Actor Rip Torn will enter an alcohol rehabilitation facility this week after allegedly breaking into a Connecticut bank with a loaded gun while drunk on Friday.

The "Men in Black" star, real name Elmore Rual Torn, was arrested after police found him sprawled out on the floor of the Litchfield Bancorp building clutching a loaded revolver.

The actor, who was reportedly two-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit at the time of his arrest, was charged with a string more...

DENTON, Texas – The big sound emanating from a performance room on the University of North Texas' campus starting at 1 p.m. doesn't just come from any band.

It's the school's Grammy-nominated One O'Clock Lab Band.

The university band with a history of Grammy nominations has earned two more this year and for the first time, the 19 current band members — and 11 who have already graduated — will attend the

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Judi Dench is urging her fans to go green this festive season - she's leading a campaign to encourage the British public to recycle used Christmas cards. The Oscar winner has teamed up with conservation charity the Woodland Trust to launch a new drive which will see special card recycling trash cans installed in shops across her native U.K. throughout January.

The scheme will fund the planting of new trees and after ditching their unwanted cards, participants can log online and more...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lil Wayne heads to jail in February in his New York gun case, just days after his next album comes out.

The rap star's sentencing date is Feb. 9, set in a Manhattan state court Tuesday. The Grammy winner said nothing during his brief court appearance.

He pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. The charge stemmed from a 2007 traffic stop of his tour bus.

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Singer David Byrne has ruled himself out a Talking Heads reunion - insisting he doesn't need the money.

The group - who broke devotees' hearts when they split in 1991 - could demand a fortune to team up again for a series of gigs. But frontman Byrne is adamant that he would rebuff any offers to reform the band.

He says, "I'm not keen and it's unlikely to happen. I don't need the money badly enough."

Talking Heads last performed together in 2002 at the

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Fans of Eighties rockers The Talking Heads are in for a treat - the band's record label is preparing an album of never-released songs.

The group broke devotees' hearts when they split in 1991 and feuding among bandmates means a reunion is unlikely to ever happen. However frontman David Byrne reveals fans will get the chance to hear some unheard tracks the band completed before their break-up - thanks to an initiative from label Warner Bros.

He says, "It's not a

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Swedish pop sensation Robyn was banned from approaching Madonna during her Sticky & Sweet tour - despite appearing as a supporting act.

The singer claims she was told by the Holiday hit-maker's representatives not to approach her or take photos during the European leg of her tour.

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