DiCaprio, Spielberg open a stormy Cannes
CANNES, France -- The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera.

LOS ANGELES -- Listening to actor Simon Helberg talk about "The Big Bang Theory," you'd think his show was actually a nerdy nighttime soap. The actor, who plays aerospace engineer Howard...
CANNES, France -- The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera.
LOS ANGELES -- In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob."
NEW YORK -- The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married.
LOS ANGELES -- Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine have donated a combined $70 million to create a new institute at the University of Southern California, the school announced Tuesday night.
GENEVA -- A diamond jewelry collection belonging to Italian screen actress Gina Lollobrigida fetched $4.9 million at auction, some of which she plans to donate to stem cell research, Sotheby's said Wednesday.
NEW YORK -- "I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," Angelina Jolie wrote in a powerful op-ed article Tuesday, explaining her decision to go public with having her breasts removed to avoid cancer.
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist and was considering using a teleprompter to help him perform some of his songs during his ill-fated comeback concerts, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the pop superstar told a jury Tuesday.
CANNES, France -- Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct "The Great Gatsby" -- or anything else, for that matter -- if not for the Cannes Film Festival.
NEW YORK -- Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion.
NEW YORK -- Bill Hader is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after an eight-year run.
CHICAGO -- Donald Trump took the witness stand Tuesday at a civil trial where the developer-turned-TV personality is accused of wooing investors into buying condos at his namesake Chicago skyscraper by promising profit-sharing, then reneging on that promise after the sales.
NEW YORK -- ABC is cutting its aging "Dancing With the Stars" back to two hours and one night next season, creating a slot for a new drama series based on the Marvel Comics world that's aimed at expanding the network's audience, its programming chief said Tuesday.
NEW YORK -- Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers.
NEW YORK -- As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem.
LAS VEGAS -- A weary-looking O.J. Simpson, weighed down by shackles and more than four years in prison, shuffled into a Las Vegas courtroom Monday hoping to eventually walk out a free man.
LOS ANGELES -- The ratings are down. Randy Jackson is out. Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj are still at it.
LOS ANGELES -- Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.
LOS ANGELES -- Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office.
LOS ANGELES -- An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn't see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life.