Cyndi Lauper kicks off fifth season of Fox’s ‘Bones’ as guest star

NEW YORK — Cyndi Lauper says she downplays a psychic she portrays on Thursday’s season five premiere of Fox’s “Bones.”

Critics savage the ‘Leno Show’ after Monday’s premiere, but can 18.4 million viewers be wrong?

NEW YORK — The critics savaged Jay Leno’s prime-time experiment. Viewers gave it the biggest audience for an entertainment show since the “American Idol” finale in May.

Gore Vidal, Dave Eggers to receive honorary National Book Awards

NEW YORK — Congratulations, Gore Vidal.

At NY Fashion Week, black is back, but without all the gloom

NEW YORK — Fashion for spring is back in black.

Was Obama’s opinion of West an off-mike moment that shouldn’t have been tweeted?

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.

From the preppy to the preposterous, spring 2010 designs hit runways at New York Fashion Week

NEW YORK — As the baseball season grinds toward the World Series and another football season rears its helmeted head, a man’s thoughts turn to fashion.

‘Housewives’ star Kathryn Joosten’s lung cancer returns; she says she hopes to educate

NEW YORK — Kathryn Joosten (JOO’-sten), who plays the crotchety Karen McCluskey on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” is battling a recurrence of lung cancer.

Snuggie, the blanket with sleeves, makes NY Fashion Week debut

NEW YORK — All the big names came out for New York Fashion Week: Marc. Vera. Snuggie. Yes, Snuggie — the blanket with sleeves — staged a runway show on Tuesday, complete with high-fashion models and a new “urban jungle” line of zebra and leopard prints.

Oprah Winfrey’s show making jaunt to Central Park and a visit with Mariah Carey

NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey plans to go to the park — Central Park, that is.

Kanye West calls Taylor Swift after country star says he hadn’t reached out to apologize

NEW YORK — It looks like Kanye West has finally given a personal apology to Taylor Swift.

Critics slam ‘Leno Show’ after Monday’s premiere, viewers tune in by the millions

NEW YORK — Critics may not have loved Jay Leno’s prime-time debut, but 17.7 million viewers tuned in to check him out.

Critics slam ‘Leno Show’ after Monday’s premiere, calling it ‘Tonight’ rehash _ and worse

NEW YORK — Jay Leno snagged mostly negative reviews with his entry into prime time as he stuck to familiar ground — just 90 minutes earlier.

Boss of Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity quits after falling for her trainer

NEW YORK - Queen of pop Madonna has lost the head of her Raising Malawi charity after he fell for her trainer.

Financier Henry R. Kravis gives NY Philharmonic $10M for composer-in-residence and new award

NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic says it will receive a $10 million gift from philanthropist Henry R. Kravis to endow its composer-in-residence program and fund the creation of an award in the field of new music.

95 Percent Better: Dan Brown returns after 6 year wait

NEW YORK — The mind of Dan Brown may be a cluster of codes, but in person he appears no more mysterious than your average tennis partner. He is that smiling, sandy-haired man with the dimpled chin you know from the jacket flap of “The Da Vinci Code,” the sporty looking fellow in blazer and slacks.

Michael Jackson wrote novel in secret

NEW YORK - Publishers here are involved in a bidding war for the rights to a novel secretly written by pop legend Michael Jackson.

Jay Leno’s prime-time show: Earlier, plusher, busier than his ‘Tonight Show,’ but no better

NEW YORK — No worries, no surprises. It’s the same comfortable Jay Leno. Typical Jay Leno, just on a plusher scale. Pleasant. Affable. Even funny.

Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze is dead

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze has died at 57, spokeswoman Annett Wolf told The Hollywood Reporter Monday.

Marc Jacobs moves toward femininity at Fashion Week while others are wrapped in bandages

NEW YORK — Marc Jacobs moved fashion toward femininity at New York Fashion Week, even if the other designers who previewed spring collections aren’t quite there yet.

With Madonna watching, Marc Jacobs sends out Kewpie-doll look at Fashion Week

NEW YORK — Marc Jacobs, mission accomplished.

NY Fashion Week runways full of bandage dresses and slashed fabric

NEW YORK — With all its slashed material and bandaged dresses, New York Fashion Week could be mistaken for a haute hospital ward.

Memories laced with laughter highlight a memorial for TV and stage star Bea Arthur

NEW YORK — They remembered with love — and a lot of laughter — the star of television’s “Maude” and “The Golden Girls,” a woman who also appeared in such hit musicals as “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Mame.”

In wake of Kanye insult, country music star Taylor Swift to perform on ‘The View’ for 1st time

NEW YORK — ABC says country music singer Taylor Swift is going to make her first appearance on “The View.”

Tiffany glass: a study in color, light, innovation that revolutionized glassmaking

PARIS — The name Tiffany is synonymous with the finest of jewelry and a visit to an exhibition at the Luxembourg Museum devoted to Louis Comfort Tiffany is like standing inside a jewel box — without a jewel in sight.

Golf Channel brings in Ray Romano for retooling; reality show tries to improve game of a celeb

NEW YORK — Comic Ray Romano is going to the golf doctor.

First round of Emmy presenters include Tina Fey, Kiefer Sutherland and Simon Baker

NEW YORK — The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences says Tina Fey, Kiefer Sutherland and Simon Baker will be among the presenters at this Sunday’s primetime Emmy Awards.

Correction: Oprah Winfrey story

NEW YORK — In a Sept. 13 story about the “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” The Associated Press incorrectly attributed a quote about ratings to Mario Lopez. It was Bill Carroll, an expert in the syndication market for Katz Television, who said, “You can’t be oblivious to the decline in ratings. Even if it is the dominant show, you have to look at what the value is. I am sure that the people around her are aware of the trends or the perception of trends.”

‘Early Show’ host Harry Smith takes sick day, tells CBS viewers he thinks he has swine flu

NEW YORK — “Early show” host Harry Smith has taken a sick day from work, telling viewers he thinks he has swine flu.

When Pammie, mystery guy spent one hour in a outdoor bathroom trailer

NEW YORK - Pamela Anderson had people talking when she attended a recent photography exhibition, as she disappeared with a guy to an outdoor bathroom trailer for almost an hour.

VMA chaos, as usual: Kanye decries Swift win, Jackson honored, ‘Twilight’ stars make a cameo

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn’t exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars.

West apologizes for outburst during Swift’s VMA speech; country star calls night ‘interesting’

NEW YORK — Kanye West apologized for yet another outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, this time directed at country-pop sweetheart Taylor Swift. The disruption upstaged not just Swift’s awards speech, but the entire evening, including an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson.

NYT: New York rebel Jim Carroll, punk poet and author of “The Basketball Diaries, dead at 60

NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote “The Basketball Diaries,” died Friday. He was 60.

West booed for outburst after Swift’s MTV win, but Beyonce saves the day with Taylor tribute

NEW YORK — The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with a poignant, tender tribute to fallen icon Michael Jackson, but soon got back into raucous character thanks to Kanye West, who delivered yet another awards show outburst at the expense of country and pop sweetheart Taylor Swift.

West booed for outburst after Swift’s MTV win; Madonna, Janet Jackson pay tribute to Michael

NEW YORK — The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with a poignant, tender tribute to fallen icon Michael Jackson, but soon got back into raucous character thanks to Kanye West, who delivered yet another awards show outburst at the expense of country and pop sweetheart Taylor Swift.

Hold that final curtain: ‘Avenue Q’ set to move to off-Broadway in October

NEW YORK — Hold that final curtain for “Avenue Q.”

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