Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the ‘80s and ‘90s and whose song saved the world in “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday.

When Michelle Wilmot first returned from Iraq, she numbed herself with a steady diet of Cap’n Crunch cereal and Arby’s.

It promises to be a first-class trip.

Warner Bros. has enlisted Christian-focused firm Grace Hill Media to promote “Man of Steel” to faith-based groups by inviting them to early screenings and creating trailers that highlight the film’s religious themes.

LOS ANGELES — Across the dizzying, colorful show floor at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where players could become all manner of things, like a throat-slashing 18th century pirate, zombie killer, a guardian of the last city on earth, music-making sorcerer, ruthless Roman general, shape-shifting creature, goblin slayer and Batman.

“Man of Steel” leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend.

One night, during dinner service, a guest asked wine angel Eboni Lomax for a huge favor.

The walls shine despite the dimness. A constellation of gold and platinum plaques gleams from behind glass picture frames, the rock ’n’ roll equivalent of the stuffed grizzly and mounted antlers in a big-game hunter’s trophy room.

Sting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snippets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote about Berry Gordy.