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A group of 35 Michael Jackson fan clubs have joined forces to lobby for the cancellation of a Michael Jackson tribute concert, saying the October event is doomed to fail.

Miranda Lambert's fourth solo album is due in October, and, if experience is any guide, it'll be a strong contender for the year's best country album. Suddenly, though, she's facing some strong competition for that title from … herself.

The Academy's often controversial and always interesting foreign-language race is picking up a little steam, with Romania, Morocco and Venezuela submitting their entries to join Greece and Poland this year.

Fast Five director Justin Lin has signed a two-year production agreement with the Universal Pictures, the studio and Lin's Barnstorm Pictures announced on Monday.

Channing Tatum may soon be bumping and grinding for a genuine Hollywood princess.

Celebrated lyricist Jerry Leiber, who partnered with composer Mike Stoller to write such iconic hits as Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock and played a key role in the birth of rock 'n' roll, died on Monday at age 78.

The Sunset Junction Music Festival & Street Fair, an annual Los Angeles event that has grown to be one of the city's biggest and best-known music festivals, is in jeopardy after the L.A. Board of Public Works voted to deny festival organizers the permits they need to stage this weekend's festival.

New York City-based group Improv Everywhere is known for its out-of-the-box ideas in the form of skits throughout the city. According to their official Web site, improveverywhere.com, Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions. Their latest video Say Something Nice became a YouTube sensation and attracted more than 13.....

U.S. songwriter Nickolas Ashford, who penned such rhythm and blues hits as Ain't No Mountain High Enough and I'm Every Woman with his wife Valerie Simpson, died on Monday at age 70.

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown song production duo Ashford and Simpson, died on Monday, his former publicist told Associated Press.

There are reports that her ex-boyfriend R&B singer Ray J allegedly texted her on Saturday reminding her about their sex tape they made back in 2007.

If you didn't get the HP TouchPad that's on sale for $99, hang in there. The company's social media manager Bryna Corcoran tweeted on Monday that the second leg of the sale is expected to continue this week.

A group of 35 Michael Jackson fan clubs have joined forces to lobby for the cancellation of a Michael Jackson tribute concert, saying the October event is doomed to fail.

She wore an ivory Vera Wang strapless ballgown with a full tulle skirt and basque waist with handpieced Chantilly lace applique on the bodice and train.

S.O.S./State of Security -- a devastating documentary about 9/11 and its aftermath -- is having a tough time getting distribution on home soil as the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack approaches.

If the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack had merely gone platinum, it would have been the unlikeliest million-seller of all time. But, having actually sold a staggering 8 million copies, the salute to vintage hillbilly music represented something more like a tear in the space-time continuum -- an inexplicable trip to an alternate America where, for a few wonderful minutes, the Stanley Brothers were even bigger than the Backstreet Boys.

The Dude abides ... on Facebook. Universal said on Thursday that it will begin offering the Coen brothers' stoner classic The Big Lebowski through its Facebook fan page.

Is it possible Barbra Streisand's voice could actually get better with age?

Johnny Knoxville and poignant usually don't occur in the same sentence, but the Jackass star is set to topline a comedy its producers call outlandish yet poignant.

Kim's wedding has reportedly cost approximately $10 million. But that $10 million is just a drop in the bucket compared to the at least $17.9 million the E! reality TV star has reportedly made for just saying the word I do.

He won't be wearing a meat dress nor engaged in a same-sex kiss, but rapper Lil Wayne still hopes to create big media buzz after MTV's Video Music Awards by releasing his new CD minutes after Sunday's TV show.

The musical adaptation of the hit movie Ghost, written by former Eurythmics musician Dave Stewart, will open on Broadway in April, 2012, representatives for the musical said on Monday.

The classic film will arrive on Broadway in 2012.

Ashford Castle is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning movie The Quiet Man.

British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire which swept through Richard Branson's Caribbean holiday retreat overnight, the billionaire said on Monday.

If you haven't heard by now, E! reality star Kim Kardashian married her NBA player boyfriend Kris Humphries on Saturday night in a lavish ceremony in Monecito, Calif. More details are beginning to emerge about her wedding stunning ivory Vera Wang gown and ceremony.

The bad news is that Hurricane Irene will probably strike the Florida and or the Southeast Atlantic coast. The good news is, for U.S. motorists - - the Gulf of Mexico and its important oil refinery infrastructure will be spared.

The Blue Valentine actor's heroic save is captured on video.

Kate Winslet and her family escaped from a fire at Richard Branson's private island home on Necker Island early Monday morning as lightning from tropical storm Irene set the place ablaze.