on the Atlanta-based news network since 1985.Typically combining high politics with showbiz news and gossip, interviewees on his final shows this week have included Barbra Streisand and former…See More

Sherrill "Shaun" Nielsen, a gospel singer who performed with Elvis Presley, has died at age 68.Nielsen's publicist, Aaron Crisler, says Nielsen died Friday of lung cancer.Nielsen sang with Elvis on the Grammy-nominated song "Softly as I Leave You" and performed with a number of gospel groups over his career including the Singing Speer Family and Voice.Nielsen is survived by his wife Brenda Hall Nielsen. His funeral is scheduled for Thursday in Cullman, Ala.…See More

The New York City medical examiner's office says further tests are needed to determine what caused the death of a fashion designer who was found in an overflowing bathtub at an upscale hotel.Thirty-three-year old Sylvie Cachay, dressed in a black top and underwear, was found Thursday in a tub at the Soho House.The medical examiner's office performed an initial autopsy. It said Friday it has not been able to conclusively pinpoint the cause of death.Authorities were speaking to her boyfriend,…See More

Thomas Kail is having lunch in the theater district when his iPhone resting in the middle of the restaurant table starts buzzing. He casually looks down to check who's calling. It's Ben Affleck.Kail hits "decline."Then he laughs as his companion's eyes go wide.It turns out that the 33-year-old director is playing a joke: It wasn't Affleck on the phone at all. Kail was just using an app that simulates a call from whomever the user wants. He has delighted friends by refusing to answer calls from…See More

Time will soon indeed stand still for the drama "Time Stands Still" on Broadway.Producers say the show will end its run when stars Laura Linney, Brian d'Arcy James, Eric Bogosian and Christina Ricci leave as scheduled on Jan. 30. It will have played 16 preview performances and 126 regular performances.The play, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies and directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan, has enjoyed runs at two Broadway theaters. It is produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club.In…See More

Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old — like Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind" — than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images digitally could prove to be a fountain of youth for actors getting long in the tooth.In "Tron: Legacy," which opens Dec. 17, 61-year-old actor Jeff Bridges will play Kevin Flynn, at his natural age, and a computerized avatar called "Clu," who hasn't aged since around the time he was first created in…See More

Katy Perry loves a man in a uniform.The pop superstar met dozens of service members while working on the special "VH1 Divas Salute the Troops" this weekend near San Diego."There was a kid who I met backstage who was rather chatty, but adorable," Perry recalled. "He was really sweet. He was 19. He had such a good heart. He said, 'Yes, ma'am' to me. 'Yes ma'am!' I was like, 'O.K.! Yes, sir!'"A VH1 publicist estimated an audience of 27,000 attended nearly three-hour taping of the concert Friday…See More

It's a strange sheaf of documents for Florida's governor to have. The thick notebook describes how Jim Morrison discussed sex with a lamb he held on stage, ordered fans to "love your neighbor 'til it hurts" and later, at trial, defended his boozy singing to a prosecutor.But did the lead singer of The Doors show his genitals to the crowd at the 1969 concert in Miami, a charge on which he was famously convicted? Gov. Charlie Crist wants to posthumously pardon him of indecent exposure and…See More

John Travolta and Kelly Preston will have a new guest at their Thanksgiving table.A publicist says the couple welcomed a baby boy Tuesday in Florida. They named their new son Benjamin.The eight-pound, three-ounce boy was born at an undisclosed Florida hospital.Spokeswoman Samantha Mast said in a statement late Tuesday that the couple and their daughter, Ella Bleu, "are ecstatic and very happy about the newest member of the family." The statement says Preston and baby Benjamin "are healthy and…See More

More change is afoot for "American Idol," which will air on a different night for its upcoming 10th season.The Fox TV network said its hit singing contest will move from its longtime Tuesday and Wednesday night broadcasts to Wednesday and Thursday when it returns. Its season debut is Jan. 19.The switch means more big change for "American Idol," which is bringing in new judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez after the departures of Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi. Randy Jackson…See More

Robert Downey Jr. has officially left the orbit of "Gravity," the Alfonso Cuaron outer space survival thriller set up at Warner Bros.But those who need their Downey fix can turn their attention to 20th Century Fox's "How to Talk to Girls."Sources say that actor is circling the project, an adaptation of a book by a nine-year old boy revolving around advice on how to deal with the opposite sex.Downey, along with wife and producing partner Susan Downey, would also come aboard as one of the…See More

Apple said on Tuesday single Beatles albums are available for purchase and download on iTunes for $12.99 each.Other highlights:* Says double albums available for $19.99 each and individual songs for $1.29 each(Bangalore Equities Newsroom.)unemployment letter format les salutations en francais funky…See More

More than 40 broomstick-riding teams are competing in the two-day Quidditch world cup tournament in New York City.Long a fictional fixture of the Harry Potter novels and movies about teenage wizards, the sport features players who fly on broomsticks. But in real life, the rules have been adapted to a ground game for "muggles" — humans without magical powers.Teams from around the world that competed in a Manhattan park Saturday with rules similar to the sport created by J.K. Rowling in her…See More

Two dramas unfolding in a new world of global communications could emerge as front-runners at the Academy Awards.Director David Fincher's "The Social Network" is set in modern times as the founders of the Web site Facebook battle over their creation. Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech" takes place in the 1920s and '30s as Queen Elizabeth II's dad struggles with his speech impediment at a time when the royal family is counted on to voice reassurance through the new medium of radio."The Social…See More

Jill Clayburgh, the sophisticated Hollywood and Broadway actress known for portrayals of empowered women in a career spanning five decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated role of a divorcee exploring life after marriage in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," has died. She was 66.Her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe, said Clayburgh died Friday surrounded by her family at her home in Lakeville, Conn., after a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He said she dealt…See More