LOS ANGELES — Hannah Montana is leaving destiny behind.

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Swayze is being treated for pancreatic cancer but is doing well enough to continue working, his representative said Wednesday.

Radiohead’s name-your-price download strategy, in which the band offered its latest album, “In Rainbows,” to consumers for whatever price they chose, has been the talk of the music world for months.

NEW YORK — NBC is pumping up the return of “My Name is Earl” with a guest shot by Paris Hilton.

NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to thank “Saturday Night Live” for giving her candidacy a boost — although she failed to get an official endorsement from the show.

LOS ANGELES — Will Ferrell’s basketball comedy scored with some fans at the weekend box office but also left a few empty seats in the bleachers as it pulled down just $15.1 million.
Here are the top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC:

LOS ANGELES — “American Idol” contestant David Hernandez once entertained audiences by removing his clothes instead of singing tunes, a manager at a male strip club in Phoenix told The Associated Press.
The 24-year-old finalist from Glendale, Ariz., once worked as a stripper at Dick’s Cabaret, appearing fully nude and performing lap dances for the club’s “mostly male” clientele, club manager Gordy Bryan said Monday.

Readers who have been following the presidential race will likely take interest in a piece Jessica Kerman is working on for Wednesday about the delegate system. She speaks to two local delegates — both young people — and explains their role as the nominations draw closer.
We are also following the story of a man with local ties who is a graduate student at Northern Illinois University and attended class in the building where an outbreak of violence took place last month. Our staff will check in with the Madison County Board of Commissioners, the Anderson Board of Aviation Commissioners an the Anderson Redvelopment Commission today.