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Because it's set near the border of West Virginia and Kentucky, the three-night miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" isn't technically a Western, but it sure feels like one, with its saloon fights, pistol duels, ratty facial hair and genre star Kevin Costner riding tall in the saddle.

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MINNEAPOLIS - Next time you think about storming over to your neighbors' house to complain about their loud music, take a break - a six-hour break - to watch History Channel's "Hatfields & McCoys," an exhaustive re-creation of one of the most famous feuds in American history.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has always been a fan favorite in Wisconsin.

Emmy Award-winning TV director and producer Robert Finkel has died. He was 94.

Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor."

Nicole Kidman hasn't worked in TV since the 1989 mini-series "Bankock Hilton." Since then, she's been busy as a movie star.

Two giants in the wrestling world are getting ready to rumble - in a courtroom.

Revenge is served cold. Sometimes it's served piping hot. And it's served again and again, until the gunmen retreat into the foggy woods.

The fun never stops, folks.

An Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his career working for legendary comic Jack Benny has died in Los Angeles. Al Gordon was 89.

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The winner has been declared. A nation has decided, and we went to bed on Wednesday finally knowing that American Idol No. 11 is, in the words of dozens of Twitter commenters, another "white guy with guitar" (WGWG). Rest easy, America.

Actor Bernie Kopell spent more than a decade sailing the sexy seas on "Love Boat" as Dr. Adam Bricker, but he is also known for doing some interesting voice work.

Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited Boston to talk about the art of comedy and how he got started in it.

The Daytime Emmy Awards have found a new home at cable news channel HLN.

Nearly 22 million TV viewers seems like a lot - but for an "American Idol" season-ender, it's a new low.

It was a great night for Phillip Phillips, but for "American Idol," maybe not so much.

Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant is keeping up with the Kardashians.

Elton John is canceling three Las Vegas performances on doctors' orders after being hospitalized with a respiratory infection.

The 19th-century conflict between the Hatfield and McCoy families became the definitive feud of American history. To this day it provides a shorthand way of describing a hate-laced, unbending, seemingly endless battle between two groups. But what in fact happened between the Hatfields and McCoys?

PHILADELPHIA - Phillip Phillips, the 21-year-old from Leesburg, Ga., was anointed the winner of the 11th season of "American Idol" on Wednesday night. A fan and judges' favorite, the easy-going singer sailed through the competition, never landing among the weekly bottom three.

Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy.

Everyone expected Phillip Phillips to win "American Idol" - except Phillips himself.

Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male "Idol" winner in a row.

Bluesy guitar man Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., wins 11th "American Idol" crown.

The brother-in-law of "Cake Boss" television star Buddy Valastro has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey.

From the moment he first stepped in front of the judges and unleashed a folksy take on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," guitar-playing crooner Phillip Phillips seemed preordained to win "American Idol," and not just because he's another white guy with a guitar, the all-too-familiar profile of the previous four "Idol" champions.

A lobbyist for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. testified Thursday that he thought a U.K. government minister knew that one of his aides was providing Murdoch's company with information on its bid to take over the British Sky Broadcasting satellite network.

Recognizing that many viewers want to watch key events live, in prime time, rather than tape-delayed, NBCUniversal plans to bolster its coverage of the Summer Olympics in London in August by putting 3,000 hours of programming online.