2013 music picks for Christmas

MTV's Bill Flanagan offers tips on what to give the music lovers on your list

• Dec 21, 2013

Young-adult author who wrote of depression commits suicide

Ned Vizzini, author of "It's Kind of a Funny Story," jumped off roof of parents' home in Brooklyn

• Dec 20, 2013

Mercury crater named after John Lennon

Beatles legend John Lennon, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" author Truman Capote and sculptor Alexander Calder are among the 10 artists and writers now immortalized on Mercury with impact craters bearing their names

• Dec 20, 2013

Oscar's shortlist for foreign films announced

Nine features advance in voting for Academy Award

• Dec 20, 2013

Stewart, Colbert poke fun at "Duck Dynasty" controversy

The "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" hosts poked fun at the uproar over Phil Robertson’s suspension from his family's A&E reality series

• Dec 20, 2013

Bristol Palin: Leave Phil Robertson alone, shame on A&E

Sarah Palin's daughter shows her support for the “Duck Dynasty” star after he was put on hiatus from the hit show

• Dec 20, 2013

It's a wonderful town

Seneca Falls, N.Y. is transformed into Bedford Falls every year for the annual festival honoring the classic holiday film "It's A Wonderful Life"

• Dec 20, 2013
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Selena Gomez cancels tour to spend time on herself

Selena Gomez has scrapped her upcoming tour of Asia and Australia so she can take some time to focus on herself

• Dec 20, 2013

Kate Upton is "The Other Woman" in new trailer

The model stars alongside Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann in a comedy about three women who team up to get back at a cheating man

• Dec 20, 2013

Ellen DeGeneres busts a move in Oscars trailer

The Academy Awards host dances with 250 tuxedo-clad men and women in the newly-released trailer for the 2014 ceremony

• Dec 20, 2013

Trailer: Sandler and Barrymore reunite in "Blended"

"The Wedding Singer" and "50 First Dates" co-stars are reuniting for another comedy, due out Memorial Day 2014

• Dec 20, 2013

Top 10 holiday films

We came up with the best holiday movies to catch during the festive season

• Dec 20, 2013
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Katie Couric's talk show to end after this season

"Katie" will not return for a third season as Couric heads to Yahoo to anchor the Internet company's video news initiative

• Dec 20, 2013

J.K. Rowling working on a Harry Potter stage play

The play will explore the boy wizard's early life, before he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Dec 20, 2013

Who won season 3 of "The X Factor"?

Alex & Sierra, the duo from the University of Central Florida, won season 3 of the Fox competition on Thursday night

• Dec 20, 2013

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