LOS ANGELES A former employee of UCLA Medical Center pleaded guilty Monday to selling information from the medical records of celebrities and high-profile patients, including Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett, to the National Enquirer.
SAN FRANCISCO Blockbuster Inc. will begin selling concert tickets at about 500 of its video rental stores, bolstering its effort to create a one-stop shop for entertainment.
MILAN, Italy The management of La Scala says it has reached a deal with a performers' union to save the gala premiere of the new season.
NEW YORK Coldplay was the hottest iTunes album download this year: Its "Viva la Vida" was crowned the best-selling album of 2008, while Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" was named the top-selling single.
NEW YORK Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" act on the road.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jack White and his band the Raconteurs called on Ricky Skaggs to help them record a bluegrass-inspired version of their song "Old Enough."
CHICAGO Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three of her family members.
NEW YORK Chris Brown is in demand with on-demand viewers.
NEW YORK There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall - YouTube, YouTube, YouTube.
PARIS France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the victims of the HIV virus that infects a new person every 15 seconds.
LONDON Singer Boy George admits in a recording played in a London court that he restrained a male escort with handcuffs.
LOS ANGELES Punk musician Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM will perform together for the first time since the duo survived a fiery plane crash in South Carolina.
MEXICO CITY Alex Rodriguez and Madonna were together - in the same city, anyway.
SYDNEY, Australia The distinctive white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened Sunday night to mourn the death of Joern Utzon, the creative mind behind the globally known landmark.
NEW YORK Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met - and both went on as scheduled for the opening. The real news was in the pit.
DENVER The Denver quartet DeVotchKa formed more than a decade ago, but it wasn't until they worked on the soundtrack for "Little Miss Sunshine" that wider audiences got to hear their blend of accordion, theremin, guitar, sousaphone, strings, piano and trumpet.
NEW YORK Whitney Houston has issued a statement denying the rumors of a reunion with Bobby Brown.
VATICAN CITY A new album of songs based on poems by the late Pope John Paul II and performed by Placido Domingo goes on sale in Italy.
NEW YORK For Daniel Barenboim, music and politics meld together.
ATLANTA In his hit "Whatever You Like," rapper T.I. offers iced Patron tequila and stacks of money to the lady in his life.
