Thousands celebrated in the heart of Manhattan as they watched the lighting of the 85-foot (26-meter)-tall Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center.

Performers at the annual tradition Wednesday night included Mariah Carey and Cyndi Lauper. There also were taped performances from Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett.

Lose the Cristal. Pop the "Ace of Spades" Armand de Brignac -- but have a well-stuffed wallet ready.

Since the champagne's cameo role in a video featuring rapper Jay Z, Armand de Brignac has climbed from its luxurious, but obscure niche to become the bubbly of choice for today's star-studded, bling-conscious crowd.

Top models wearing gold wings and diamond-encrusted bras strutted the London catwalk on Tuesday in the first Victoria's Secret annual lingerie show to be held in the British capital.

The event was billed as the U.S. company's most expensive ever with a price tag of $20 million (16 million euros), and featured some of the world's best-paid models including Brazil's Adriana Lima.

Bobby Keys, a defining saxophonist of the rock era who offered a jolt both musically and personally to the Rolling Stones, died Tuesday. He was 70.

Keys, a hard-partying jazz lover born in Texas, befriended Buddy Holly as a teenager and gradually became a go-to saxophonist for rock acts including the Rolling Stones -- whom he first stumbled upon  in 1964.

TV legend Bill Cosby, already facing a barrage of sex abuse and rape allegations, is now being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her at the Playboy mansion when she was 15.

Judy Huth, now 55, sued the comedian on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claiming sexual battery and infliction of emotional distress. She says that she at 15 and a friend, then 16, met Cosby on a film set and that he invited them to meet at a tennis club the following week.

Eight years after winning an Oscar for "Walk the Line," Reese Witherspoon is taking another stroll towards Hollywood glory -- but this time, it's a grueling 1,100-mile solo hike.

At least that's what her character undertakes in "Wild," a film based on the best-selling, real-life story of a woman's three-month trek along the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from California to the Canadian border.

U.S. lingerie chain Victoria's Secret hold its annual show in London for the first time on Tuesday, mixing fun and business for a keenly awaited fashion circuit event.

Country-pop singer Taylor Swift will sing at the event as some of the world's best-paid models including Brazil's Adriana Lima take to the catwalk.

Bill Cosby, the popular face of Temple University in advertisements, fundraising campaigns and commencement speeches, has resigned from the board of trustees following renewed accusations that he drugged and sexually assaulted more than a dozen women over many years.

Cosby, 77, resigned Monday from the seat he had held since 1982.

Hollywood superstar Scarlett Johansson quietly tied the knot with her fiance Romain Dauriac, in October, US media reported Monday.

Johansson -- best known for her roles in "Lost in Translation", "The Avengers" and a string of Woody Allen films -- married Dauriac, a French journalist, in Montana on October 1, People magazine reported.

Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay's Chris Martin tried to replace Bono's legendary vocal cords Monday in a surprise U2 concert in New York to rally support for fighting AIDS.

U2, which has played only select shows since a 2009-2011 tour, announced the free show in Times Square with several hours of notice to raise awareness and funding on World AIDS Day.