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Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, who caused a sensation in the pop world 10 years ago by announcing he was gay, died while on holiday in Mallorca, Spain, the Irish pop group's official website said on Sunday.

Teen star Miley Cyrus used a rap video on Friday to tell a curious world just why she had abruptly deleted her popular Twitter account.

Alicia Keys will release her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom, on December 1.

Good Hair, a documentary starring comedian Chris Rock that discusses people's obsession to get a good hair, hits theaters Friday.

Anticipation, indeed.

D'oh! doesn't even start to cover it.

British actress Keira Knightley will make her debut on a London theater stage this year in a modern adaptation of French playwright Moliere's The Misanthrope.

France will return five segments of an ancient Egyptian tomb mural held by the Louvre museum, committee, Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Friday.

Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, has always had a few choice, four-letter words for his bandmate Sting. And while that is not news for fans of the 1980's megagroup, his new word may be. It is love.

Phish's fall tour is kicking off on November 18 in Detroit, MI, includes three nights in New York City's Madison Square Garden and ends on December 5 in Charlottesville, VA.

Lucy Liu is starring in the Mexican-produced Nomads, an English-language drama.

Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in Burlesque, a musical drama being directed by Steve Antin.

Mia Wasikowska, who plays the title character in Tim Burton's upcoming Alice in Wonderland, is in final negotiations to star in Gus Van Sant's next project, the dark coming-of-age drama Restless.

Disney will celebrate Opposite Day. The studio is developing a high-concept comedy with that title and has hired Nancy Drew scribe Tiffany Paulsen to write it.

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the Nobel literature prize on Thursday, saying Nicolae Ceausescu's brutal dictatorship compelled her to write of how a powerful few can dominate and destroy a nation.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor said on Thursday that her heart surgery went off perfectly, saying that it's like having a brand new ticker.

Music producer Shelby Singleton, whose biggest hit was Harper Valley PTA in a career that spanned country and rhythm and blues, has died of brain cancer, friend Jerry Kennedy said on Thursday.

Guy Laliberte, the Canadian billionaire circus entrepreneur, flew into space with a clown nose and an idea that was literally out of this world.

Country singer Taylor Swift has proven she has nothing to fear from touring after performing to sold-out crowds, so the 19 year-old said on Thursday she will extend her Fearless Tour into 2010.

British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Thursday unveiled his latest musical Love Never Dies, a sequel to hit show The Phantom of the Opera which has played to more than 100 million people around the world.

Barry Manilow is in a festive mood. With Manilow set to end a five-year run at the Las Vegas Hilton on December 30, Sony Music said the 66-year-old singer has re-signed his recording deal with its Arista Records label and will be releasing two new albums in the coming months.

Comedian Lewis Black has been making people laugh with his take-no-prisoners approach to whatever pops up in his cross-hairs -- government, milk, official tips on how to survive a nuclear blast.

Don't Panic. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is back with a sixth installment of the absurd, intergalactic and increasingly inaccurately named trilogy.

A new viewing platform has been opened at Uluru (Ayers Rock). The platform - named Talinguru Nyakunytjaku, or ‘place to look from the sand dune' in the Aboriginal

Car-less camping isn't for sissies. You can experience situations that range from annoying to scary. Maybe you'll carry a heavy backpack on a long walk from a bus stop to your campsite. An electrical

David Otunga Jr., Jennifer Hudson's baby, was officially introduced to the public on Thursday after his first photos were published on People Magazine.

Luxury retailers, rejoice: the global economic downturn hasn't dented demand for pricey designer goods in China, where a study shows the affluent are buying handbags, watches and jewelry in force.

German Herta Mueller, a Romanian-born writer who produced tales of the disenfranchised and fought for free speech, won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature Thursday.

American actor Harry Connick Jr got extremely angry when a group of contestants in the popular show Hey Hey It's Saturday! were imitating the Jackson Five- showed up with their faces painted in black.