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• Weezer cancels tour after bus crash in upstate NY

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 3:06 pm ET
  AP

  ALBANY, N.Y. - Weezer has canceled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York. Full Story »

• Kylie Minogue to release New York live set

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 6:33 pm ET

  LONDON (Billboard) - Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue is to release a download-only concert album, "Kylie Live in New York." Full Story »

• Billboard CD reviews: Shakira, Rakim, Leona Lewis

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 6:28 pm ET
  Reuters

  ARTIST: SHAKIRA

  ALBUM: SHE WOLF

  NEW YORK (Billboard) - With plenty of moans, guitars, doumbek, disco, clarinet and synth, Shakira's newest album, "She Wolf," is a grab bag of influences, ranging from pop rock to world music to '80s R&B. Full Story »

• Review: Solid Brown CD still can't escape cloud

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 2:19 pm ET
  AP

  Chris Brown, "Graffiti" (Jive) Full Story »

• All-star cast promotes premiere of musical `Nine'

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 9:34 am ET
  AP

  LONDON - Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis have appeared in London at the world premiere of the Hollywood movie "Nine." Full Story »

• 'Lost,' 'Idol' and Ozzy among decade's TV Top 10

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 1:47 pm ET
  AP

  Mostly excellent, all of them memorable, here are the decade's Top 10 television achievements as tapped by the TV writers of The Associated Press. Full Story »

• Affleck, Holmes, Stewart, Fanning join Sundance

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 7:00 am ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - Ben Affleck, Katie Holmes, rapper 50 Cent and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" co-stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are taking their acts to the Sundance Film Festival. Full Story »

• World Cup draw is 'magical moment' for Theron

  AFP – Fri Dec 4, 6:08 am ET
  AFP/Getty Images/File

  CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Academy-award winning actress Charlize Theron has said that Friday's World Cup draw will be a "magical moment" for her country. Full Story »

• Alexa Ray Joel staying with dad after pill scare

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 12:15 pm ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - A publicist says the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible overdose of pills. Full Story »

• 'Bruno' pastor runs for mayor of Birmingham, Ala.

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 5:51 am ET
  AP

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Moviegoers know Jody Trautwein as the smiling Alabama pastor who tries to talk Sacha Baron Cohen's character out of being gay in the hit movie "Bruno." Trautwein is now auditioning for another role: Mayor of Birmingham. Full Story »

• "Moon," "Blind" face off again at box office

  Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 8:09 pm ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fanged phenomenon "New Moon" and the leggy Sandra Bullock drama "The Blind Side" -- which finished No. 1 and 2, respectively, at the box office this past weekend -- again will battle for the top spot in domestic rankings. Full Story »

• Obama salutes jazz great Brubeck at Kennedy Center

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:58 am ET
  AFP

  WASHINGTON - Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck. Full Story »

• Jay-Z's "Empire" reigns again on singles chart

  Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 7:47 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Billboard) - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" held at No. 1 for a third week on the Billboard Hot 100, increasing its lead over Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," which remained in the No. 2 spot. Full Story »

• Quaid announces system to prevent medicine errors

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:16 am ET

  LAS VEGAS - Actor Dennis Quaid is helping launch a national program to help prevent medication errors like the one that hurt his newborn twins in 2007. Full Story »

• Cruz, Kidman, Dench hit red carpet in London

  AFP – Thu Dec 3, 6:27 pm ET
  AFP

  LONDON (AFP) - Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Day-Lewis were among Hollywood stars who braved London's bitter cold on Thursday for the world premiere of their new movie "Nine". Full Story »

• Paul McCartney has a beef with world climate talks

  AFP – Thu Dec 3, 3:10 pm ET
  AFP

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has a beef with world leaders' efforts to battle global warming, but the vegetarian's solution -- eat less meat -- was not to everyone's taste as he joined a debate at the European Parliament on Thursday. Full Story »

• Tobey Maguire matures, goes to war for "Brothers"

  Reuters – Thu Dec 3, 2:13 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood has finally realized that Tobey Maguire has grown up. The actor who gained fame as a teenager in the "Spider-Man" movies has embraced fatherhood and a new role as a soldier whose family is torn apart by war. Full Story »

• Diane Sawyer says this is her last week on 'GMA'

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 9:45 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Diane Sawyer says this week is her last as co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" as she prepares to replace Charles Gibson on the network's "World News."