The Queen Mother thought it was “utterly abhorrent” when Prince Charles and princess Diana went public on their marriage failings, according to her official biography released on Thursday.

Jay Leno’s new prime-time chat and comedy TV show lost more than 7 million viewers on its second night after a slew of bad reviews but was still the No. 1 U.S. network show of the night, audience ratings figures showed on Wednesday.

Prince Harry has turned 25, making the eligible bachelor entitled to part of his inheritance from his mother, Princess Diana.

Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer.

Thousands of “American Idol” hopefuls waited in the rain and the cold as Season Nine auditions kicked off near Boston.

Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman’s apology for the joke about her daughter.

Howard Stern, Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and two of her doctors pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they illegally supplied the Playboy model with prescription drugs for years before she died from an accidental overdose.

Miss California USA lost some goodwill with controversies over semi-nude photographs and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, but she gets to keep her crown.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland says he was “neither the instigator nor the wrongdoer” in an incident that saw him charged with assault for headbutting a fashion designer who bumped actress Brooke Shields at a swank New York party.

The boyfriend of Jamie Lynn Spears is in stable condition after a terrible car crash early Sunday morning, according to People magazine. The couple have a 10-month-old daughter named Maddie.

Emmy Award-winning actress Bea Arthur, best known as star of the hit TV comedies “Maude” and “Golden Girls,” has died at age 86, entertainment news websites reported on Saturday.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple confirms.   “They’re very excited,” says the source, adding that the actress, 31, is due in the fall.

And then there were five.

American Idol eliminated two more contestants last night.

Lil Rounds, a frequent occupier of a spot in the bottom three, was the first to go.

Next, Anoop Desai got the boot. A fan favorite, the crooner lacked the vocal chops to go any farther in the competition.

Say goodbye Anoop and Lil

Condoleezza Rice, a classically trained pianist, was in Los Angeles for her March 24 appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she asked to meet Randy Jackson for a private conversation at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

Jay Leno checked into a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday with an undisclosed illness, forcing the comedian to cancel a taping of “The Tonight Show” for the first time in his 17-year tenure.