Reuters - On the face of it, the Kuchi nomads of Afghanistan, a tribal people accustomed to rearing goats, are not a straight-forward fit for high-end fashion.

Reuters - In a possible harbinger of more Hollywood labor unrest this year, a performers union that was expected to wrap up quick contract talks with the studios said Monday it had run into "challenging issues, and a resolution may not be quick or easy."

AP - The White House called out NBC News on Monday for what Bush aides called "deceitful" editing of an interview in which the president is asked whether comments about the president of Iran were directed at Barack Obama.

AP - Emeril Lagasse is leaving the Food Network's prime-time schedule for the Fine Living Network, a move the chef hopes will mean a second course of "Emeril Live!"

AP - A New York City college student sued actress Lindsay Lohan, claiming the "Mean Girls" star took her mink coat without permission and kept it for more than two weeks.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kristi Yamaguchi is clearly the most talented contestant on "Dancing with the Stars. But the question still looms heading into Tuesday's finale: Can a woman win the celebrity dance-off?

AP - If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence.

Reuters - A hard-hitting film based on an Italian bestseller made its debut on Sunday, depicting the brutal world of the Camorra, the Naples crime network whose tentacles extend from drugs and waste disposal to haute couture.

Reuters - As the Cannes film festival hit halfway on Monday, movie executives from around the world began tallying the cost of a world economy rocked by a nine-month old credit crisis and its impact on show business.

Reuters - Country singer Carrie Underwood is the all-time most popular "American Idol" winner, and dreadlocked Jason Castro was voted the most overrated contestant this season, according to a poll released on Monday by AOL Television.

Reuters - Indiana Jones returns 19 years after his last adventure, and early reaction suggests the majority of Cannes film festival's notoriously picky critics are happy the whip-wielding archaeologist is back.

AP - Sports fans can thank Dan Snyder for making some of the Academy of Country Music Awards spectacle relevant for them.