Reuters - Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar is venturing into television with a series adaptation of his first international hit, the Oscar-nominated 1988 feature "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." -- read full article
AP - Miss California Carrie Prejean received a swell of support at the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards with the crowd giving her a standing ovation when she came out to introduce a performance.
Reuters - 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.
AP - "American Idol" finalists Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai aren't closer to becoming household names. Both singers were dismissed Wednesday after it was revealed they received the fewest number of viewer votes on the popular Fox singing competition.
AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 13-19. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: -- read full article
AP - BET, the leading network tailored for black teens and young adults, will be joined by a new channel aimed at an older black audience. -- read full article
AP - Stephen Colbert had an important question for an official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: "Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?" -- read full article
Reuters - A Colorado man was arrested on Wednesday after eyewitnesses claimed he may have fired a gun at reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman as the bounty hunter tried to apprehend him, police said.
