For starters, NBC's weekend staple can raise its game by not using hot young hosts who are there mainly to plug failed movies, booking hipper musical guests and easing back on Kristin Wiig overload.

Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."

$26.3 million helps Twilight sequel eclipse last Harry Potter film for No. 1.

Msnbc.com readers were considerably more impressed by New Moon than the critics, giving the movie largely rave reviews. However, a several fans were disappointed in the film and reported hearing boos in some theaters.

What fans are about to find out is that critics, present company included, don't care much for this adaptation of the second in Meyer's "Twilight" series. And those fans won't give a fig what these critics have to say about their beloved Bella and her beastie boy toys.

Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing to her or others and a handful became pop-culture landmarks.

Oprah Winfrey announced that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.

Police traced the manufacturing lot numbers of propofol bottles found at singer's bedside and learned that his personal docter bought five, 100-milliliter bottles of the drug from a Las Vegas pharmacy.

The master director guides a candid tour through a career full of pistols, doves and Chow Yun Fat.