Kinston Press :: Entertainment Headlines

Actor Paul Hogan, star of the ?Crocodile Dundee? movie trilogy, has been cleared to return home to the United States after he was barred last month from leaving Australia because of a disputed tax bill, his lawyer said Friday.

Add hip-hop to ?Rock Band? thanks to Snoop Dogg

Posted: 3 Sep 2010 at 6:45am

Rap and rock will collide once again ? this time in a video game.

Dolphins herded in Japanese cove but none killed

Posted: 3 Sep 2010 at 6:00am

Japanese fishermen herded dolphins into a cove made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about the hunt but did not kill any Friday, as conservationist groups ramped up scrutiny of the annual slaughter.

?American Idol? adds L.A. audition on Sept. 22

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 6:22pm

?American Idol? is expanding the talent search for its next season with an audition in Los Angeles later this month.

Oprah?s Book Club back, pick coming in September

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 6:17pm

The first week of the final season of ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? will include a selection for Oprah?s Book Club.

Judge: Paris Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 9:12pm

Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie ?Pledge This!? about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 11:51pm

The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon?s office affairs, city Correction Department records show.

Appeals court sets hearing in Jackson estate case

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 9:12pm

An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role in decisions involving his son?s multimillion dollar estate.

'Gone with the Wind' child actress dies at 76

Posted: 2 Sep 2010 at 9:12pm

Cammie King Conlon, the former child actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With the Wind," has died at the age of 76.

French ?Spider-Man? in Sydney court over climb

Posted: 3 Sep 2010 at 12:29am

A French skyscraper climber nicknamed ?Spider-Man? pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.