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Phillip Phillips wins 'American Idol'
May 24, 2012 08:52 AM
"American Idol" declared guitar-strumming Phillip Phillips the winner of its 11th season on US television Wednesday after viewers cast a record 132 million votes.
Lady Gaga angers Thai fans with fake Rolex comment
May 24, 2012 10:49 AM
Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex.
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It's Kanye and Kim in Cannes
May 24, 2012 09:03 AM
Kanye West showed off his short film and his celebrity girlfriend in Cannes.
Comanche tribe makes Johnny Depp honorary member
May 23, 2012 10:14 AM
Johnny Depp has been made an honorary member of the Comanche tribe.
A ball of one? Lady Gaga unsure of Indonesia show
May 23, 2012 10:30 AM
Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia.
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Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
By Mark Kennedy | May 23, 2012 11:41 PM
Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken leg after being struck by a car.
 
Songbird, guitar man vie for 'American Idol' crown
By Lynn Elber | May 23, 2012 11:17 PM
A teenage songbird or a bluesy guitar man will claim the 11th "American Idol" crown Wednesday.
Celeb birthdays for the week of May 27-June 2
May 23, 2012 10:36 PM
May 27: Actor Christopher Lee is 90. Actress Lee Meriwether is 77. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 77. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 76. Country singer Don Williams is 73.
 
Adam Lambert boots Underwood from Billboard No. 1
By Piya Sinha-Roy | May 23, 2012 08:28 PM
Former "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert pushed his fellow "Idol" alum off the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart on Wednesday to score his first No. 1 album with "Trespassing."
 
Football star Donald Driver is new 'Dancing' champ
May 23, 2012 10:47 AM
He already has a Super Bowl ring, and now football star Donald Driver can add the "Dancing With the Stars" mirror ball trophy to his awards collection.
 
Pitt in Cannes as recession-hit contract killer
May 22, 2012 12:51 PM
Brad Pitt stars as a hit-man in the blood-drenched drama "Killing Them Softly" set against the U.S. financial meltdown and Barack Obama's election and premiering at Cannes.
 
'Provocative' Lady Gaga allowed second Manila show
May 22, 2012 08:43 AM
Lady Gaga will be allowed to hold a second concert in Manila on Tuesday night after state censors ruled her "provocative" act was within legal bounds.
 
Jessica's got to connect to win, says "Idol" mentor Iovine
By Jill Serjeant | May 21, 2012 11:49 PM
"American Idol" finalist Jessica Sanchez must reach viewers emotionally in order to win the contest this week, while rival Phillip Phillips has a "crazy charisma" that will serve him well in his career.
 
George Jones hospitalized again; postpones shows
By Chris Talbott | May 21, 2012 11:32 PM
Country music star George Jones is in the hospital again with a respiratory infection.
 
Whitney Houston's last record released for "Sparkle"
By Piya Sinha-Roy | May 21, 2012 11:08 PM
Whitney Houston's last recording - a new duet with "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks - was released on Monday ahead of the singer's upcoming film, "Sparkle."
 
Michael Jackson is still 'Bad,' 25 years after album
By Piya Sinha-Roy | May 21, 2012 03:12 PM
Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release of a full album from the King of Pop's catalog since he died in 2009.
 
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle
By Gregory Katz | May 21, 2012 09:22 AM
Robin Gibb, 62, dies "following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," his family announces in a statement released by Gibb's representative Doug Wright.
 
Lady Gaga to go on in Philippines despite rallies
May 20, 2012 04:46 PM
Lady Gaga's Philippine concerts will go ahead as planned, organisers said Sunday, despite a series of protests from Christian groups and calls for the controversial singer to be banned.
 
Jackie Chan goes out fighting
May 20, 2012 10:44 AM
Jackie Chan says he is landing his last punch.
 
Shock Cannes winner asks for tolerance this time round
By Deborah Cole | May 19, 2012 04:33 PM
Cristian Mungiu, who stunned the cinema world with his Palme d'Or win for the chilling Communist-era abortion drama "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", is back in the running with the true story of a deadly "exorcism".
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