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  'The Sound of Music Live' draws huge ratings for NBC, Carrie Underwood very "proud"

  December 6, 2013
  Carrie Underwood is very proud of how she pulled off the role of Maria von Trapp in Thursday night's broadcast of The Sound of Music Live, which delivered big ratings for NBC.

• Mario Bello comes out, reveals lesbian relationship

  December 2, 2013
  Maria Bello explained in a first-person article in The New York Times this weekend how she told her 12-year-old son about her lesbian partner.
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  Carrie Underwood: "I get hate tweets" for taking on the role of Maria in 'The Sound of Music'

  November 27, 2013
  Carrie Underwood will be playing Julie Andrews' character Maria von Trapp in a live TV version of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 1965 musical The Sound of Music next week, and apparently not everyone is happy about it.

• Miss Venezuela Maria Gabriela Isler wins Miss Universe

  November 9, 2013
  The Miss Universe crown was bestowed on Miss Venezuela Maria Gabriela Isler Saturday night in Moscow.

• Police: Attempted burglar got stuck in chimney

  November 8, 2013
  Police in Florida said an alleged burglar was foiled when he attempted to enter a home through the chimney and got stuck inside.
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  Kelly Clarkson weds Brandon Blackstock in intimate ceremony in Tennessee

  October 21, 2013
  Kelly Clarkson has officially gone off the market.

• Mom in viral photo says she wasn't 'fat-shaming'

  October 18, 2013
  A California fitness enthusiast whose photo showing of her physique and young children went viral said she wanted to inspire other woman, not insult them.

• Pastor dresses in elk antlers for hunting sermon

  October 18, 2013
  A Swedish pastor and first-time licensed hunter who delivered her town's annual "elk hunt sermon" said she donned fake antlers for event to do something "fun."

• Pastor dresses in elk antlers for hunting sermon

  October 18, 2013
  A Swedish pastor and first-time licensed hunter who delivered her town's annual "elk hunt sermon" said she donned fake antlers just for "fun."

• Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti join NBC's 'Sound of Music'

  September 17, 2013
  Broadway titans Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle have joined the cast for the live TV production of "The Sound of Music," NBC said Tuesday.

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