Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and a host of other celebrities plan to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday, which is World AIDS Day. The participants will sign back on when the charity raises $1 million.

Macy's is proud to usher in the 2010 holiday season on Friday, Nov 26 with the annual Macy's Holiday Parade and the opening of Santaland in Downtown Portland. Straight from the North Pole, Santa Claus will be spreading joy and good cheer as he winds his way through the streets of Downtown Portland on his brand new sleigh.

Edwidge Danticatwas born in Haiti in 1969 and moved to the United States when she was 12. Here, Edwidge talks about her latest opus, "Create Dangerously," a collection of essays based on a series of lectures she delivered at Princeton University last year.

Britain's Prince Harry is talking to rapper Snoop Dogg about performing at an engagement party for his brother Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton.

At the New York premiere of her upcoming Thanksgiving special on ABC, 'Beyonce's I Am ... World Tour,' the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning singer chats with the AP's Alicia Quarles about the concert-movie and pregnancy rumors.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vignettes from the 38th annual American Music Awards:

Portland Hip Hop Artist Luck-One will be celebrating the release of his "Outtakes" EP with a show at Backspace, 115 NW 5^th Ave. on Saturday, Nov. 20.

In March, one of Portland's newest dance crews will be traveling to New York City to perform on BET's "106 and Park" show to compete with other dancers from across the nation for a $5,000 prize.

Tinsel and spotlights; costumes and sparkles: this is what dreams are made of. For little girls who long to be superstars, landing a part in a Christmas show is a dream come true. Aliemah Bradley is the envy of those budding actors this Christmas.

Shawn Corey Carter, aka Jay-Z, wasn't always a cultural icon married to Beyonce' who had parlayed his success as a rap artist into a multi-millionaire empire with a host of diverse holdings ranging from a record label to a music publishing company to a clothing line to a nightclub chain to an NBA team.