LOS ANGELES -- Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89.

Gordon died Wednesday of age-...

LOS ANGELES -- Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for more than 30 years, will be leaving the venerated orchestra and joining the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles.

...

LOS ANGELES -- When it comes to raising money, the Obama re-election campaign knows it can count on the showbiz community.

After a visit to Los Angeles this month for a Hollywood fundraiser at George Clooney's house, President Barack Obama is ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Men in Black are invading theaters this weekend with a mission that others have failed to achieve: knock "The Avengers" off the No. 1 box-office perch.

Sony Pictures' big-budget 3-D sequel "Men in Black 3" is on track to gross ...

LOS ANGELES -- It was a great night for Phillip Phillips, but for "American Idol," maybe not so much.

Phillips, a husky-voiced troubadour, conquered Season 11 as expected on Wednesday night's two-hour finale, slipping past his last competitor, 16...

LOS ANGELES -- Sir Elton John has been forced to cancel three upcoming concerts due to a respiratory infection, the superstar singer announced Thursday morning. According to information sent out by John's publicist, he developed a "serious ...