CULTURE

In Shakira's hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia, there's a 15-foot metal statue of her, wearing bell bottoms and strumming a guitar. It was donated by a German sculptor in 2006, in the midst of the singer's wildly successful Oral Fixation world tour, which featured her jaw-dropping belly-dancing and a finale of Hips Don't Lie with Wyclef Jean.

Benjamin Bratt will guest star on ABC's new comedy series Modern Family, playing the ex of Sofia Vergara's character.

A few months after the Beatles box sets made retailers scramble to fill orders, the King of Rock 'n' Roll is getting the royal treatment.

Michael Jackson picked up five American Music Awards on Tuesday, almost four months after his sudden death turned him into the biggest-selling artist of the year, organizers said on Tuesday.

Rihanna's new album will likely be released on November 23, the R&B singer twitted Tuesday.

A Pennsylvania judge ordered reality TV star Jon Gosselin to return $180,000 to a joint bank account he shares with estranged wife Kate Gosselin, People Magazine reported Tuesday, citing a source close to Kate.

The soon to be ex husband of Kate Gosselin, Jon, has been ordered to return $180,000 to the couple's joint bank account after withdrawing this in violation of an arbitrator's order.

Country ingenue Taylor Swift and dead pop star Michael Jackson led the contenders for the 37th annual American Music Awards, and will both vie for the artist of the year prize, organizers said on Tuesday.

Project Runway star Heidi Klum has given birth to her fourth child, a baby girl, her representatives said on Tuesday.

Singer Carly Simon is suing Starbucks Corporation blaming the coffee chain for the poor sales in her 2008 album saying the company failed to adequately promote her 2008 album ahead of its release.

Gone Too Far, the documentary that DJ AM conceived to help eight drug addicts regain their sober life, aired Monday on MTV exposing shocking footage from the extent of an addiction in young adults, to how it perturbs an entire family and how they handle a time given for rehabilitation.

Turning a classic children's book into a Hollywood movie takes courage.

British artist Damien Hirst has made a reputation, and sizeable fortune, from suspending animals in formaldehyde and filling medicine cabinets with pills.

A post mortem carried out on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately on the Spanish island of Majorca revealed on Tuesday that he died of fluid on the lungs, a court official said on Tuesday.

Move over, Astro Boy and Iron Man -- Bat Boy could be stepping up to the plate soon.

It's hard to imagine a film that's taken a more circuitous route to awards season, or a public screening, than the Canadian heavy-metal documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil.

So many films take tortuous years of dealmaking to reach the screen that it's reassuring to find a project that came together practically overnight.

Charlize Theron has opted out of the thriller The Tourist, to which she has long been attached, and sources say Angelina Jolie is in talks to replace her.

Alas, the reigning champ of Twitter vitriol has decided to hang up her boxing gloves.

Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.

With the undead of Zombieland stalking the box office, one person involved with the picture may be enlivened more than any character on the screen: director Ruben Fleischer.

Country star Carrie Underwood is returning to Fox, the network that catapulted her to stardom with American idol, to host a variety special.

Matthew Perry is returning to broadcast television with an untitled comedy he will star in, co-write and executive produce.

Elvis Presley fans keen to own a chunk of their idol now can: locks of what is claimed to be The King's hair are up for auction next week.

Singer and actress Barbra Streisand will auction hundreds of pieces of furniture, art, clothes and other possessions this week in a Beverly Hills charity auctio

Michael Jackson's new single This Is It was released online and on radio on Monday but fans and music experts quickly spotted striking similarities to an 18-year-old recording.

At its best, David Mamet's 1992 play Oleanna pushes plenty of buttons concerning viewers' attitudes toward sexual politics and political correctness.

Comeback pop singer, Whitney Houston, will tour Europe next year making it her first tour in eleven years.

The Flaming Lips will play a secret show in Hollywood on Thursday, two days after the release of the Oklahoma City band's first studio album in three years.