NEW YORK (AP) – Jeremy Piven played second banana to his friend John Cusack until his recent breakthrough in HBO’s “Entourage,” winning an Emmy Award last year for his role as sharklike agent Ari Gold.Now Piven and Cusack, who studied acting at Chicago’s Piven Theatre Workshop, which was run by Piven’s parents, appear to be […]

PARIS (AP) – Angelina Jolie says she was horrified by attacks on Madonna about her adoption of a toddler from Malawi, but suggested the pop singer took a risk because of the African country’s adoption laws, a French magazine reported.“Madonna knew the situation in Malawi, where he was born,” the 31-year-old actress was quoted as […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Paris Hilton pleaded not guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor drunken driving charges following her arrest last fall for allegedly weaving around a Hollywood street in her Mercedes-Benz.Hilton, 25, wasn’t required to be in Superior Court. Her attorney entered the pleas on her behalf to one count each of driving under the influence […]

Dave Matthews makes ‘House’ call Grammy winner Dave Matthews will make his TV-acting debut later this season, playing a piano prodigy on Fox’s “House.”The leader of the Dave Matthews Band will play a character named Patrick, who suffered an accident as a child that left him with a severe neurological condition but also made him […]

Today Jan. 10: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003Jan. 10: LEWISTON, women musicians will gather every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Wisdom Center, 97 Blake St. 784-0155Jan. 10: NEWRY, the Dirty Sock Funtime Band will perform at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A legendary druglord with ties to the hip-hop industry was back on trial on Tuesday, charged in a federal death penalty case with paying $50,000 to have two rivals gunned down in 2001.The case against Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff “is about a man with the power and the will to get people […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The movie swashbuckler “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and its stars Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley led winners during Tuesday night’s 33rd annual People’s Choice Awards.Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Nickelback, Justin Timberlake, Eva Longoria and Patrick Dempsey were also favorites.“If it wasn’t for […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. paid Howard Stern an $82.9 million stock bonus Tuesday after the company beat a subscriber target set two years ago when it lured the star shock jock away from terrestrial radio.The bonus came one year after Stern started broadcasting his hugely popular and racy programming on satellite […]

NEW YORK (AP) – CNN Headline News and radio talk-show host Glenn Beck will join ABC’s “Good Morning America” as a regular commentator, ABC News said Tuesday.Beck’s radio show can be heard on 232 radio stations and XM satellite radio, and his television offshoot has boosted the ratings for CNN Headline News, where it airs […]

NEW YORK (AP) – It may feel like looking into the mirror for Bill O’Reilly and Stephen Colbert next week.The Fox News Channel host and Colbert, who has essentially based his comic character every evening on Comedy Central on him, will trade appearances on each other’s programs Jan. 18.“I’m really looking forward to speaking to […]