ISAAC Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose Theme From Shaft won Academy and Grammy awards, has died. His family found the 65-year-old lying near a treadmill at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

On Friday, June 20, more than 300 cancer survivors, current patients and loved ones will gather for "Celebrate Life," an annual event that commemorates the five-year anniversaries of cancer survivors who treated at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R).

Barry Livingston admits he's not movie hero material. The former child star from "My Three Sons" definitely doesn't look the part. Livingston usually gets mild-mannered, science-geek roles, so he was excited to land a role in the action movie "Final Approach," airing 8 p.m.

By Chris Treadway, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Feb. 18--Doctor, judge, police officer, grandfather, athlete, businessman, postal service supervisor. James Williams has been all of those and more in films, television shows, commercials and print advertising.

By Bob Tourtellotte LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gordon Parks, the pioneering black photographer and filmmaker who explored the African-American experience in his work, including landmark movies "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft," died on Tuesday in New York, a relative said.