Bud Carroll says the songs on his new album “Wasted Words and Best of Intentions” reflect a diverse range of influences and come from an extremely personal place.
This Friday's Pictures in the Park is 'Grease', the 1978 classic staring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.
If Paula Abdul's abrupt Twitter announcement that she's quitting "American Idol" is a contract negotiating ploy, it's a spectacular one.
Casey Kasem has done his final countdown.
Farrah Fawcett, whose luxurious tresses and blinding smile helped redefine sex appeal in the 1970s as one of TV’s “Charlie’s Angels,” died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.
Red Lion presents “The Wiz” by Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown at Greenbo Lake State Park Amphitheatre tonight through Sunday starting at 8:30 nightly.
Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.
The brother of talent-show contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better.
The body of American actor David Carradine, best known for the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found in a hotel room closet with a rope tied to his neck and genitals, and his death may have been caused by accidental suffocation, Thai police said Friday.
Red Lion Theatre Company will open its 2009-10 season with “The Odd Couple,”
Multiple Exposures: The Kentucky Women Photographers Network Art Exhibition opens Saturday, June 6, at Morehead State University's Claypool-Young Art Gallery.
The Rose Hil Christian School Drama will present "The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree" at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Kyova Mall.
Danny Gokey is dancing off "American Idol," leaving showy Adam Lambert and twangy Kris Allen to duke it out in the finale of the popular Fox singing competition next week.
Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” will be presented by ACTC Theatre Friday, Saturday and April 24 andf 25 at 8 p.m. and Sunday and April 26 at 2:30 p.m. in the J.B. Sowards Theatre.
Give Neil Young credit for following his muse.
The women of country have taken the wheel.
The Irish music and dance program Celtic Crossroads heated up the stage at the Paramount Arts Center Tuesday, with a wide variety of performers and musical instruments taking the spotlight. Jazz, bluegrass and old-world Celtic music made up most of the program, with a little traditional dancing thrown in.
The feud between Jon Stewart and CNBC's Jim Cramer has been good for laughs, and ratings, but has also raised the serious question of whether the experts at TV's No. 1 financial news network should have seen the meltdown coming and warned the public.
Tatiana Del Toro had something else to cry about. The emotional 28-year-old crooner from San Juan, Puerto Rico, was one of nine "American Idol" semifinalists sent packing Wednesday.
Plant and Alison Krauss' unorthodox partnership yielded rich rewards on Grammy night, as the pair nabbed five Grammys for their haunting CD "Raising Sand," including record and album of the year honors.
Two sisters from the Ashland area have begun to find success in Nashville.
Meryl Streep of the Roman Catholic drama "Doubt" and Sean Penn of the Harvey Milk film biography "Milk" won lead-acting honors Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The Country Music Highway might have to make room for a different genre.
Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controversial photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
"Saturday Night Live" just won't be the same without Amy Poehler, who delivered a baby boy hours before the "Baby Mama" star was to appear on the NBC show.
Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will perform at this year's Live Earth concert, when the music extravaganza aimed at raising awareness of climate change heads to India.
Live from New York ... it's Tina Fey as Gov. Sarah Palin.
Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended, more than one fan, in fact.
Batman star Christian Bale was arrested Tuesday over allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, police and British media said.
Fans in Floyd County are gearing up for Sunday’s return of native son Charlie Gearheart and Goose Creek Symphony.
The British Broadcasting Corp. will air a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership.
A historical music exhibit with Bluegrass State connections has made a stop in northeastern Kentucky.
Steven Tyler sought the "safe environment" of rehab last month to recover from more than just surgery — the Aerosmith frontman now says was fighting a dependency on pain and sleep medication.
Audiences still get Maxwell Smart.
Ellen Degeneres won a fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy on Friday night, and she has no plans to stop there.
Top NBC anchorman Brian Williams will host the next "Meet the Press" but the network hasn't chosen who will permanently replace Tim Russert, an NBC News spokeswoman said Thursday.
Billy Ray Cyrus says he wasn't around when Annie Leibovitz photographed his 15-year-old daughter, Miley, wrapped in a sheet with her back exposed, for the June issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
Bo Diddley, a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He was 79.
David Cook says he's dating an "American Idol" alum.
Grown-up rocker David Cook has triumphed over smooth-voiced teen David Archuleta to become the new "American Idol."
It'll be David vs. David.
When Rhonda Vincent brings her band to the Paramount Arts Center this month for America’s Bluegrass Gospel show’s Spring TV taping, she will be in her comfort zone professionally.
Diamond wasn't Brooke White's best friend on "American Idol" Wednesday night.
The Flatwoods Poetry Society’s annual Arts in the Park Festival will be from 10 a.m. Saturday until late afternoon in Flatwoods City Park.
Taylor Swift won video of the year and female video for her smash Our Song while newcomer Kellie Pickler took home three awards during Monday's Country Music Television awards.
Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.
Form and function conspire for a novel exhibit at the Pendleton Art Center this month.
A Zach Deputy show promises to be something like you’ve never heard before.
