Now in its fifth year, "American Idol" has become a ratings juggernaut and a national obsession. It handily defeats even the toughest competitors, even the Winter Olympics and "Lost

Word of the world's most famous silent birth has finally been heard. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the public lovebirds dubbed TomKat by the media, "joyously welcomed the arrival" of a baby girl Tuesday, said Cruise spokesman Arnold Robinson. The girl, named Suri, came into the world at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches long. Her name has its origins in Hebrew, meaning "princess," or in Persian, meaning "red rose," Robinson said in a statement

Daniel Powter would like to thank "American Idol" for using his single "Bad Day" as the soundtrack to their eliminated-contestant montages each week, surely bolstering its current three-week reign as the #1 song in the country. Someday he might even return the favor and watch it

It seems George Michael is on a collision course with the law these days. Police quizzed the ex-Wham! frontman after his Range Rover Whammed into a series of cars. All told, according to London's Daily Mirror, Michael slammed into three vehicles on a street outside his North London mansion and took off without telling anyone. Michael's neighbors reported hearing a loud bang around 8 a.m

Luke Perry is asking for a little restraint. The Beverly Hills, 90210 heartthrob filed a restraining order Apr. 4 in Los Angeles Superior Court against a woman the actor says is harassing him and his two children, according to documents obtained by TMZ.com

Brian Grazer's decades-long business partnership with director Ron Howard has resulted in a slew of Hollywood blockbusters, an Oscar win and a couple of Emmys, and they most recently teamed up for The Da Vinci Code, one of the most anticipated movies of the year. But another important relationship in Grazer's life hasn't worked out quite so well--his marriage of almost nine years to Gigi Levangie Grazer

Eminem, 50 Cent and about 2,000 other people crowded a Detroit chapel Wednesday to pay their last respects to slain D12 rapper Proof, who was shot to death in a nightclub on famed Eight Mile Road last week. The funeral service started 45 minutes late, according to the Detroit Free Press, held up to accommodate a line of people waiting to get in that wrapped around the building

Filming has begun in Los Angeles on Revolution Studios' Next, a science fiction action thriller starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage, Academy Award® nominee Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel, it was announced today. The film, which is being directed by Lee Tamahori, will be released domestically by Columbia Pictures in 2007. IEG Virtual Studios, an affiliate of Initial Entertainment Group, holds the international distribution rights

Fox will air a 7-minute preview of X-Men: The Last Stand on Thursday, May 11 from 8:30-8:37pm ET/PT! The preview airs right before the series finale of That '70s Show, which is on from 8:37-10:00pm ET/PT. X-Men: The Last Stand hits theaters on May 26th. Fox bids farewell to one of its longest-running series with the retrospective special "That '70s Show: The Final Goodbye

Director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) has set John Turturro and newcomers Zane Pais, Flora Cross and Halley Feiffer to join his untitled comedy for Paramount Classics, reports Variety. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black also star. Scott Rudin is producing. Kidman plays a woman who brings her pre-teen son with her to visit the upstate home of her sister (Leigh). Pais, the son of stage actress Lisa Emery, plays the son