Jay Leno Wins Round in Photo Lawsuit (AP)

March 25, 2006

AP - Jay Leno has won a round in court with a ruling that comedy deserves a break. A state appeals court ruled that a lower court should have dismissed a lawsuit that a woman filed against the "Tonight Show" host and NBC.

Songs by Buck Owens (AP)

March 25, 2006

Buck Owens announces the 'Legends In Bronze' unveiling ceremony during a press conference held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on May 17, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nev. Owens, the flashy 'rhinestone cowboy' who shaped the sound of country music and helped introduce the genre to mainstream America on the long-running TV show 'Hee Haw,' has died. He was 76. Owens died early Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his home, said a family spokesperson. The cause of death was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo)AP - Some of Buck Owens' hits.


A Live Mistake for "Idol" Favorite? (E! Online)

March 25, 2006

Fans were 
 ready to make American Idol frontrunner Chris Daughtry walk the 
 plank after hearing him sing an oddly familiar-sounding rendition of 
 Johnny Cash's 'I Walk the Line' Tuesday night.E! Online - Fans were ready to make American Idol frontrunner Chris Daughtry walk the plank after hearing him sing an oddly familiar-sounding rendition of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" Tuesday night.


'Hee Haw' Co-Host Buck Owens, 76, Dies (AP)

March 25, 2006

Buck Owens, seen in Los Angeles on June 5, 2003, the flashy 'rhinestone cowboy' who shaped the sound of country music and helped introduce the genre to mainstream America on the long-running TV show 'Hee Haw,' has died. He was 76. Owens died early Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his home, said a family spokesperson. The cause of death was not immediately known.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Singer Buck Owens, the flashy rhinestone cowboy who shaped the sound of country music with hits like "Act Naturally" and brought the genre to TV on the long-running "Hee Haw," died Saturday. He was 76.


PBS Documentary Features Dana Reeve Intro (AP)

March 25, 2006

A file photo shows Dana Reeve in 2004. Reeve, the widow of "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve who battled alongside her late husband to find treatments for paralysis victims, has died of cancer. She was 44(AFP/File/Hector Mata)AP - Dana Reeve would live only about three more months after she taped an introduction to the two-hour PBS documentary "The New Medicine."


"Idol's" Live Mistake

March 25, 2006

Holy Cowell, that sounds familiar!

Fans were ready to make "American Idol" frontrunner Chris Daughtry walk the plank after hearing him sing an oddly familiar-sounding rendition of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" Tuesday night.

Daughtry, 26, who has risen quickly through the "Idol" ranks with his gravelly alt-rock voice and emotive performances, a slow, brooding version of the Cash classic during the '50s-themed episode, reaping his usual accolades from judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. The impressed trio praised Daughtry for his originality and taking the song and making it his own.

Hasselhoff Ordered to Stay Away From Wife (AP)

March 25, 2006

David Hasselhoff arrives for the premiere of the 'The Honeymooners' in this Wednesday, June 8, 2005 file photo, in Los Angeles. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring Hasselhoff to stay away from his estranged wife, according to court papers unsealed this week.  Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark A. Juhas signed the order March 6 ordering the former 'Baywatch' star to stay at least 100 yards from actress Pamela Bach except for 'peaceful contacts related to court ordered visitation' of one their two teenage daughters.   (AP Photo/Lisa Rose, FILE)AP - A judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring David Hasselhoff to stay away from his estranged wife, according to court papers unsealed this week.


'America's Most Wanted' Seeks Fugitive Dad (AP)

March 25, 2006

This undated photo provided by the United States Marshals Service shows Byron Perkins, who was released from jail where he was serving time for drugs and firearms violations so he could be tested to see if he could donate a kidney for his son, Destin Perkins. When Byron Perkins instead fled to Mexico with his girlfriend, nearly 100 TV viewers of 'Americas Most Wanted'  March 18, 2006, episode which featured Byron Perkins called in and offered their kidneys to the 16-year-old from Russell Springs, Ky. (AP Photo/United States Marshals Service)AP - An inmate who was temporarily released from jail to be tested as a potential kidney donor for his ailing teenage son instead fled with his girlfriend to Mexico, prompting outrage on both sides of the border, officials said.