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The venerable satirist and comedian has decided to leave the anchor desk on the Comedy Central program at the end of the year.

Brooke Axtell took to the Grammy stage to talk about her experience with sex abuse and domestic violence. Katy Perry followed Axtell with a solemn performance of "By the Grace of God."

The Grateful Dead will play in July. An online petition - with 8,000 signatures as of Saturday - asks that fans be allowed to park and camp overnight in lots surrounding Soldier Field stadium along Lake Michigan.

All 20 of the 2015 Oscar nominees for acting are white and there are no women in the directing or writing categories. The first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences responds to critics. 

Each movie received a total of nine Academy Award nominations.

New England Brewing Company apologizes for using the name and likeness of revered Indian independence leader Mohandas Ghandi on one of its beers, called Ghandi-Bot.

Actress Donna Douglas, best known for her role as Elly May Clampett in 'The Beverly Hillbillies' died Thursday. Raised in Pride, Louisiana, Douglas brought first-hand experience to her role playing a poor Southern tomboy. 

Luise Rainer won best actress Oscars in 1936 and 1937. Only four others have ever won back-to-back acting awards: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Jason Robards, and Tom Hanks.

The final installment in Peter Jackson's film trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkein's novels, "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" easily out-earned a host of other strong films over Christmas weekend.

'Frozen' has earned Disney more than $1.27 billion at the box office worldwide – the most successful animated movie of all time. Frozen opened in 2013, but according to an AP survey of editors, it was still the top entertainment story of 2014.