Zooey Deschanel scored on the big screen in (500) Days of Summer and now she's making a rare TV appearance, joining her sister Emily who stars as intrepid forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the Fox hit Bones. (Yesterday)

Britney Spears denied a bodyguard's accusations that she sexually harassed him and abused her children, saying Thursday in a statement on her website that authorities looked into his claims but found no reason to act. (Yesterday)

Colin Firth is surrounded by Oscar buzz for his deeply affecting performance in A Single Man. In the film, he plays a gay university professor contemplating suicide after the tragic death of his long-time partner. (09/08/2010)

John Lennon's killer was denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building. The Associated Press reported that the parole board decided not to release Mark David Chapman, 55, after interviewing him Tuesday by teleconference at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. (09/08/2010)

LONDON -- Yoko Ono says John Lennon is still helping her in her endeavours as an artist and peace activist as she pays tribute to her late husband before what would have been his 70th birthday. Ms. Ono visited Mr. Lennon's childhood home and school in northern England's Liverpool on Friday. (09/07/2010)