
Professional wrestler CM Punk, whose real name is Phil Brooks, tweeted, "I would like @chrisbrown fight somebody that can defend themselves" on his Twitter account.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge told Lindsay Lohan she was "on the home stretch" Wednesday, as the troubled actress received glowing marks in her penultimate probation progress hearing.
Stephen Colbert will resume taping of his late-night show, The Colbert Report, on Monday.
Stevie Wonder, R. Kelly, Alicia Keys and other singers performed before the approximately 1,500 people in attendance. Wonder's rendition of Ribbon in the Sky, with lyrics personalized for Houston, brought one of several standing ovations from the audience.
Around 1,500 people are expected to attend the invitation-only memorial. The Houston family announced they did not want to hold a public service.
The television program The Simpson's will air its 500th episode this weekend. Bart – who has been in the fourth grade since 1987 – would now be 34 years old and either in jail, working at the Kwik-E-Mart or retired from skateboarding in the X-Games.
New Jersey residents are at odds over a decision to lower the state's flags in honor of singer Whitney Houston, and although Gov. Chris Christie defends his decision - not everyone approves.
A Southern California woman has reportedly been accused of breaking into country singer Kenny Chesney's home in Wednesday's early hours, but it doesn't appear that she was looking for anything other than companionship - and maybe a few glasses of wine.
Aretha Franklin has been asked to sing at the service. Singer Dionne Warwick, Houston's cousin, went to New Jersey to help the family with funeral arrangements, her publicist told CNN. The service will be live streamed.
Whitney Houston's invitation-only funeral will be held Saturday in her Newark, NJ, childhood church. Her family says there will be no public memorial.
Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her.
Adele was perfect at Sunday's Grammy Awards, winning all six of her awards, including Album of the Year.

There is a reason why the Twilight stars land so high on Forbes' list of Best Actors for the Buck: they aren't paid extravagantly and their movies rake in the box office dough.