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They faced freezing cold. Stifling heat. Endless days of hardship. Death, from many sides, in many ways.

Forsaking his usual monologue, forgoing his usual jokes, a subdued David Letterman returned to the air Monday night, toasting New York's residents, police and firefighters, proclaiming, If you didn't believe it before, you can believe it now: New York City is absolutely the greatest city on earth.

When asked why he titled the Electric Light Orchestra's first album in 15 years Zoom, Jeff Lynne -- who (ITAL)is(CLOSE ITAL) ELO, for all intents and purposes -- shrugs.

As fans turn to music to tune out from or make sense of the recent terrorist attacks in the United States, musicians are finding themselves in the position to help heal and restore calm.

Stephen King and John Barth. Salman Rushdie and Anne Heche. Ralph Nader and Jack Welch.

Memento, one of this year's most talked-about films, makes its DVD and videocassette debut this week. Its appearance on video is welcome, since this complex murder mystery is much easier to navigate with your remote control.

Mirroring America's involvement in World War II, HBO's 10-hour miniseries Band of Brothers gets off to a slow start. But -- again, like the nation -- once it gets started, Band of Brothers does not stop until the job is done.

Three days after terrorists staged attacks on the United States' World Trade Center and Pentagon, the Kentucky Headhunters agonized over whether they should climb on stage and perform. The band, like the nation, was reeling from shock.

If MTV is the pulse of the music world, then what, exactly, is the state of this world, judging by the vital signs shown at the network's 2001 Video Music Awards on Thursday night?

Dozens of pundits have predicted a change in the types of films Americans will turn to in this time of national crises. No more 'Independence Days' (1996) and no more 'Armageddon's' (1998) in Hollywood's future, is the common chant. Escapism in entertainment will be the name of the game in the months to come, they say. If that is indeed the case, Glitter, starring Mariah Carey, should be a sma...

On a country radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, listeners can again hear Garth Brooks crooning This heart still believes that love and mercy still exist.

Hearts In Atlantis has an exceptional pedigree. The original story is by Stephen King [Stand By Me (1986) and The Greenmile (1999)], the script was written by Oscar winner William Goldman [All The President's Men (1976)], it's directed by Scott Hicks [Shine (1996)], and stars another Oscar winner, Sir Anthony Hopkins. (Take your pick from Hopkins's long list of credits, starting with The Silence...

The Glass House is yet another example of the genre that refuses to die: the from hell movie.

When he's in the right mood, director Stephen Frears is loathe to pull punches. Even his most amusing movie, Dangerous Liaisons, is steeped in spite, anger, and deceit. But his latest theatrical release, Liam, may well be the most painful film ever made about the one-two punch of religious dogmatism and overwhelming poverty. It's a complete reversal from Frears's last picture, High Fidelity. Thi...

The new film The Musketeer could have been called Crouching Stupidity, Hidden Plot. This re-imaging of The Three Musketeers, that classic tale by Alexandre Dumas, is supposedly justified by the use of 17th-century swordplay, combined with state-of-the-art Hong Kong-style action choreography by Xin-Xin Xiong. The last major film to be re-imagined was Tim Burton's recent debacle Planet Of The Apes...

Rock Star, a generic fame-and-fortune fantasy starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, badly wants us to question the meaning of All-American success. Unfortunately, unless you consider mid-1980s heavy metal to be the pinnacle of musical expression, it's more likely to make you question the meaning of rock 'n' roll itself.

Don't Say a Word may be a case of the right movie coming along at the wrong time.

Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life By Wynton Marsalis and Carl Vigland Da Capo Press Music/Memoir 249 pages

So far this year, Keanu Reeves is two for two when it comes to bad film choices. The romantic comedy Sweet November crashed and burned in February, and now he's struck out again with Hardball.

Anyone who remembers Ben Stiller's brilliant-but-canceled TV show from the early 1990s knows that his subsequent movie work, though often quite popular, has been surprisingly trivial. It's a bummer watching someone this talented systematically neuter himself to appeal to a broader, duller audience. Zoolander -- an Austin Powers-like free-for-all set in the world of male modeling -- finally point...

When we last visited Buffy the Vampire Slayer, our spunky, fiend-fighting friend looked like a goner.

In a 1999 interview with CNN.com, Scott Dikkers, then-editor of The Onion, said, When Joe Citizen gets his newspaper each morning, we want it to be The Onion. We want them to watch The Onion news on TV. We like our version of the news better than yours.

Troy Donahue, a blond-haired, blue-eyed actor who achieved teen heartthrob status in the 1950s and 60s, died Sunday in a California hospital.

Actor Troy Donahue, a blond, blue-eyed teen movie heartthrob of the 1950s and '60s, died Sunday. He was 65.

For the album cover of its new CD, Party Music, the Oakland, California-based hip-hop group The Coup pictured its two members, Boots Riley and DJ Pam the Funktress, in front of the exploding twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Bob Hope's hospital stay has been extended for a few more days, according to a statement released Monday by his publicist.

Bob Hope was released from the hospital Thursday after a 12-day stay for treatment of pneumonia.

There's an old saying in show business: The show must go on.

Carnegie Hall opened its doors Sunday for a Concert of Remembrance to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a show featuring a world-renowned cellist and famed opera star who came out of retirement solely for that one performance.

The 53rd annual Emmy Awards ceremony has been rescheduled for October 7 after being postponed because of Tuesday's deadly terror attacks.

Forget the leaves changing. In New York, spring has already arrived.

Pauline Kael, considered one of the most important American film critics of the last 50 years, has died.

A controversial film about the personal odyssey of a taxi driver in a Chilean shanty town has scooped the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival.

Anne Heche drops a bombshell on Wednesday night's edition of ABC's 20/20.

Monsoon Wedding, director Mira Nair's vision of an elaborate wedding in India, has won the coveted Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice film festival.

Model Kate Moss was injured in a two-car crash Thursday in Essex, in southeast England.

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been unveiled as the new face of Channel Tunnel train operator Eurostar.

British actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Jim Threapleton after less than three years of marriage.

Singer Mariah Carey, hospitalized last month for exhaustion, has canceled a scheduled prime-time interview in which she was to discuss her breakdown.

On a late-night talk show normally dedicated to the punch line, not the hard-line, Sen. John McCain promised Tuesday night the United States would remove from the face of the earth those responsible for the terror attacks on New York and Washington.

Michael Jackson, the singer known as the King of Pop, is putting together an ensemble recording in an effort to help the families and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the United States, his publicist announced Sunday.

Michael Jackson, the singer known as the King of Pop, is putting together an ensemble recording in an effort to help the families and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the United States, his publicist announced Sunday.

When they were first handed out in the early '80s, Rolling Stone magazine derided them as the Empties. But the MTV Video Music Awards now have the eyes, ears, and -- yes -- even the respect of the music world. At the very least, it's a heck of an entertaining evening -- the awards show where anything can happen.

When the curtain falls at the end of the Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards, most of those who saw it probably won't be discussing who won best video. More likely, they'll be discussing what someone did.

The television broadcast networks are continuing to juggle fall schedules in light of the attacks on New York and Washington last week.

News anchor Paula Zahn, fired Wednesday from Fox News, announced Thursday she has signed a contract with CNN.

She's one of the wealthiest women in the world. She created a talk-show powerhouse, established a motion picture acting career, and the merest mention of a book title from her can move hundreds of thousands of copies.

Opera star Luciano Pavarotti has pleaded not guilty during an appearance in an Italian court to tax evasion charges.

Bob Hope's press agent said Saturday that he expects the legendary comedian to go home from a Burbank, California, hospital on Monday, eight days after being admitted with pneumonia.