Teen idol Justin Bieber on Wednesday mourned the death of a six-year-old cancer patient who snagged his heart after she became his make-believe wife.
"One of the greatest spirits I have ever known is gone... RIP Avalanna. I love you," said Bieber on his Twitter account after the family of Avalanna Routh announced her passing on the microblogging site.

Pop diva Madonna urged fans to vote for President Barack Obama in America's November election, but raised eyebrows by calling him a "black Muslim," according to a video posted online Tuesday.
In the clip reportedly shot during a concert Monday night, she listed American icons Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King before turning to Obama, of whom she is a well-known supporter.

ABC says the next star of "The Bachelor" will be Sean Lowe, who was dumped on "The Bachelorette."
The network says the 28-year-old Dallas businessman will be the one doing the choosing when "The Bachelor" returns for its 17th edition.

"Good Morning America" cameras were there last week when co-host Robin Roberts underwent a bone marrow transplant. So were her colleagues Diane Sawyer and Sam Champion, wearing surgical masks and singing songs of encouragement. All of it was on the next day's show, along with a detailed interview with Roberts' doctor.
A visibly spent Roberts recorded a message to fans from a hospital bed that she could "feel the love." ABC News' website encourages people to "follow Robin's journey." Followers are pitched $5 wristbands to benefit a bone marrow registry, which her "Good Morning America" co-workers wear on TV.

Everyone remembers their first kiss, but one 12-year-old boy will need no reminding: he went lip-to-lip with U.S. country singer Carrie Underwood on stage before a thousand cameraphones.
The Grammy-winning blond complied with his request after he held up a sign asking "Will you be my first kiss?" at a concert in Louisville, Kentucky at the weekend.

Indian Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been named as an ambassador by the United Nations AIDS agency and will be tasked with raising awareness to prevent HIV among children.
One of Hindi cinema's most famous faces abroad, Rai Bachchan in her new role will be mainly advocating for the Global Plan, launched in June last year and focused on India and 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. have added a boy to their brood.
Publicist Leslie Sloane says the baby was born in Los Angeles. His name and details of the birth weren't released.

Viewers of Katie Couric's talk show were doubtless surprised on Monday when, during the discussion of eating disorders, Couric disclosed that she had had her own struggles with that cruel, sometimes deadly condition.
"I wrestled with bulimia all through college and for two years after that," she said, describing the guilt she felt at eating a single cookie or chewing a stick of gum that wasn't sugar-free.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling bids goodbye to the boy wizard on Thursday when she releases her first novel for adults, a gritty tale of poverty and politics in an idyllic English village.
With more than 450 million copies of the Potter books sold and fans feverishly excited about the British author's first major work since 2007, her new black comedy, titled "The Casual Vacancy", is already a guaranteed success.

Newly single Heidi Klum might not stay that way for long: Her seafoam-green gown made waves on the Emmy red carpet with a plunging front, plunging back and slits up-to-there, leaving very little in the middle.
She was among the dazzling arrivals Sunday who made the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles awash in color.
