Wagner birthday "Ring" booed: will clan go up in smoke?
BAYREUTH, Germany - Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday "Ring" cycle in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the festival.
Singer Selena Gomez tops Billboard album chart for first time
LOS ANGELES - American pop singer Selena Gomez topped the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time on Wednesday, besting rapper Jay-Z and the soundtrack to "Teen Beach Movie." | Video
Lady Gaga: there were 'giant craters' in my injured hip
LOS ANGELES - Lady Gaga had a "huge breakage" and "giant craters" in her right hip that forced the pop singer to cancel about two dozen concerts this year and undergo surgery.
Music streamer Spotify doubles 2012 revenues after expansion
STOCKHOLM - Music streaming web service Spotify more than doubled revenues in 2012 to 435 million euros ($577 million) as it expanded to new markets and almost doubled its users, documents showed on Wednesday.
Rapper's force-feeding video riles U.S. medics at Guantanamo Bay
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done the rounds at the Navy base. U.S. medics who perform the real thing on hunger-striking prisoners say they're not impressed.
Former supermarket worker in Britain tops UK album chart
LONDON - Jahmene Douglas, a former supermarket worker and talent show contestant, topped the UK album charts for the first time on Sunday with "Love Never Fails", the Official Charts Company said.
Singer-songwriter JJ Cale dead at 74 after heart attack
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to blues and jazz, has died after suffering a heart attack, his official website said on Saturday.
Rapper DMX arrested for drunken driving in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Rapper DMX was arrested on Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and failing to have a valid driver's license, Greenville County jail officials told Reuters.
Singer Frank Ocean cancels Australian shows due to vocal injury
LOS ANGELES - American R&B singer Frank Ocean has called off the remaining dates on his Australian tour because of a tear on one of his vocal cords, the tour's promoter said on Friday.
Book Talk: A parenting journey as father-turned-mother
WASHINGTON - Author Jennifer Finney Boylan says there is more to being a mother than giving birth and in her newest book, "Stuck in the Middle with You," she chronicles her transgender journey from being a father to a mother.
First lady likes Obama’s voice; rates Romney singing ‘beautiful’
"It's beautiful," Michelle Obama says of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's singing.

