AP - It's safe to say the best is yet to come for the new national spelling champion. She's only just become a teenager. She'll probably keep her competitive juices flowing by entering the International Brain Bee, the perfect contest for an aspiring neurosurgeon.

AP - An Australian woman was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for stalking "American Idol" contestant Diana DeGarmo over the Internet from the opposite side of the world.

AP - A popular priest known as "Father Oprah" said it wasn't an easy decision to sever ties with the Roman Catholic Church amid a scandal over tabloid photos of him kissing and hugging the woman he loves.

AP - It's always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle — until she starts to sing.

Reuters - Television crime drama "The Mentalist" was not only the best new show of 2009, it also boasted the sexiest cast, according to a viewers poll released on Thursday at the close of the 2008-09 U.S. TV season.

AP - "ER" actress Parminder Nagra is a new mom.

AP - A few overeager AT&T employees brought demo phones to "American Idol" viewing parties in Arkansas and helped fans text their votes, but their actions did not affect the outcome between native son Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the company said Wednesday.

AP - Commissioners in Miami might delay the demolition of a waterfront expo center to accommodate the producers of the cable television series "Burn Notice."

AP - Lindsay Lohan's troubled father has been charged with making a threatening phone call to his girlfriend.

AP - Comedian Bill Engvall will host the Country Music Television awards next month.

AP - A spokeswoman for Susan Boyle said Thursday that the Britain's Got Talent finalist lost her cool after being harassed by journalists at a London hotel.

Reuters - Venezuela's garrulous President Hugo Chavez on Thursday began a marathon four-day edition of his trademark television show to mark 10 years since the influential and widely watched program first hit the airwaves.

Reuters - AT&T on Wednesday said some of its employees provided text messaging help at two parties in "American Idol" winner Kris Allen's home state, but denied it could have swayed last week's result in which Allen won the top-rated TV talent show.

AP - Barbra Streisand has finished building her dream house and started to think about her life.