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Entertainment PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over 'offensive reference'

By CANDICE CHOI, Associated Press Published: May 3, 2013 at 3:28 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 3:28 PM PDT

PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties to Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.

Entertainment Witherspoon arrest video: 'You're about to find out who I am' (Video)

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press Published: May 3, 2013 at 8:49 AM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 11:23 AM PDT

Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her husband was given a sobriety test, an embarrassing exchange caught on a dashboard camera.

Entertainment Lohan in rehab (for real this time)

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 3, 2013 at 7:44 AM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 11:08 AM PDT

Lindsay Lohan has checked into a rehab and will not face a probation violation for leaving another treatment facility after a few minutes, a prosecutor said Friday.

Entertainment Till family calls for meeting with Lil Wayne

By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer Published: May 2, 2013 at 8:09 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 8:09 PM PDT

The family of Emmett Till says a letter from Lil Wayne fell short of an apology for his crude reference to the civil rights martyr, and they want a meeting with the rapper and representatives from PepsiCo to discuss their commercial partnership.

Entertainment Photos: Star Sightings (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM PDT

Entertainment Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer Published: May 2, 2013 at 9:38 AM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 1:16 PM PDT

Lindsay Lohan's attorney said Thursday the actress checked into a Southern California rehab facility that a state official said is unlicensed to perform the type of treatment a judge required her to receive.

Entertainment Reese Witherspoon: I panicked the night of my arrest

By Associated Press Published: May 2, 2013 at 7:12 AM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 9:03 AM PDT

Actress Reese Witherspoon recalls that she panicked and said "crazy things" the night she was arrested in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge.

Entertainment Chris Kelly, of rap duo Kris Kross, dies in Georgia

By Associated Press Published: May 2, 2013 at 7:14 AM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 10:04 AM PDT

Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross who made one of the decade's most memorable songs with the frenetic "Jump," has died, according to authorities. He was 34.

Entertainment Detective: Jackson's doctor was in desperate financial situation

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent Published: May 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM PDT Last Updated: May 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM PDT

The doctor convicted of involuntarily killing Michael Jackson appeared to be on trial again Wednesday as a lawyer for Jackson's mother tried to show the physician's desperate financial situation drove him to extremes in his treatment of the superstar.

Entertainment Photos: Star sightings (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: May 1, 2013 at 12:35 PM PDT Last Updated: May 1, 2013 at 12:35 PM PDT

Entertainment Review: 'Iron Man 3' loaded down by heavy metal (Photo Gallery)

By JAKE COYLE AP Entertainment Writer Published: Apr 30, 2013 at 9:50 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 30, 2013 at 9:50 PM PDT

In the galaxy of big-screen superheros — a rather glum lot — Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is the snappy one.

Entertainment Dancers audition to appear with Rockettes in NYC (Photo Gallery)

By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Published: Apr 30, 2013 at 4:04 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 30, 2013 at 4:04 PM PDT

Hundreds of young women from around the world are kicking their dance routines into high gear in New York this week in hopes of joining perhaps the most famous dance troupe there is - the Rockettes.

Entertainment Jackson's private life on display in civil trial

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer Published: Apr 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM PDT

Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop.

Entertainment Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. have the most adorable friendship (Photo Gallery)

By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer Published: Apr 30, 2013 at 7:53 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 30, 2013 at 7:53 AM PDT

There's something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr., though they're married to other people.

Entertainment Catherine Zeta-Jones checks into mental health facility (Photo Gallery)

By Associated Press Published: Apr 29, 2013 at 9:36 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 29, 2013 at 9:36 PM PDT

A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress has "proactively" checked into a mental health facility for treatment of her bipolar condition.