
Smaller crowd, but still excitement this time
Schoolteacher Patricia Cooper gazed out at the many hundreds of thousands of people lining the National Mall, moments after Barack Obama had been ...

Beyonce, Hudson do star turns at inauguration
Beyonce drew a loud cheer at the inauguration Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. But in the role she played four ...

The inaugural do-over: chomping gum, savoring view
Let's hear it for the do-over. Inaugurations are always moments of great ceremony and pageantry. But, hey, everybody can rel-a-a-a-ax a little the ...

Keys attends first Sundance as producer, composer
It's a busy week for Alicia Keys. The singer-songwriter is set to perform at three events during Barack Obama's presidential inauguration on Monday.

Alicia Keys to sing national anthem at Super Bowl
Alicia Keys is adding her voice to the Super Bowl show for the third time. The Grammy-winning R&B singer will perform the national anthem before the ...

Beyonce, Katy Perry star at packed inauguration
Kelly Clarkson is a multiple nominee at next month's Grammy Awards, but what she's really excited about is another event where she'll be joined by ...

Obama inauguration playlist: Beyonce, Wonder, fun.
President Barack Obama is preparing for all the musicians set to perform at his inauguration festivities by releasing an official playlist.

Adorned by the Grammys: Miguel has breakthrough
When record executive Mark Pitts heard "Sure Thing," a song Miguel wrote for possible inclusion on an album by Usher, Pitts felt there was something ...

Obama's 2nd inauguration smaller, yet still grand
President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first milestone swearing-in, yet still ...

Top talent lined up for Obama's inaugural events
President Barack Obama is drawing an A-list of performers for his inaugural festivities, including a massive ball expected to draw more than 35,000 ...

People's Choice Awards a feast for 'Hunger Games'
"The Hunger Games" devoured the competition at the People's Choice Awards, emerging the top victor with five trophies. Katy Perry won three awards at ...

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 ...

Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy
Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist ...

Music, comedy strike defiant tone at Sandy concert
Musicians were so intent upon helping victims of Superstorm Sandy that they didn't seem to want their benefit concert in New York to end. The final ...

Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12
A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding ...

Alicia Keys: I want to cut my hair even shorter
Alicia Keys recently chopped off most of her hair, and the singer is looking to go even shorter. The R&B superstar debuted her bob hairdo this summer.

Rolling Stones rock Brooklyn at anniversary gig
It sure didn't feel like a farewell. The Rolling Stones — average age 68-plus, if you're counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the ...

Rolling Stones added to Sandy benefit concert
The Rolling Stones will join the artists already booked for next week's televised Superstorm Sandy benefit show in New York City, which producers said ...

Alicia Keys raises $2.9M at gala, honors Winfrey
During the auction portion of Alicia Keys' Black Ball Redux, one man was ready to jump his bid from $100,000 to $250,000 for a trip to South Africa ...

12-12-12 Sandy benefit to be aired on 34 outlets
The 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert will be broadcast across 34 U.S. and international television, radio and Internet across six continents.

Swizz Beatz: I'm releasing singles, not albums
Producer-rapper Swizz Beatz says he wants to release a series of singles — or "memorable moments" — instead of a follow-up album to 2007's "One Man ...

Empire State Building surprises NY with new lights
In the middle of the night, as most of New York slept, something big and bright lit up the Manhattan skyline for just seconds — a tightly kept secret ...

After Sandy, Keys schedules Black Ball for Dec. 6
Superstorm Sandy won't stop Alicia Keys from staging her annual Black Ball. The singer said Wednesday the New York event will now be held Dec. 6.

On 'Fire,' Alicia Keys presents new side of self
Alicia Keys will make you cry. Cry hard. That's what happened when a close friend listened to the song "Brand New Me," a personal piano-tune from ...
Bon Jovi, Grohl added to Sandy benefit concert
Jon Bon Jovi, Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder are adding to the star power at next month's Superstorm Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.