Sports give man discipline to help Louie's Kids

As the nation embarks on a childhood obesity initiative led by first lady Michelle Obama, one young man dove headfirst into the deep end of it in Charleston nearly two years ago and already is making a difference. He is one soldier in a battle that has just begun. Read More

Show looks at 'Price of Beauty'

NEW YORK -- Singer and sometimes actress Jessica Simpson has paid the price of beauty, and now she's examining people's obsession with looking good. She made headlines last year when photos of her performing suggested she might have gained a few pounds. Read More

Former child actor grows up to star in new Fox comedy

PASADENA, Calif. -- When Tyler Labine was a kid actor, he never played the Beaver Cleaver role, but was always Eddie Haskell. "In school, I was always the jerky guy. Early in my career that's all I played. I was this sweet, round-faced kid, but I always played the bully." Read More

Headmaster puts mark on Pinewood

Summerville often is thought of as the kind of small town where everybody is related to, or at least knows, everybody else. So in 1997, when the board of Pinewood Preparatory School stepped out on a limb and hired a -- gasp! -- Brit as its headmaster from the two dozen applicants for the job, it's no wonder some folks questioned the choice. Read More

In the genes

Alexa Ray Joel will get to show what she's learned from both of her parents when she becomes the new spokeswoman for Prell shampoo this year. Read More

Actor fears life after 'Twilight'

NEW YORK -- With his tousled, seemingly unwashed locks, and rumpled, just-rolled-out-of-bed undershirt and jeans, Robert Pattinson seems laid-back and carefree. Read More

Jennifer Hudson's 'Shining Moment'

Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy and Oscar winner, will perform "One Shining Moment," the song that plays each year at the end of the CBS broadcast of the NCAA men's basketball championship game. Read More

'Brooklyn' star stays busy

Ethan Hawke has been a professional actor for 25 of his 39 years. Read More

Former TV host 'Red Carpet Ready'

For more than a decade, Melissa and Joan Rivers doled out fashion cheers and jeers about what the stars wore at movie awards shows. Read More

Wine + Food chairman works, plays hard

Rick Widman

Rick Widman begins a definition of hospitality as "the ability to satisfy and give a guest a wonderful experience," then pauses. He seems to be struck by how textbook the words sound. "And," he says emphatically, "create a special memory. I'm all about memories." Read More

Star on board for Cornwell series

LOS ANGELES -- Depending on how one counts, it was a meeting either six months or almost 20 years in the making. The major participants? Two pop-culture luminaries. One was Angelina Jolie, the Oscar winner who launched 1,000 paparazzi and carried off with swagger such action flicks as "Wanted" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The other was Patricia Cornwell, one of the world's most commercial authors. Read More

No longer awkward

On the new NBC show "Parenthood," Lauren Graham plays the role in which Maura Tierney originally was cast. Read More

Jim Braunreuther

District coordinator a cheerleader for the arts in schools, community

If Jim Braunreuther weren't around, Charleston County School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy McGinley probably would have pulled out her hair. McGinley, always a little frustrated that the district does not have more money to spend on arts education, relies on the man she calls "a one-man fine arts department." Read More

Jerry Seinfeld, 'The Marriage Ref'

Jerry Seinfeld and others are producing a new comedy-reality show for NBC called "The Marriage Ref," which they will sneak-preview Sunday. Real-life couples sustain an argument at home while the audience and a celebrity panel watch. Read More

Vogue's Wintour to Hall of Fame

NEW YORK -- Already considered one of the most powerful people in fashion, Vogue's Anna Wintour is headed to the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame. Read More