
Black Keys, fun., Rihanna to perform at Grammys
The Black Keys and fun. will make their debut on the Grammy stage next month. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the multiple Grammy ...

Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown
At 10 o'clock on a Saturday night, the Mariana Grajales park in downtown Havana pulses with a thumping beat. Young men in drooping trousers and women ...

Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, Dec. 17, to Sunday, Dec. 23: UNITED STATES 1. The Lumineers, "Ho Hey" ...

Lakers beat Knicks 100-94 to get to .500
The pieces of the puzzle that have been the Lakers' confounding season so far are starting to fall into place. Kobe Bryant engineered a second-half ...

2012 styles that made our heads turn
Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are ...

Hollywood spent 2012 proving the Mayans right
Who knew that in the ancient Mayan calendar, they would have predicted so much that pointed to the end of the world? Like the exact date that Lindsay ...

A year for enduring pop culture icons to shine
Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond — James Bond. What do they have in common? Sure, one's long gone, and one's fictional. But all three ...

Cassadee Pope wins Season 3 of 'The Voice'
Cassadee Pope, who was country singer Blake Shelton's protege on the third season of NBC's "The Voice," has won the show's competition.

L.A. Reid not returning to 'X Factor' next season
L.A. Reid will soon be an ex-judge on "The X Factor." The veteran music executive is not returning to the Fox singing competition series next season, ...
The Hollywood Reporter's best of the week
The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week: INSIDE THE FIGHT TO BRING 'LES MIS' TO THE SCREEN Nate Silver-style analytics made ...

Grammys spread the love with 6 top nominees
The Grammy Awards celebrated the diversity of music as six different artists tied for lead nominee — Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Dan Auerbach of ...

Rihanna will executive produce 'Styled to Rock'
Pop star Rihanna is getting into the TV business. The 24-year-old singer will executive produce and star in the new series, "Styled to Rock," for the ...

Aldridge: Victoria's Secret model, full-time mom
Sure, her job involves parading in lacy underwear and her husband is a rock star. But Lily Aldridge says she does the same things on a given day as ...

NY's Wang named designer at Paris' Balenciaga
Young downtown designer Alexander Wang is taking over the creative direction of storied Paris fashion label Balenciaga, likely bringing his cool-girl, ...

No charges against Chris Brown in Fla. phone grab
Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown will not face criminal charges for snatching a woman's cellphone when she tried to snap a photo of him outside a ...

Breakthrough Gotye hit is Spotify song of the year
Gotye's smash hit "Somebody I Used to Know" is Spotify's top song of the year. The digital music service said Wednesday that the multiplatinum pop ...

MTV renovates House of Style, looks behind scenes
The "House of Style" that MTV built back in 1989 has undergone some serious renovation, but it always had good bones. The show's past and present come ...

Katy Perry gets a perfume deal
Katy Perry is adding some new scents to her perfume line. The singer and songwriter is to develop a line of signature scents with beauty company Coty ...

Chris Brown deletes Twitter account after feud
R&B singer Chris Brown has taken down his Twitter account after a vulgar online exchange with comedian Jenny Johnson. Johnson says she's now receiving ...