Few stories impact as strongly as Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple." The bittersweet travails of Celie, Sofia, Nettie and Shug - four very different Southern black women who are, in many ways, equally repressed - tug the heartstrings, regardless of gender, age or race. ...more

November 20, 2009

He finished in the top four of the 2008 "American Idol" competition and was the first competitor to play an instrument onstage. Wednesday, Jason Castro performed here for a crowd of more than 200 people. ...more

October 30, 2009

He finished in the top four of the 2008 "American Idol" competition and was the first Idol competitor to play an instrument onstage. And Wednesday evening Jason Castro performed for a crowd of more than 200 people . ...more

October 29, 2009

The 106th Florida State Fair is looking for superheroes - but they have to be the type one would find at a fair. ...more

October 27, 2009

When Joe Girardi has big decisions to make, he consults his thick black binder. ...more

October 26, 2009

With his trim dark suit and a fedora pulled low over his eyes, Leonard Cohen looked less like a poet and singer-songwriter Monday night and more like a veteran song-and-dance man working the boards. ...more

October 21, 2009

About two dozen Catholic "Idol" wannabes showed up Sunday at the Bethany Retreat Center for the first round of auditions for the "Voice of An Angel" singing competition. ...more

July 20, 2009

Now the tabloids are calling her "Susan Boils Over." Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing sensation, lost her temper and engaged in a "four-letter rant" with two reporters at her London hotel this week that led to police intervention, prompting Britain and the YouTube-watching world to fret over the pressure being piled on the Scottish songstress as her final test approaches. ...more

May 30, 2009

"American Idol" sponsor AT&T says a few overeager company employees helped Arkansas fans vote by text at viewing parties — but didn't influence the final results. ...more

May 27, 2009

Nielsen ratings give "American Idol" a huge win as Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert to become the show's singing champ. ...more

May 22, 2009