Even Kim Jong-Un's threats of nuclear war can't divert world attention from the main event on the Korean peninsula this week -- the launch of Psy's hugely anticipated follow-up to his global hit "Gangnam Style".
The new single "Gentleman" will hit online music stores worldwide Friday and finally answer the question of whether "Gangnam Style" and its invisible horse-riding dance was more than just a one-hit wonder.
Full StoryJay-Z's right-hand woman will perform at the festival the rapper has curated in Philadelphia.
The festival announced Wednesday on Spotify that Beyonce will perform at the "Budweiser Made in America" music festival on Labor Day weekend.
Full StoryA plan by Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan to move ancient Chinese buildings to Singapore has sparked controversy in a nation already sensitive about losing its artifacts, state media said Tuesday.
Beijing has pressured overseas auction houses to cancel the sale of antiques it says were looted during the 19th century in events it considers a national humiliation.
Full StoryLindsay Lohan is going into rehab next month, but first she had to face TV talk show host David Letterman.
In an appearance taped for Tuesday's "Late Show," Lohan was pressed by Letterman about her upcoming rehab stint. She faces a 90-day stay as part of a plea deal in a misdemeanor traffic accident case.
Full StoryPop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the United States, a senior U.S. Treasury official said Tuesday.
Alastair Fitzpayne, the Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, said in a letter to Republican lawmakers who had questioned the trip that the couple's high-profile visit had not broken any laws.
Full StoryFormer French first lady Carla Bruni's new album rose to second place in the country's music charts only a week after being released, her label Barclay Records told Agence France Presse on Tuesday.
The album, "Little French Songs," sold nearly 19,000 copies on CD and was downloaded 3,794 times between its release on April 1 and April 7, the label said.
Full StoryKim Kardashian's upcoming divorce trial will be a family affair, but her attorneys do not expect to call her famous sisters to testify about the reality star's brief marriage.
Court records show that Kardashian's attorneys intend to call the model's mother, Kris Jenner and several lawyers to discuss the pair's prenuptial agreement to the witness stand. The witness list filed Monday in Los Angeles lists Jenner, Kardashian and estranged husband Kris Humphries as planned witnesses.
Full StoryAn Indian lawmaker has threatened to go on hunger strike if a Playboy nightclub is allowed to open in Goa, claiming it would promote prostitution in the tourist hub.
Michael Lobo, a state legislator in India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is opposing a club proposed on Candolim beach -- the first of dozens of Playboy outlets planned across the country.
Full StoryFrench actress Audrey Tautou, best known for the 2001 film "Amelie", will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival next month, one of the organizers said on Tuesday.
The opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival will take place on May 15 with the closing ceremony on May 26, pay-TV operator Canal+ said.
Full StoryU.S. actress Meryl Streep, who won an Oscar for playing Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 movie "The Iron Lady," hailed the former British premier Monday as a trailblazer for women.
"Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics. It is hard to imagine a part of our current history that has not been affected by measures she put forward" in Britain, she said.
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