I once had a good friend. His name shall remain anonymous but for convenience sake, let's call him Barry Brach. Barry was an ex-con. At age seventeen he had been sent off to the state slammer for manslaughter (he killed a fellow in a fight)...

Jordin Sparks is the new American Idol. The 17-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., is the youngest winner in the talent contest's six seasons. Tonight's star-studded, two-hour results gala was watched by an estimated 150 million people worldwide...

Could this be the end of your friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man? The third of the big-screen "Spider-Man" movies not only completes a story arc, it marks the first real misstep for the franchise...

Posted Jul 14th 2007 1:57PM by TMZ Staff Filed under: Wacky and Weird Courtney Love: she's no longer busting out of her celebrity skin, but the now too-thin trainwreck is still as wild as ever...

"I'm so excited," Kay told the Times Wednesday...

On Sunday, trying to recuperate from the long flight back from Boston and the 10 hours of sleep that followed, we caught a screening of Evan Almighty, even though we heard nothing but bad reviews from the critics...

Musicians from Bjork to Roswell Rudd have collaborated with acclaimed Malian kora player Toumani Diabate From Tuesday's Globe and Mail July 3, 2007 at 2:37 AM EDT Many of us can't trace our family lineage beyond our great-greats...