Diversions

The new year calls for new resolutions, a new state of mind and a brand new look. Yet as makeup specialists observe the year’s makeup trends, it seems a brand new look for many may not be very brand new after all.

The science-fiction blockbuster “Avatar” won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the “Titanic” filmmaker’s prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.

Many Jews consider Christmas Day an opportunity to serve their community while Christian neighbors celebrate their holiday. This year, what's also known as Mitzvah Day in southeast Michigan is getting an added boost from Muslims.

Simon Cowell's brother says the next season of "American Idol" will be the judge's last.

Tony Cowell said in his weekly podcast, "The Cowell Factor," that a statement was being prepared that would certify that the acerbic British judge was leaving the popular Fox signing competition at the end of 2010.

NEW YORK — Nick Jonas is used to performing in front of screaming fans who know all the words to their favorite Jonas Brothers songs. Now his new band, Nick Jonas & The Administration, is getting ready to perform as the house band for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — The animated musical “The Princess and the Frog” jumped to No. 1 at the box office with $24.2 million in its first weekend of nationwide release.

One of Tiger Woods' major sponsors will phase the world's most valuable athlete out of its advertisements while he takes time off to repair his personal life.

When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won’t have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted. All he’ll have to do to is pull out his iPhone and fire up BirdsEye, a new bird-finding application.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Tiger Woods sex scandal has been a boon for online publications, even though it hasn’t generated the same amount of Internet traffic as Michael Jackson’s death or President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Depp, in Tokyo for the Japan premiere of “Public Enemies,” said Wednesday he was drawn to the movie because of his childhood interest in John Dillinger, the bank robber who in Depression-era America was declared public enemy No. 1 by federal authorities.