CULTURE

Pop diva Mariah Carey won the Breakthrough Performance Award by the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her performance on the film Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon draw an astonishing $140.7 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in North American theaters.

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The holiday season is upon us, and with it come the inevitable bevy of holiday themed movies. There's at least one every season: you know, the one in which the sophisticated young city dweller

Former American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert brought out a graphic performance of his new single For Your Entertainment for the closing of the American Music Awards 2009 scandalizing if not all, much of the viewers.

Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson topped the list of winners at the American Music Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles Nokia Theatre.

Jennifer Lopez fell on her butt during a boxing-theme performance of her new single Louboutins, at the American Music Awards 2009.

The Twilight sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a werewolf.

Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his death, according to court papers unsealed on Friday.

A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.

Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.

Country music band Gloriana won the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Sunday night at the American Music Awards 2009, beating favorite Pop singer Lady Gaga.

A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order.

Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the American Idol tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show came back to New York City's Lexington Armory on Thursday night unveiling a new collection of lingerie and elaborate accessories.

At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

The driver of a tour bus for Miley Cyrus died on Friday when the vehicle crashed in Virginia, but the teen singer was not on-board, police said.

Singer Miley Cyrus on Friday afternoon issued a statement on her website about the death of bus driver William G. Douglas killed in the crash.

Early reports suggest that what caused Miley Cyrus tour bus to crash was likely that the driver suffered a cardiac arrest, but the report has not yet been confirmed by police.

Audrey Hepburn once declared her look was attainable and an upcoming auction of some of the fashionable film star's wardrobe will make that possible.

South Korean model Daul Kim was found hanged in her Paris apartment Thursday, a spokeswoman for the city prosecutor's office said.

Vampire romance movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, studio officials said on Friday.

Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it feels right in her bones after 25 years, and urged viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.

Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among collectors.

Back in early 1995 when Sheryl Crow won Grammy gold for her debut album, her bank account was hardly glistening.

Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Friday.

The world's largest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas has arrived in Florida, in the south eastern United States, to prepare for its first cruise ever scheduled for early December.