ENTERTAINMENT

Bill Cosby doesn't rap or sing on his latest project, but he gathered together people who do. Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency is a socially conscious hip-hop CD that focuses on the critical issues affecting young people. The independent project will launch Monday (October 19) during a virtual town hall meeting in New York.

Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer sharply criticized the Frankfurt Book Fair for inviting China as its guest this year, arguing that the country should not be honored given its poor human rights track record.

Some 3,000 people lined the streets on Saturday for the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died on the island of Majorca a week ago.

Where the Wild Things Are topped the North American box office, according to studio estimates on Sunday, a strong start for a film that, like its little boy hero, sailed into somewhat uncharted waters.

Best known for leading the alt-country rock bands Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, Jay Farrar teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for his latest project, an album with lyrics based on the prose from Jack Kerouac's 1962 novel Big Sur.

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Rod Stewart brings a splash of color to the staid surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel. He's wearing a blue striped shirt, a white business suit jacket with thick red trim and blue Converse slip-ons -- a look that combines nautical and vaudeville, which seems perfectly fitting for Stewart, the perpetual showman.

Los Amigos Invisibles, the Venezuelan funk band from Caracas that relocated to Brooklyn more than eight years ago, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2011. But the party has already started, with the group enjoying an ever-growing following throughout Mexico, South America and its adopted home country.

Most of the lyrics by the hard rock/glam metal band Steel Panther are too vulgar for radio. And Michael Starr, the parody act's frontman, says MTV handed Steel Panther the longest edit sheet in the network's history in response to the group's first attempt at a music video.

Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland three weeks ago to face extradition in a U.S. sex case, has been moved from jail for medical treatment, his French lawyer said on Saturday.

Some 3,000 people lined the streets on Saturday for the funeral of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, who died on the island of Majorca a week ago.

Lindsay Lohan will be allowed more time to complete required treatment programs linked to her arrest in 2007, but could go to jail if she fails to meet them, the New York Post reported Friday.

TLC network sued Jon Gosselin for violating his contract with them by appearing on celebrity news programs.

A judge on Friday extended Lindsay Lohan's probation on drunken driving and other criminal charges for one more year, telling the struggling actress to get serious about her alcohol education program.

When he's far away from the bright lights of Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon spends much of his time in second-rate hotels and hauling his own bags while trudging through airports.

Twitter has been kind to a motley crew of actors, TV personalities and pop stars whose fame online outstrips that of the outside world. And it's all about getting personal.

Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie is working with Avon Products Inc to develop a perfume that will debut next year.

Actor Nicolas Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager on Friday, accusing him of negligence and fraud that sent the National Treasure star down a path toward financial ruin.

Cable television network TLC on Friday sued Jon Gosselin, the father of eight who stars in the channel's reality show Jon & Kate Plus Eight, accusing him of violating his contract by appearing on other programs.

Reality TV show actor Jon Gosselin was on Friday sued by the TLC network for alleged breach of contract accusing him violating his contract by appearing on other programs, Reuters reported.

You can't say that the producers of the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie didn't offer theatergoers bang for their buck at a recent preview. Besides the show proper, there was stand-up comedy by Bob Saget and sarcastic jibes thrown by Don Rickles from his seat in the audience.

Actress Anna Deavere Smith portrays cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bull rider and doctors in a one-woman play that looks at how people deal with dying.

No knock on his good friend Jeff Bewkes -- or on Superman -- but Ted Turner wishes he was running Time Warner so that he could make some changes at Cartoon Network and CNN, the cable news channel he founded 19 years ago.

Paige Turco and Barry Bostwick will star in The Mountain, a two-hour movie for NBC.

Controversial conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams after several black NFL players objected and the league commissioner weighed in against Limbaugh's divisive comments.

ABC is opening The Gates, handing a 13-episode order to a crime drama set in a gated suburban community.

Bon Jovi has a new album and a new gig -- artist in residence with U.S. television network NBC, its affiliated cable TV networks, and all its news, information and digital brands.

Two weeks after the cancellation of her Fame Kills tour with Kanye West, Lady Gaga has announced the details of a solo tour.

Ian Somerhalder, star of the CW's The Vampire Diaries, has signed to topline the Gothic fairy tale Cradlewood.