Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.

Inger Christensen's publisher says the Danish writer who built experimental poems, essays and novels around systematized and mathematical structures has died at age 73.

Funeral services were held for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original sci-fi TV series.

QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration this month _ and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell.

Doctors in the Bahamas conducted an autopsy Monday on John Travolta's 16-year-old son, but authorities did not immediately disclose the results.

The Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" is among the films competing for best-picture honors from the Producers Guild of America.