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Super Bowl champs take back seat in NY
Country music star Kenny Chesney strode along an extended stage at MetLife Stadium, holding aloft a Giants helmet in one hand, a Jets helmet in the ...
50 Shades of Grey marketing phenom goes mainstream
You've bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those "Fifty Shades of Grey" books a time or three. You know who you ...
Lachey ready for 'Dancing' all-stars, band reunion
Drew Lachey is not taking it easy before he reunites with boy band 98 Degrees and appears on "Dancing with the Stars." Ahead of his 98 Degrees ...
'Jersey Boys' Frankie Valli aims for Broadway
The Broadway smash "Jersey Boys" is about to get some tough competition — from an original Jersey Boy. Frankie Valli, whose falsetto fuels The Four ...
Global activists gear up for Pussy Riot rallies
The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band are mobilizing this week in at least two dozen cities ...
Foxy Brown, Wayne, Drake join Minaj onstage in NYC
Nicki Minaj's New York City concert featured usual suspects like her mentor Lil Wayne and label mate Drake, but it was another guest appearance that ...
Aretha, Ricky Skaggs join Gospel Hall of Fame
For one night, Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Gospel — not just Soul. Franklin has been inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame along with ...
Alice Cooper gives performance at London musical
Shock rocker Alice Cooper made a surprise appearance as a guest performer at the "Rock of Ages" musical in London on Tuesday. The 64-year-old joined ...
Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order
A judge granted Sheryl Crow a three-year restraining order against a man who acknowledged he threatened to shoot the singer-songwriter and film ...
Clinton, Minnelli among stars at Hamlisch funeral
Friends and admirers of Marvin Hamlisch including former President Bill Clinton and Liza Minnelli gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to the celebrated ...
Hip hop's Bambaataa named Cornell visiting scholar
Hip hop pioneer DJ Afrika Bambaataa (bam-BAH'-tah) has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar at Cornell University.
Taylor Swift releasing new album 'Red' on Oct. 22
Multi-platinum superstar Taylor Swift is releasing her fourth studio album called "Red" on Oct. 22. She announced the upcoming worldwide release ...
Spike Lee revisits Jackson's 'Bad' at Toronto fest
Music is highlighting the Toronto International Film Festival with a Michael Jackson documentary from Spike Lee and a closing-night film featuring ...
Kenny G files for divorce after 20-year marriage
Kenny G is playing the final note on his marriage after 20 years. Court records show the musician filed for divorce Thursday in Los Angeles, citing ...
NBC halts Olympics for promotional monkeyshines
Viewers were incensed Sunday night when NBC cut away from the Olympics' conclusion to air a sitcom featuring a monkey. During 16 days from London, the ...
The Who, One Direction in all-ages Olympic closer
"I'm talking 'bout my generation," sang The Who, capping a raucous, rock 'n' roll Olympic closing ceremony But which generation? When the band members ...
EYES ON LONDON: London games close, Rio gets ready
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ RIO ...
And now...onto Rio! London puts out Olympic flame
And now, on to Rio! London brought the curtain down on a hugely entertaining Olympics with a sensational rock 'n roll nostalgia tour of a closing ...
AP PHOTOS: A rockin' Olympics closing ceremony
London bid farewell to the 2012 Summer Games during a raucous closing ceremony Sunday, with help from the reunited Spice Girls, a Monty Python anthem ...
EYES ON LONDON: Spice Girls, Lennon, hotchpotch
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ GAMES ...
Rule Britannia: Olympic closing ceremony explained
The closing ceremony of the Olympics will be a global party, with a distinctively British flavor. Organizers say it will be "a celebration of all ...
Olympics will close with a thunderous party
Party! Party! Party! London is preparing to close out a two-week festival of sports in Olympic style, with a thunderous celebration of British music, ...
The Who, Spice Girls to rock Olympic closer
Get ready for a star-studded spectacular: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the closing ...
Beastie Boys rapper's will bars ad use of his work
The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch rapped that he wouldn't "sell my songs for no TV ad." His will shows he wanted to make sure that held true after his ...