Franchitti proud of Ashley Judd for speaking out
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti applauded wife Ashley Judd on Friday for standing up to accusations she's had plastic surgery.

LOS ANGELES -- The future of a film about ancient Jewish warrior Judah Maccabee may be close to flickering out.
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti applauded wife Ashley Judd on Friday for standing up to accusations she's had plastic surgery.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tenor saxophonist Andrew Love, who formed the award-winning Memphis Horns duo with trumpeter Wayne Jackson and played unforgettable lines behind the royalty of soul, rock, pop and R&B, has died at age 70, his wife said Thursday.
NEW YORK -- Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are Mayor Michael Bloomberg's newest allies in his mission to attract more visitors to New York City.
LOS ANGELES -- The "American Idol" judges didn't stutter: Jessica Sanchez "ain't going home."
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. -- A New York man has been accused of breaking into Sean "Diddy" Combs's East Hampton mansion, where he apparently he ate food, drank liquor and wore the rap mogul's clothes.
NEW YORK -- Madonna says she's happy that Malawi's former vice president is now leading the country.
ROME -- Woody Allen brought "To Rome with Love" to the city that inspired his latest film, but some homegrown critics are grumbling that the American director's new work is loaded with old-fashioned Italian stereotypes.
LOS ANGELES -- Joshua Ledet ran ahead of the competition on "American Idol."
LONDON -- Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says her first book for adults will be called "The Casual Vacancy."
NEW YORK -- Scarlett Johansson admits it still bothers her to think countless people have likely seen her naked.
NEW YORK -- The parents of Amy Winehouse officially launched the U.S. branch of a foundation named for their daughter at New York's Joe's Pub, where the embattled pop star made her American debut five years ago.
NEW YORK -- It took Fox News Channel less than 24 hours to find -- and fire -- an associate producer who began writing a column critical of his employers for the news blog Gawker.
NEW YORK -- The Bob Marley documentary "Marley" will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role in shifting movie release windows.
LOS ANGELES -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in March from a year earlier to $1.1 billion. It marked the fourth month of decline as Sony Corp.'s new PS Vita handheld failed to spark a turnaround.
NEW YORK -- Correspondent Natalie Morales ended up in tears when she put herself and her 8-year-old son through the same parenting test that "Dateline NBC" is subjecting others to for a series that starts Sunday.
LONDON -- Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says her first book for adults will be called "The Casual Vacancy."
NEW YORK -- The acrimony that helped dissolve Guns N' Roses nearly 20 years ago still lingers.
LOS ANGELES -- A jury has found Leonard Cohen's former business manager guilty of harassing the singer-songwriter.
NEW YORK -- The parents of late singer Amy Winehouse officially launched the U.S. branch of a foundation named for their daughter at New York's Joe's Pub, where the embattled pop star made her American debut five years ago.