NEW YORK — The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn’t be hard to find it on television.

LONDON — The agent for “Harry Potter” star Rupert Grint says the actor is recovering from a mild case of swine flu.
Grint plays the boy wizard’s best friend Ron Weasley in the hit film franchise.

LOS ANGELES — More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson’s memorial service next week.

LOS ANGELES — Details of next Tuesday’s public memorial for Michael Jackson are being released in Los Angeles by the owners of Staples Center.

ANDERSON — When attending a new film directed by a filmmaker whose work is well-known and universally touted, it is nearly impossible not to compare that shiny new product to past craftsmanship.

NEW YORK — Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and “Annie,” has died at age 75.

LOS ANGELES — The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in “A Streetcar Named Desire” has died at age 97.

LOS ANGELES — A person familiar with the situation says there no public memorial is planned for Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch.

LOS ANGELES -- Heavy construction equipment and workers passed through the wrought-iron gates of Neverland Ranch, fueling speculation that it could soon be hosting a funeral or a permanent memorial to Michael Jackson.

LOS ANGELES — The life of “Charlie’s Angels” star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private funeral in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s will gives guardianship over his children to the singer’s mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

TAMPA, Fla. – Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.

LOS ANGELES – Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days.

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson insisted that his concert promoter’s payroll include his personal physician, a financially troubled cardiologist who was with the entertainer just before he died.

Could “Star Trek” be a best picture contender? Is “Up” on its way to snagging the ultimate Oscar?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would like you to think so.

LOS ANGELES — Those “Transformers” robots are record-breakers at the box office.

LOS ANGELES — Farrah Fawcett, whose stunning looks and blinding smile made her a pop icon of the 1970s, has died. She was 62.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the proud parents of twin girls delivered by a surrogate mother, a publicist said Tuesday, following a pregnancy that proceeded less than smoothly.

CHICAGO — Illinois’ former first lady won’t be queen of the jungle.

LOS ANGELES — Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86. McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown’s felony assault case is about to enter a key phase. The R&B singer is due back in court Monday afternoon for a preliminary hearing that could feature testimony from Rihanna and a crucial ruling by a judge in Los Angeles.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something to worry about: an even cheaper DVD rental service run by one of his former lieutenants.

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna’s new daughter has flown out of her native Malawi on a private jet headed for London, an airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna’s adoption proceedings in this southern African country said Saturday.

LOS ANGELES — CBS says Academy Award-winning actress Linda Hunt is joining the cast of the new fall drama “NCIS: Los Angeles.”