On April 22's episode of American Idol, renowned composer and lyricist Andrew Lloyd Weber stood patiently trying to teach a blank-eyed Jason Castro the song, "Memory" from one of history's most popular musicals, "Cats."

Often we don’t realize that our favorite TV shows began as vehicles on the big screen. Many of television’s best programs started that way. Then again, so did some of the worst.

The brother of rapper Sticky Fingaz, X1, died in the early hours of Friday in Las Vegas. He was 28. Nevada officials are yet to announce a cause of death, but sources tell music website AllHipHop.com the rapper committed suicide.

The TV series spin-off to the Blade franchise is officially a flop - the vampire-hunting action series has been cancelled. According to internet reports, executives at cable network Spike TV have scrapped plans to air a second season of the show.