‘Missing,’ Season 1, Episode 5, ‘The Three Bears’

After the revelation at the end of the previous episode that CIA operative Paul Winstone is alive, rather than killed in an explosion a decade earlier, the agency freezes out his wife, Becca, played by Ashley Judd, because of fears that she is working with him.

Dax Miller (Cliff Curtis), the CIA chief in Paris, assigns an agent to track Becca after telling her she cannot help hunt Paul, now believed to have gone rogue 12 years ago when the Winstones were both CIA operatives based in Prague.

Becca resumes working with her former lover, Interpol officer Giancarlo Rossi (Adriano Giannini), and they head to Prague after Giancarlo shows her a video of Paul making a bank deposit there.

‘American Idol’: Who Was Voted Off? Shocker!

At the top of “American Idol” tonight they flashed a screen that read: Expect The Unexpected.  And that was the understatement of the season. Or perhaps of all seasons. It was a shocking results show to say the least.

But, no truer words were spoken, or sang, than those mid-song during the opening number, Pink’s “Raise Your Glass,” by the remaining seven. “It’s so on right now,” sang Jessica. And as the stakes get higher and as the numbers diminish, on it was. And at this point, nobody is safe.

Going into the night the judges still held the one save of the season, so it was fair to say, many of those awaiting their fate had to at least hope they wouldn’t go home even if they came in shy of votes. With one or two exceptions, the remaining singers have always been judge favorites.

Questlove to Face David Chang in Fried Chicken Battle

Questlove of The Roots deejayed a private party in downtown Manhattan last night, spinning Michael Jackson and other melodies, and sporting a red heart on his lapel.

The scene was a loft on Bond Street with design chandeliers dangling from the ceiling. Indie rock band The Walkmen also performed for the crowd, a group of mostly media types and executives from Diageo, the company behind the new Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum, which was on display suspended inside large blocks of ice.

Speakeasy caught up with Questlove in between his two DJ shifts. Normally one to perform in larger venues with The Roots or on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” Questlove said he preferred the smaller, crowded scene of the party. “I like these gigs the best,” he said. “This party has more taste makers so I don’t necessarily feel the pressure of doing a Vegas set. I can do the cool stuff that I like to do.”

Frances Bean Cobain: ‘Twitter Should Ban My Mother’

Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, issued a statement in response to her mother’s tweets alleging that Dave Grohl “hit on” the young Cobain.

Frances said in the statement:

“While I’m generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a gross turn. I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way. I’m in a monogamous relationship and very happy.

Twitter should ban my mother.”

Top Comedy Albums: Your Picks

The comedy album may seem like a relic of the past, killed off by cable TV and YouTube.

But it’s making a comeback, writes the Journal’s Don Steinberg. We’ve put together a list of six great albums.

Watch the clips  and vote on your favorites, after the jump.

Scenes From ‘The Avengers’ Premiere (Photos)

The film, about a group of superheroes who join forces to fight the nefarious forces of Loki (Tom Hiddleston), is one of the first summer tentpole films to premiere. Last night, there was some fanfare with RDJ arriving in a sports car and comics creator Stan Lee posing fiercely on a motorcycle.

William Boyd to Write New Bond Book

Acclaimed British author William Boyd has started work on a new Bond book, joining a handful of contemporary writers who’ve tried their hand at continuing Ian Fleming’s series.

In an interview Thursday with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. Boyd said Mr. Fleming’s estate had chosen him to write the next installment, which is to be published in 2013.

The author, twice nominated for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, called the Bond assignment “a dream come true,” noting that he’s read all of the Bond books and even included Mr. Fleming as a character in one of his novels (in Mr. Boyd’s “Any Human Heart,” the main character is recruited to work for British naval intelligence by Mr. Fleming).

Mr. Boyd is one of the U.K.’s most popular literary novelists, whose books, including “A Good Man in Africa,” “An Ice-Cream War” and “Brazzaville Beach,” have won much critical acclaim. He is the third modern-day writer to pen a Bond novel, joining British author Sebastian Faulks, who published “Devil May Care” in 2008, and American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, who came out with “Carte Blanche” in 2011.

Will the Titanic Tale Finally Sink?

Will the 100th anniversary sink the unsinkable story? “Publishers always underestimate the Titanic,” Walter Lord said with a smile as we sat in his memorabilia-filled Manhattan apartment on an autumn day in 1986. I was meeting with the celebrated author of “A Night to Remember” to discuss an introduction for Robert Ballard’s book about his exploration of the Titanic wreck. There had been some resistance to the book from publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair – many thought it was just a National Geographic article, others thought it too specific a subject. Put it in a volume on great disasters said one. Perhaps you could get Prince Philip to write a foreword, suggested a British publisher.

‘Unforgettable’ Star Poppy Montgomery to Produce Neve Campbell Film

On Tuesday, Poppy Montgomery wrapped her first season of shooting CBS’ “Unforgettable” a cop drama that centers around Montgomery’s character, Carrie Wells, and her inability to forget even the slightest of details. She’s headed to Australia, her home country, to promote the show and to gear up to executive produce “Sworn to Silence,” a Lifetime original film that could become serialized by the network.

The film will star Neve Campbell, who worked with Montgomery in 1996 for “Party of Five.” Montgomery  found the book, written by Linda Castillo, and developed and pitched the show to Lifetime along with her producing partner, Barbara Lieberman. Campbell will also be listed as an executive producer.

Taking place in a Amish farming community in Ohio, the film follows Kate Burkholder (Campbell), a young woman who survived after a series of people were brutally murdered in the town. Unable to shake her fears, she left the community, only to return 15 years later as Chief of Police.

J.K. Rowling Announces Details On New Book ‘The Casual Vacancy’

J.K. Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” book franchise, has announced that her next book will be titled  “The Casual Vacancy.”

The novel will be her first book for adults, and it is due out later this year. Rowling hasn’t said much about what the book is about, though she did tweet that it will be “Very different to Harry, although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much.”

More after the jump, including a summary of Rowling’s new book.