Michael Jackson fans will place flowers on his grave in Los Angeles this week to mark the fifth anniversary of his death, but half a decade on, the pop icon's financial fortunes are positively blooming.
The self-proclaimed King of Pop was struggling to avoid bankruptcy when he died on June 25, 2009. At the time, he was in rehearsals for a series of comeback shows he hoped would resurrect his earlier jaw-dropping wealth.
Full StoryOne of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," could bring between $1 million and $2 million at auction.
A working draft of the finished song in Dylan's own hand is being offered by Sotheby's on Tuesday.
Full StoryWhen four social media divas were handed red-carpet and backstage interviewing duties for the Daytime Emmys, the result was anything but Hollywood magic.
The women who hosted the Emmy pre-show Sunday appeared largely ignorant about the actors and series that were being honored, instead unleashing attempts at bawdy humor that made sport of topics including rape and an actor's race.
Full StoryMonaco's Prince Albert II isn't holding back the superlatives when he talks about the baby that his wife is expecting later this year — his first royal heir.
He told The Associated Press in an interview that he and Princess Charlene are "overjoyed," ''thrilled," and "very excited," and that the baby is due in December.
Full StoryPop icon Sting says his children won't be getting trust funds from his vast fortune, assuming there's any money left in it.
The 16-time Grammy Award winner and former frontman of The Police, told The Mail on Sunday that the vast wealth would be "albatrosses" around the necks of his six children.
Full StoryA beloved sweater left on a deck chair washes away in a storm, only to be returned much later with the tides, alongside driftwood and smoothed pieces of glass. Reclaimed, it is like a wish fulfilled.
This lovingly distressed look is built into the Bottega Veneta menswear collection for next summer, which premiered Sunday on the second day of Milan Fashion Week.
Full StoryKatie Couric has married a New York financier in a small ceremony at her East Hampton home.
People magazine reports the former "Today" talk show host and John Molner took the vows on Saturday in front of 50 guests.
Full StoryComedy "Think Like A Man Too" topped the North American box office in its debut weekend, just edging "22 Jump Street" in a battle of sequels, industry estimates showed Sunday.
Starring Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union, "Think Like A Man Too" has all the couples back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their misadventures get them into some compromising situations.
Full StoryGiants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland's folk tales. Now, such creatures are visiting the land in a different version - on the sets for the hit TV show "Game of Thrones." But rather than spells and destruction, they're bringing an economic boost to this British province still healing from its past of political violence.
Fans of the HBO fantasy drama would recognize here the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros - the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles and the King's Road leading to the north. About 75 percent of the show is filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast.
Full StoryPatsy Byrne, who played Nursie in the popular British television comedy "Blackadder", has died aged 80 -- the second star from the cult 1980s series to die in a fortnight, after Rik Mayall's sudden death.
Denville Hall, a northwest London care home for elderly actors, said Byrne died on Tuesday.
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