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.
It's over for Chris Sligh.
Flowing hair and a precious smile have their rewards.
Model Paulina Porizkova was the first to be eliminated from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," which began its fourth season last week.
In a surprise, Stephanie Edwards - one of this season's best singers - was voted off the top-rated talent contest on Wednesday, while weak and sometimes unwatchable performers Sanjaya Malakar and Haley Scarnato were allowed to stay.
Brandon Rogers, who forgot the words to his song on Tuesday's ''American Idol,'' had a feeling he wouldn't last. He got confirmation Wednesday.
Be careful who you trust. That's the advice from Antonella Barba, New Jersey's ''American Idol'' contestant, a day after being voted off the show following two weeks of turbulence over racy photos posted on the Internet.
''American Idol'' slimmed down the competition Thursday night, leaving 12 finalists to compete for the ultimate prize _ a record contract.
Those Geico ''cavemen'' shouldn't be so upset after all - they may get their own television series.
''American Idol'' viewers squashed the dreams of four more aspiring singers Thursday night, but Antonella Barba, the focus of recent attention over some racy Internet photos, was not one of them.
Martin Scorsese's mob epic ''The Departed'' won best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday and earned the filmmaker the directing prize that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career.
Flatwoods, Ky., native Billy Ray Cyrus will be putting on his dancin’ shoes real soon.
Titled “Africa: The Serengeti,” the film opens Saturday and presents the beautiful landscape and the fearsome creatures of East Africa’s Serengeti region.
Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, a band steeped in the history of jazz but infused with the progressive harmonies of today, will be featured in 38th annual Jazz Festival Feb. 1 through 3 at Marshall University.
The peppy "Dreamgirls" led Academy Awards contenders Tuesday with eight nominations, but surprisingly was shut out in the best picture category after being considered a potential front-runner.
Mountain Heart fiddler Jim Van Cleve hopes 2007 will be as good to him as 2006 was.
There are many reasons bluegrass artist J.D. Crowe enjoys coming to Ashland.
Playing the Paramount Arts Center, which he and his band the New South will do Jan. 19, is a thrill, he said.
“I played there before the renovations and after,” the Nicholasville resident said. “They really did a good job. It’s a really good venue.”
The O.C.," the once-hot teenage soap opera that saw its ratings plummet like a delinquent student's grades, has been canceled. The final episode of the drama will air 9 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, Fox TV and Warner Bros. Television Production Inc. said Wednesday.
Spending his formative years in the Bible belt had a strong impact on Joe Boyd.
In fact, for a while, the 33-year-old Ashland native who graduated from Cincinnati Christian University was a minister of a church in Las Vegas. He said he’s still not sure what caused him to make the leap to acting.
Local musician Rich Collins feels a little out of place in the 21st century.
When he plays the old-time country music he loves, he thinks about the days his grandfather was a road musician, going from town to town for 15-minute radio shows to promote local stage shows. He and his band would hit every venue in the area and move on to the next town, winning new fans to his sound.
Emmitt Smith danced off with the mirror ball.
The Highway 140 Country Band was formed in an unusual way: Its members were hand-picked by a non-band member. It’s a wonder they get along.
Moved by the needs of some of those in the Tri-State, the idea of an annual benefit concert by Stephen Salyers was born.
The Kentucky Center for Traditional Music will bring the “Sounds of Our Heritage” to students in East Kentucky this fall.
The Kentucky Folk Art Center has announced the opening of a new exhibit titled “Landscapes and Dreamscapes: Photographs by Paul Justice and Von Ada Bannister,” which will remain on display through Nov. 26.
An opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today.
Jim Van Cleve gets a kick out of watching fellow musicians in Mountain Heart perform, especially when they’re playing one of his songs.
This week’s show at Paramount Joe’s Rising Star Cafe honors female performers in the area.
When does fashion rock? When two talented young artists — one a musician, the other a fashion designer — get together for a star-studded event that celebrates their industries and raises money for charity.
It’s been 10 years since X-Fest first rocked the Tri-State’s Harris Riverfront Park.
Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as “The Blackboard Jungle,” “Gilda” and “The Big Heat,” died Wednesday, police said. He was 90.
Nominees for the 40th annual Country Music Association Awards, to be Nov. 6 in Nashville, Tenn:
J.P. Fraley’s Mountain Music Gatherin’ is set for Sept. 6 through 10 at Carter Caves State Park.
Undiscovered Radio Network is working hard to promote bands and music artists who are undiscovered.
The award-winning country group Sawyer Brown will be the third concert in the Kentucky Music Trail series this year, performing at the Paramount Arts Center on Sept. 8.
Just as the greatest football games tend to stick in your mind, the same is true of football movies.
Following are my 10 favorite football films. Honorable mentions go to “Friday Night Lights” (2004), “Remember the Titans” (2000) and “The Junction Boys” (2002). But the Top 10 are:
A star could be born at the Ashland Plaza Hotel in the next few weeks.
A songwriter who is best known for his spectacular slide-blues guitar playing will make a stop in Charleston at the Culture Center theater on Sept. 10.
From the shores of West Africa comes Edi Kriz Okri, also known as the African King of Jam, with the Afrocentrix, afro-regae band. His tour will take him to Huntington’s Holderby’s Landing Saturday night.
From the mildest family vacation to the craziest adventure seeker, a satisfying day, weekend or weeklong trip can be had without leaving Appalachia.
Ashland native Tiffany Withrow will represent Kentucky at the 23rd annual Miss Teen USA competition.
Just a few years ago, the family band today known as Cherryholmes didn’t exist and several of its young members didn’t play instruments yet.
Catlettsburg will heat up this weekend but it’s not because of the weather.
The annual Miss Flame Pageant is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Catlettsburg Elementary School gymnasium, where contestants will compete in swimsuits, evening gowns and interview sessions.
While working at Hot Summer Nights theater in Cincinnati one summer, Ironton native Mickey Fisher joined a softball team made up of actors and production staff.
This weekend offers a double shot of music at Paramount Joe’s Rising Star Cafe, formerly the Marquee Room at the Paramount Arts Center, with shows tonight and Saturday.
