Entertainment

Dustin Ellermann of Zavalla took the $100,000 grand prize on The History Channel’s “Top Shot” Tuesday night, in an elimination challenge that left little doubt that he really is the best competitive shooter in the country.  Let's just say he hits what he aims at.

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In a televised editorial on the NBA's ongoing contract deadlock and player lockout, HBO sports commentator Bryant Gumbel compared NBA Commissioner David Stern to a "plantation overseer."

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A group of Connecticut State Prison inmates has started a letter-writing campaign to head off what they say will be an unfair ban on pornography inside that state’s correctional institutions.

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Netflix has been doing so much backpedaling lately, it’s surprising the company hasn’t adopted a bicycle for its logo.

In the most recent reversal, Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping a plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two different companies and would instead keep both under the Netflix name. The abandoned idea would’ve seen the mailed DVD service take on the name Qwikster, with a separate website and separate billing.

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The State Fair of Texas has launched its annual one month run in Dallas.  This is the 125th year for the fair, prompting the theme "125 Years: A Timeless Tradition." 

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(To the tune of Yankee Doodle)

"SFA is goin' to London, but not to ride the ponies."  It's true.  No less than Queen Elizabeth II of England herself has invited the Stephen F. Austin State University Marching Band to march in London's 2013 New Year's Day Parade.

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Former Houston Astros' shortstop and team manager Art Howe is not a happy camper.  Howe says he hates the way he's portrayed in the new Brad Pitt movie "Moneyball".  He says he feels betrayed by the movie makers.

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The 18th annual Crystal Heart Gala in Fort Worth had some startling and harrowing moments Monday night.  During the annual Huguley Memorial Medical Center's benefit event at the Renaissance Worthington hotel, country star Randy Travis collapsed on stage while singing his song Three Wooden Crosses.

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