MIAMI (AP) — A rap music smackdown looms in a federal courtroom between Marion "Suge" Knight and Kanye West over a shooting at a star-studded Miami Beach par..

"Solar" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 287 pages, $26.95), by Ian McEwan: It is hard to like Michael Beard, a physicist whose work exploring the nature of light once ear..

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Hamm and Seth Green are helping to deconstruct "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The stars are part of "Curb: The..

NEW YORK (AP) — The name of David Mills kept coming up in a conversation last week about "Treme," HBO's zesty drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, premieri..

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Clancy's next novel will be an all-star reunion. The author is bringing together such favorite characters as Jack Ryan and..

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican dancehall star Bounty Killer has been denied bail while he awaits trial on charges of assaulting his girlfriend. ..

PARIS (AP) — Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has dismissed rumors of infidelity by her or her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as "insignificant" and brushed o..

NEW YORK (AP) — An electrical fire on West 52nd Street in the heart of Broadway's theater district silenced the Four Seasons. The producers of..

NEW YORK (AP) — Bristol Palin says that if girls knew how tough it was to be a mom, they'd think twice about having sex. The 19-year-old daugh..

NEW YORK (AP) — A collection of writings and artwork by George Carlin is coming next year, courtesy of the comedian's widow. "The Permanent Co..

MIAMI (AP) — Jamie Oliver is using fresh fruit and vegetables to try to win the hearts, or at least the fatty arteries, of a West Virginia city. Ra..

Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 300,000 iPads on its opening day, meeting the expectations of some analysts while underscoring the challenges the comp..

NEW YORK (AP) — Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) has been fired again. The former governor, whom Illinois lawmakers ousted from o..

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited Bosnia on Monday, intending to spotlight the plight of 117,000 people who ..

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of Michael Jackson fans are rallying outside a Los Angeles courthouse where the pop star's doctor has a hearing in his in..

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Madonna has arrived in Malawi ahead of her weeklong charity tour. According to an official program released ..

NEW YORK (AP) — Goodnight, Tallulah darling, and "Looped." Its producers announced Monday that the Broadway comedy starring Valerie ..

NEW YORK (AP) — "Death ends a life ... but it does not end a relationship, which struggles on in the survivor's mind ... toward some resolution, wh..

David Byrne, "Here Lies Love" Todomundo/Nonesuch Records The verdict is still out on whether David Byrne's entire career has been brilliant or crazy...

NEW YORK (AP) — From mobster wife to a woman recently released from jail — with a stop in-between as Showtime's "Nurse Jackie." ..