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A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois.

"American Idol" producers are pursuing country star Shania Twain as a possible judge for the TV competition, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

The singer was rumored to be close to finishing a deal, but according to People.com, she's out. “Her demands got out of hand,” a source told the magazine. “Fox had just had enough.”

After overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid Monday night, "American Idol's" Fantasia Barrino is in stable condition. The singer's...

Britney showing her Britney again. Britney, did your brain fall out with those extensions? Late this week Britney Spears donned a tunic top as a dress, showing off a body part that, quite frankly, nobody cares to see anymore. Somebody please stop this woman? Please?

Lady Gaga addresses old criticism during return to Lollapalooza, 3 years after debut

Two hip-hop titans unleashed new videos on MTV last night: Eminem and Rihanna debuted their "Love the Way You Lie" clip and Kanye West finally unveiled his much-anticipated "moving painting" for "Power." In the 90-second-long "Power," the brainchild of Kanye and video artist Marco Brambilla, West — in his 15-pound ...

Haitian hip-hop star Wyclef Jean registered as a presidential contender on Thursday, in a move into politics that generated an outburst of popular enthusiasm in his poor, earthquake-ravaged homeland.

Taylor Swift's new song, Mine, arrived on iTunes yesterday, almost two weeks ahead of schedule because the song was leaking on the Web.

Avenged Sevenfold landed their first Number One album on the Billboard 200 this week, knocking Eminem from his five-week reign on the chart. The group's latest set Nightmare debuted with 163,000 copies sold, besting their last chart high with 2007's self-titled disc, which sold 94,000 copies its first week. (Get ...