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Chris Brown (L) arrives with his attorney Mark Geragos for his arraignment on two felony charges at Los Angeles Superior Court April 6, 2009.

U.S. airlines are slowly ratcheting up their bag-check fees, like US Airways Group did on Wednesday, but analysts warn that carriers risk alienating their customers with excessive fees.

Classic pop songwriter, Ellie Greenwich, died Wednesday of a heart attack her niece said.

Rock icon Bob Dylan will sing the old yuletide standards

Colombian rock star Juanes says a public concert he plans in Cuba next month could help further thaw U.S.-Cuban ties despite outcry from some Cuban exiles who accuse him of pandering to the island's communist rulers.

Pop star Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed on Monday.

R.E.M.'s

Cinematographer-turned-director Ericson Core has signed to direct

Martial arts champion and international movie star Jet Li is returning to Chinese film with a starring role in

Rising TV director Jason Winer is in negotiations to make his feature film debut on

Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong are sharpening their swords for director Kevin Macdonald's Roman epic

A $4.6 million bid submitted through online auctioneer eBay Inc for the crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place fell through, an attorney for the seller said on Tuesday.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, claims he never received any payment during the time he served as the singer's personal physician, abcNEWS reported citing an unnamed source familiar with the agreement.

It was well before any of the three Garza brothers was born, but the magical music year of 1969 still contained

Disgraced R&B star Chris Brown was sentenced to five years' probation and 180 days of community labor on Tuesday for beating up his then-girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna.

The mother in law, who is Jewish, is accusing Croonquist of spreading false, defamatory and racist lies when she comes up with jokes about her in comedy routines in nightclubs and on TV channels such as Comedy Central, the Associated Press reports.

August 25, 2009 marks the eight anniversary of the death of Aaliyah Dana Haughton who died when a plane she was in crashed shortly after take-off in the Bahamas.

R&B singer Chris Brown was on Tuesday placed on felony probation for 5 years for assaulting his former girlfriend Rihanna.

Models present creations from the Escada fall/winter 2009 collection during a fashion show at the MasterCard Luxury Week in Hong Kong August 25, 2009.

Bryce Canyon, just over an hour's drive north of our accommodation in Southern Utah, was a stunning, ridiculously enchanting locale.

We spent three nights in Southern Utah, staying at a glorious holiday house about ten minute's drive from Zion National Park. The house was huge; four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a giant open plan kitchen-dining-living area with double height windows looking out onto the snow covered surroundings, two balconies, snow-covered gables, and a giant outdoor jacuzzi.

Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi attends a photocall to promote the film

People who've traveled through Africa almost always say it was an amazing and unforgettable experience, yet most others are still either scared or disinterested.

NBC has handed a pilot order to

The Who guitarist Pete Townshend, behind rock operas

Internet security company McAfee Inc. says, both tabloid fixture Megan Fox and American icon Angelina Jolie resulted in an equal number of risky download Web sites, proving cybercriminals are in the business of capitalizing on the world’s most famous faces.

HBO is considering a show based on

Reality production company RDF aims to launch the first interactive animated series in the United States.