'Thunder' rumbles past 'Dark Knight' with $26M
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" - with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise - debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday....

Shearer mines gold with off-air video clips
NEW YORK (AP) -- As the red light switched off and her program went into a commercial, Laura Ingraham's face dissolved from a smile into a frown - then, a look of pure disgust....

Reports: DeGeneres and de Rossi wed in Calif.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports....

Thousands pay respects to comedy king Bernie Mac
CHICAGO (AP) -- As Cedric the Entertainer scanned the crowd of more than 6,000 gathered on Chicago's South Side to remember Bernie Mac on Saturday, he cracked that the comedy king was "still the hottest ticket in town."...

NBC's likely hit its peak with Phelps leaving
NEW YORK (AP) -- Can't Michael Phelps stay? Please? No amount of begging by NBC will make it happen. The Olympics swim meet ends soon after Phelps' bid for his eighth gold medal on NBC Saturday night, with another week of competition remaining....

Mystery surrounds death of NYC Renaissance man
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark Chamberlain did everything to become a hip, high-tech New Yorker....

Madonna: An unlikely inspiration for 50-plus set
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations....

Elvis fans ignore rain for graveside vigil
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Mary Lou Martell put it off as long as she could. But she finally had to head to Memphis for an anniversary vigil at Elvis Presley's grave....

No joke: Bill Murray leaps 13,000 feet to beach
CHICAGO (AP) -- Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before - by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before stepping out the open doors of a C-31 Fokker and dropping at about 120 mph to the city's lakefront with members of the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team....

'Office' actor Craig Robinson faces drug charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Prosecutors have filed felony drug charges against Craig Phillip Robinson, an actor best known for his role as Darryl Philbin on NBC's "The Office."...