BOSTON (AP) — A giraffe that starred in a series of TV commercials for Toys R Us and appeared in Jim Carrey's movie "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" has died at a Boston zoo.

Most athletes are well known, make lots of money and are frequently in the public eye. But there are some athletes who are known more for being famous than for the sports they play.

Purple suit, caked-white face, delirious, hand-in-the-cookie-jar grin: the Joker. In 1989's Batman, Jack Nicholson played the role as a coked out 'toon far past loony, at ease in the company of rapists or ravers.

CMT's highest rated series ever, "Gone Country," returns with Nashville hitmaker, John Rich, as host for a second season of antics with a brand new cast of characters

Filmmakers are planning a third installment in the successful Ace Ventura series made famous by comic actor Jim Carrey. The two previous Ventura comedies, 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and 1995's Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, grossed more than $180 million in the US and helped establish Carrey as one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.