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The Arctic Monkeys scored their third successive No. 1 album on British charts with their latest release

British television chat show host and radio disc jockey Simon Dee has died of bone cancer at the age of 74, his daughter told the BBC.

Host Vanessa Williams performs with actor Gilles Marini during the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, August 30, 2009.

British police are to re-examine the death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones after receiving new information.

A company that operates major tourism and conservation projects in Gabon's Loango National Park has suspended visits to the area.

Get away from the crowds with our pick of some underrated gems in Egypt's ancient valley Despite the recent closure of many tombs and temples on Egypt's West Bank, there are still dozens of sites to explore.

Authorities in Shanghai are to correct badly phrased English on the Chinese city's street signs.

Sweden has put an exclamation mark on the world map, Turning Torso, a twisted residential tower in the city of Malmo. The full story bears a less pretentious title: Western Harbor - from industrial area to an oasis of modern living, education and commerce, with IT as a subtitle.

Ever since deciding that I would run off the excess fat that was hindering my teenage years,

Having just returned from travelling almost the entire length of Laos, (well, almost, I cheated and stopped at Luang Prabang) here are some top tips for staying sane on your travel adventures in South East Asia's sleepiest country.

Columbia Records will release a series of soundtracks from Fox's upcoming musical drama

Lead guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis, according to a statement he posted Friday night on the band's website.

Irish rock band The Cranberries will reunite after a near seven-year break for a tour in North America and Europe with some new songs and old hits like

For all the attention heaped on Jon Hamm and the male cast of

In the battle of horror franchises,

Travis Barker and his band, Blink 182, took the stage on Saturday for a concert which he admits was difficult to get through following the passing of his close friend DJ AM on Friday.

In the battle of horror franchises,

It's a 7-year-old boy's dream team -- Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton and David Koepp moving on from rampaging dinosaurs to marauding pirates.

The Venice film festival has capitalism in its sights this year, with premieres of Michael Moore's documentary on the U.S. economic meltdown and a drama starring Matt Damon as a corrupt corporate whistleblower.

Director Spike Lee is sponsoring a public birthday celebration for Michael Jackson in Prospect Park, New York on Saturday.

Walt Disney Co, Hearst Corp and NBC Universal said on Thursday that their jointly owned A&E Television Networks group will buy Lifetime Entertainment Services for an undisclosed sum.

Twenty years ago, the idea that technology would be at the center of business was still part of the future. Computers were just starting to land on desks as fledgling companies like Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc said their products would change the way we work.

FremantleMedia Enterprises is betting that parkour and freerunning, up-and-coming sports that have already attracted an online crowd, can draw a TV audience.

Out of pain and destruction can come hope and celebration. That's the genesis of jazz trumpeter and film composer Terence Blanchard's new album,

A lead single about a proletarian revolt against the global banking crisis. A teaser campaign involving a worldwide musical treasure hunt. And an album that ends with a three-part, fully orchestrated symphony about an alternative theory of the creation of mankind. Is Muse the only young, stadium-filling rock band that could get away with this?

With the face of an ingenue and the lyrical bite of a social commentator, Kany Garcia debuted in 2007 as part of a new crop of Latin female singer-songwriters.

Randy Houser is on top of the world. His second single,

A patriotic Chinese film aimed at boosting national pride ahead of a key political anniversary has tempers rising instead, because many of the movie's stars are foreign citizens.