The Paramount Arts Center again will host an installment of Mountain Stage, an internationally distributed weekly, two-hour, live performance radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Music has been in the family since Beth Stevens’ childhood.
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90.
The top 12 "American Idol" finalists include an actress, a "Star Search" champion, an Australian, a male stripper and someone who already recorded a debut album.
David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol."
Complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards:
The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood's mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga "No Country for Old Men" winning four Academy Awards, including best picture, in a ceremony that also featured a strong international flavor.
Another coal miner's daughter, Crystal Gayle, returned to her native state Thursday to take her place alongside famous sister Loretta Lynn in the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books.
Some of the top names in country music make up a star-studded list of inductees for the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
The tears flowed on "American Idol" Wednesday night as the show trimmed the competition to 24 semifinalists.
TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike.
Trapped half a world away by the place she promised to never "go, go, go," a vibrant, exuberant Amy Winehouse dominated the Grammys on Sunday night, winning five awards and delivering a defiant performance of her autobiographical hit "Rehab" via satellite from London.
Winners at Sunday's 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Hollywood writers got their first look Saturday at details of a tentative agreement with studios that could put the strike-crippled entertainment industry back to work, an offer the union's East Coast president said Saturday he would endorse.
Brace yourself for more wintry weather.
Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to a hospital by more than a dozen police officers as two helicopters followed overhead.
Tom Petty says he's not much of a football fan, but playing the Super Bowl halftime show was an offer he couldn't refuse.
Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said.
"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem, but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers' picket lines to attend the ceremony.
Complete list of 80th annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday:
Stephen Stills, who had surgery for prostate cancer on his 63rd birthday, will remain hospitalized until Saturday, his publicist said Friday.
Britney Spears was apparently spending a second day in a hospital Saturday, the result of a bizarre standoff that brought police to her house and led a judge to award ex-husband Kevin Federline custody of their two sons.
The voice is raspy but recognizable, reminiscent of a time when he played with a band so amazingly good they were simply known as The Band.
Melanie Brown emerged from Monday's "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom battle with the highest score, positioning her to claim the mirror-ball trophy during Tuesday's season finale.
She may have been the most popular girl at West Beverly Hills High School, but Jennie Garth couldn't muster enough votes to reach the final of "Dancing with the Stars."
Thousands of "Hannah Montana" fans who couldn't get concert tickets could potentially join a lawsuit against the teen performer's fan club over memberships they claim were supposed to give them priority for seats.
Kennedy Womack was in the spotlight of “Kid Nation” on Wednesday night.
Production of three sitcoms filmed before live audiences has been halted because of the Hollywood writers strike, networks said Tuesday.
Robert Goulet was in good spirits as he waited for a lung transplant, even telling doctors before they inserted a breathing tube, "Just watch my vocal cords," his wife said.
Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
Garth Brooks live in Ashland?
Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on "The Colbert Report," tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.
Led Zeppelin, one of the last major acts to resist digital distribution, are releasing their back catalog online.
Billy Ray Cyrus will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Charleston Municipal Auditorium.
To the disappointment of school administrators - and the pride of some students - West Virginia University is No. 1 on The Princeton's Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools.
A free concert on Sept. 7 featuring Lonestar, one of country music’s most successful bands, and country music trio Trick Pony highlights a series of special events planned the week of Marshall University’s home football opener with West Virginia University.
Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is negotiating to resume his broadcasting career.
Merv Griffin, the big band-era crooner turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday. He was 82.
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died Monday, the president of his foundation said. He was 89.
Lindsay Lohan is the latest star to tumble from Hollywood's heights into the tumult of substance abuse, continuing a sad tradition of young celebrities who deal with mounting or fleeting fame by turning to drugs and alcohol.
A smiling Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles County jail early Tuesday, officially ending a bizarre, three-week stay that ignited furious debate over celebrity treatment in the jail system.
One day Paris Hilton is screaming for her mommy as she is cuffed and taken to the pokey in a reckless driving case. The next, she's the model of magnanimity, saying she wouldn't appeal her 45-day sentence and that she is "learning and growing" from her time behind bars.
During rehearsal, the boss meanders backstage, singing to himself. He doesn’t so much wander as he circles like an approaching jet.
The big voice overwhelmed the beatbox Wednesday night as Jordin Sparks was crowned the newest and youngest "American Idol."
Most observers thought she was a lock to go on to the "American Idol" finale, but Melinda Doolittle was eliminated Wednesday night.
A kiss from Simon Cowell turned out to be a kiss goodbye.
Billy Ray Cyrus, who said appearing on "Dancing With the Stars" was "the scariest thing I could possibly think of to do," has bid farewell to the ballroom.
With no one ousted at the end of last week's charity-focused show, "American Idol" gave the heave-ho to two contestants Wednesday night - Phil Stacey and Chris Richardson.
Charity was the "American Idol" theme Wednesday night, and the generosity flowed to the contestants, too - no one was voted off the show.
In his improbable run on "American Idol," Sanjaya Malakar was the one to watch.
