Entertainment

Nikki Blonsky's dad is in for a rather long layover...in police custody.

Lindsay Lohan is setting off another round of wedding-bell rumors.

Some wars just never end. No, not Iraq. We're talking about Star Wars. As long as there's a geek in an Imperial Storm Trooper costume, George Lucas will keep making more. After six movies (and an animated one in theaters this month), Lucas is bringing the galaxy far, far away to a television in your living room.

Taylor Swift just secured her high school diploma. Come this fall, expect her to be matriculating to the top of the charts.

Reality TV dingbat and self-proclaimed nonvoter Brooke Hogan is sort of like the Matthew McConaughey of Miami beaches.

Who knew Brad Pitt would turn out to be such a Bastard? (Besides Jennifer Aniston, that is.)

Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father. The 29-year-old crooner from Raleigh announced the birth of Parker Foster Aiken on his Web site's blog Friday. "No hyphens. One first name," he wrote. "One middle name. One last name."

Dick Clark is still Mr. New Year's Eve — but he'll be sharing the title with Ryan Seacrest.

Bernie Brillstein, a Hollywood talent agent, manager, producer and studio head who over half a century guided the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians and helped package a slew of TV and movie hits, has died. He was 77.

"Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead.

Katie Holmes just keeps taking it off. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who made a huge hairstyle splash when she helped fuel Hollywood's bob craze late last year, has been seen out and about in New York with a new pixie cut. Photos popping up on the Internet show Holmes sporting a shaggier version of the short 'do, with long bangs and a tapered neck.

British rock trio The Police played their final concert together on Thursday and were joined by the real police -- the New York City police band.

Hollywood producer and talent manager Bernie Brillstein, whose movie credits include "The Blues Brothers" and "Happy Gilmore," has died of lung disease at age 77, his company said on Friday.

Pop singer Jewel eloped with her rodeo-star boyfriend in the Bahamas on Thursday, People magazine reported. The 34-year-old singer married Ty Murray, 38, during a private ceremony, the magazine said, quoting Jewel's publicist.

Comic actor Bernie Mac, hospitalized recently for pneumonia, is "responding well to treatment" and hopes to be released in the next few weeks, his spokeswoman said on Thursday.

When "Sex and the City" debuted at No. 1 at box offices earlier this year, headlines trumpeted the unusual success of a film about women aimed at women, and industry watchers forecast more of the same ahead.

Dick Clark is still Mr. New Year's Eve — but he'll be sharing the title with Ryan Seacrest.

Bernie Brillstein, a Hollywood talent agent, manager, producer and studio head who over half a century guided the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians and helped package a slew of TV and movie hits, has died. He was 77.

A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks.

A judge has dismissed allegations against Bob Barker in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a "Price is Right" employee, saying the game-show's longtime host was not her boss.

Lauren Conrad has designs on an Emmy — or at least designing a dress for next month's awards ceremony. The star of MTV's reality hit "The Hills" will be creating a "couture red carpet gown" for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, the TV academy said Wednesday.

Paris Hilton didn't need cue cards for her presidential campaign ad.

Fall is full for Mark Wahlberg. The 37-year-old actor-producer has upcoming productions in film, television — and his own family.

"Star Trek Online" is finally going warp speed ahead.

Producers say Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct a play in London's West End later this year.

U.S. actress-activist Mia Farrow aired an "alternative" Olympic opening ceremony in a Web cast Friday, showing Darfur refugees in the barren deserts of eastern Chad playing sports on sandy fields.

Former tennis star Pam Shriver has filed for divorce from one-time James Bond actor George Lazenby.

A long-running lawsuit filed by Tim Burton's ex-girlfriend over his assets should be dismissed, an appeals court has ruled.

Katie Holmes just keeps taking it off. Mrs. Tom Cruise, who made a huge hairstyle splash when she helped fuel Hollywood's bob craze late last year, has been seen out and about in New York with a new pixie cut. Photos popping up on the Internet show Holmes sporting a shaggier version of the short 'do, with long bangs and a tapered neck.

A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie "Swing Vote" were stolen from him.