Television

Grand performances by Jack Nicholson — devilishly cute one minute; cutthroat the next — and Leonardo DiCaprio helped make The Departed on of the year's best films.

On Thursday, May 18, the comedy series about the friendship between a gay man and straight woman ends. It's starred Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, who grew up in East Greenwich.

Talia Gerardi of Cranston waits to get the ticket and wrist band needed for last August's American Idol audition at Gillette Stadium. At right is her father, Anthony.

Bethany Vanasse of Pawtucket made it through two rounds of American Idol auditions.

Kenneth Maccarone, of Providence, was a contestant this past winter American Idol. He had a memorable performance and here we present another.

Providence boxer Peter Manfredo Jr. advances to the final of NBC's reality show The Contender