Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana while on probation
LOS ANGELES - R&B; singer Chris Brown has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna.
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Mandy Patinkin thrilled to be part of Emmy winner "Homeland"
- "Homeland" returns for its second season on Sunday with a clutch of Emmy awards, and stage and screen star Mandy Patinkin hopes the psychological TV thriller will keep on stirring dialogue about the fractured post-9/11 America and the world it portrays.
ABC draws more viewers to Emmy awards broadcast
LOS ANGELES - Sunday night's Emmys telecast on ABC attracted a bigger audience than a year earlier as viewers watched new psychological thriller "Homeland" secure major wins and shut out acclaimed drama "Mad Men."
"Homeland" triumphs as Emmys go for dose of reality
LOS ANGELES - "Homeland" toppled "Mad Men" to win the top drama prize on Sunday as the Primetime Emmy awards favored politics and 21st century tensions over shows set in bygone eras. | Video
Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan named U.N. HIV/AIDS envoy
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations appointed Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan a goodwill ambassador on Monday, with a mission to help stop new HIV infections in children and promote increased access to anti-retroviral treatment.
UK leader Cameron to appear on David Letterman
NEW YORK - David Cameron will sit down with long-running U.S. television host David Letterman, CBS said Monday, marking the first time a sitting British prime minister will visit Letterman's "Late Show."
Penny Marshall advises budding directors: Drop the ambition
NEW YORK - Pioneering film director and producer Penny Marshall has some advice for future filmmakers: Take some chances and don't be a slave to Hollywood ambition.