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Oprah, others to attend Lady Gaga foundation debut

 February 19, 2012

Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are among those scheduled to join Lady Gaga at Harvard University this month for the launch of the singer's Born This Way Foundation.

The nonprofit foundation said...

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UPDATED: Whitney Houston fans to follow funeral on Internet

 February 16, 2012

NEW YORK — They won't be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston's millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet.

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Funeral for Whitney Houston set for Saturday in NJ

 February 14, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. — Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child.

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Whitney Houston's body to be taken home to NJ

 February 13, 2012

NEWARK, N.J. — The body of Whitney Houston was set to be flown home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end, said two people who have spoken with the singer's family.

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UPDATED: Houston was under water when found by staffer

 February 13, 2012

LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston was under water and apparently unconscious when she was found in a hotel bathtub, Beverly Hills police said Monday.

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West, Brees join lineup for Make It Right gala

 February 13, 2012

Singer Kanye West and Saints quarterback Drew Brees have joined the list of celebrities that will attend a gala March 10 in New Orleans to benefit Brad Pitt's Make It Right home rebuilding effort.

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Houston recalled as happy in days before death

 February 12, 2012

LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.

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Elizabeth Taylor auctions raise $183 million

 February 10, 2012

Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million, with all of the more than 1,800 items on offer snapped up, Christie's auction house said Thursday.

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Heather Mills details hacking of McCartney call

 February 10, 2012

Heather Mills, the former model who was once married to Paul McCartney, testified forcefully Thursday that there was no doubt her phone had been hacked by a U.K. journalist.

Speaking before a judge-led inquiry into British media ethics,...

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Puck to be honored by Beard Foundation

 February 1, 2012

The James Beard Foundation's Lifetime Achievement award this year will go to Wolfgang Puck, whose menu for The Academy Awards Governors Ball is almost as eagerly anticipated as the awards themselves.

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Aretha Franklin calls off wedding

 January 29, 2012

Aretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all. A statement released recently by her representative said Franklin's wedding to Willie Wilkerson wasn't going to happen.

"Will and I have decided we were moving a little...

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Claire Danes wins Hasty Pudding award

 January 23, 2012

Golden Globe winner Claire Danes will be picking up a pudding pot from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

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Legendary blues singer Etta James dies

 January 21, 2012

Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a...

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Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in California

 January 20, 2012

Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a...

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Winfrey celebrates first graduates from Leadership Academy

 January 16, 2012

Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elite school for underprivileged South African girls. But she's also looking for ways to make her money stretch further to help more struggling Africans.

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Parents upset by treatment at hospital after birth of Beyonce’s daughter

 January 10, 2012

New York (AP) — Through a rap verse, Jay-Z has confirmed the birth of "the most beautiful" girl in the world — his newborn daughter.

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Gala premiere, then quiet 30th for Kate Middleton

 January 10, 2012

After attending a gala film premiere in a full-length lacy evening gown, Kate Middleton stepped out of the public gaze Monday to celebrate her milestone 30th birthday in private.

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Meryl Streep says playing Thatcher was daunting

 January 6, 2012

She's a double Oscar winner with a knack for accents, but Meryl Streep says playing Margaret Thatcher was a challenge - although her own experience helped her understand the struggles faced by Britain's first female prime minister.

Streep...

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Etta James condition better, taken off respirator

 December 30, 2011

RIVERSIDE, California — Etta James' manager says the terminally ill blues singer is breathing on her own after being taken off a respirator.

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Cheetah the chimp from 1930s Tarzan flicks dies

 December 28, 2011

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s has died at age 80.

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Welles’ Oscar auctioned off for $861,000

 December 25, 2011

The Academy Award statuette that Orson Welles won for the original screenplay of "Citizen Kane" was auctioned for more than $861,000 Tuesday in Los Angeles.

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