Jay-Z Concert to Open Nets' Brooklyn Arena

Rapper and part-owner promises more than one performance at Barclays Center

2011-09-28

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nets part-owner Jay-Z will open the team's new Brooklyn arena by performing there next September. Read the complete article

Lady Gaga Shows at Obama Fundraiser

Singer was paying guest at event that cost more than $35,000 per couple

2011-09-26

ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) -- Pop singer Lady Gaga was among the guests at a Silicon Valley fundraiser for President Barack Obama. Read the complete article

R&B Singer Vesta Williams Found Dead at 53

Drug overdose cited as possible cause of LA-area death

2011-09-23

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Big-voiced R&B diva Vesta Williams, perhaps best-known for her 1980s hits "Don't Blow A Good Thing" and "Congratulations," has been found dead of a possible drug overdose in a Southern California hotel room. She was 53. Read the complete article

Lawyers Want to Show Michael Jackson Press Conference

Doctor's team says footage demonstrates singer was too frail for show-heavy tour

2011-09-21

Linda Deutsch AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death moved Tuesday to show jurors at the upcoming trial footage of a news conference in which the singer spoke of performing in only 10 shows during his "This Is It" concert run. Read the complete article

50 Cent Signs On to Alaska Serial Murderer Film

Rapper will play a pimp and share screen with Nicolas Cage in “Frozen Ground”

2011-09-20

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Rap star 50 Cent has signed on to play a pimp in a movie detailing Alaska's infamous serial killer, Robert Hansen. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Emmycast With Jane Lynch Presiding Was a Winner

TV REVIEW: Show moved at a brisk clip, free of the usual stumbles and lulls

2011-09-19

Frazier Moore AP Television Writer

Even if your favorite nominee got snubbed, Sunday's Emmycast could have been the most satisfying in memory. Read the complete article

Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell to Wed in London

Will tie knot at Marylebone Town Hall, where singer first got married in 1969

2011-09-16

Jill Lawless The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney is set to tie the knot at the venue where he first married more than 40 years ago. Read the complete article

Jackson Estate Makes $30 Million Payment to Mother, Kids

Executors also disclose family is putting famed Encino property up for sale

2011-09-14

Linda Deutsch AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's estate has generated more than $310 million in the two years since the pop singer died deeply in debt, enabling executors to distribute a preliminary payment of $30 million to Jackson's mother and children, and to unnamed charities, according to recently filed court documents. Read the complete article

2008 'America's Got Talent' Winner Enters Politics

Neal Boyd plans to run as Republican for Missouri House of Representatives

2011-09-13

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Neal Boyd got the votes to win on the TV show "America's Got Talent" in 2008. Now, the southeast Missouri native will seek voter approval again - this time in a run for the state legislature. Read the complete article

Judge: Jackson Trial 'On Course' Despite Appeal

Jury selection in manslaughter trial is planned to begin Thursday

2011-09-06

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge says the trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death is "on course" despite an appeal filed last week by the physician's attorneys. Read the complete article