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2/20/2008 11:00:06 PM

Winehouse, McCartney play at Brit Awards (AP)
2/20/2008 10:32:59 PM
British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Brit Awards 2008 in London, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney set their recent troubles aside to steal the show Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.

Pop reigns supreme at Brit music awards (Reuters)
2/20/2008 9:15:51 PM
Mika celebrates after winning best British Breakthrough act at the Brit Awards at Earls Court in London February 20, 2008. (Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters)Reuters - Pop reigned supreme at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as comeback kings Take That, Australian star Kylie Minogue and Beirut-born Mika scooped a clutch of top prizes during the British music industry's biggest night of the year.

Paparazzi arrested in West Hollywood (AP)
2/20/2008 8:20:59 PM
AP - Sheriff's deputies arrested two cameramen photographing Britney Spears at a hair salon and two other photographers outside a trendy nightclub in a crackdown that follows a year of frenzied paparazzi swarms around the troubled pop star and other celebrities.

The Top 5 lists (AP)
2/20/2008 5:34:01 PM
AP - 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox.

MySpace mulls music joint venture: sources (Reuters)
2/20/2008 5:31:30 PM
A screen grab of MySpace.com. (www.myspace.com/Reuters)Reuters - MySpace, the top social networking site owned by News Corp, is in talks to create an online music joint venture with the four biggest record companies, sources familiar with the discussion said on Wednesday.

Aretha makes PETA's `worst-dressed' list (AP)
2/20/2008 4:43:30 PM
AP - PETA thinks Aretha Franklin is no queen of soul when it comes to wearing fur.

Celeb moms make big $$$ with baby shots (AP)
2/20/2008 4:36:11 PM
Marc Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez pose together at 'Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film,'  in Los Angeles, in this Dec. 2, 2007, file photo. Advertising Age reported Monday on its Web site that Lopez and Anthony were in negotiations to sell exclusive photos of their babies for as much as $6 million to People magazine. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - More than ever, it pays to be pregnant in Hollywood.

Johnson fends off Grammy champs on pop chart (Reuters)
2/20/2008 4:07:00 PM
U.S. singer Jack Johnson performs on stage at the Australian Live Earth Concert at Aussie Stadium in Sydney July 7, 2007. In a slow week for new releases, mellow crooner Johnson remained No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while newly minted Grammy winners Amy Winehouse and Herbie Hancock surged into the top five. REUTERS/Patrick RiviereReuters - In a slow week for new releases, mellow crooner Jack Johnson remained No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while newly minted Grammy winners Amy Winehouse and Herbie Hancock surged into the top five.

Judge postpones Spears' traffic case (AP)
2/20/2008 1:48:33 PM
Singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles in this Dec. 1, 2007, file photo. A Superior Court commissioner denied a request Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, by Britney Spears' divorce attorney to issue a gag order in the pop star's child-custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Attorney Anne Kiley argued that media coverage was 'emotionally and physically' dangerous to Spears. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)AP - A judge put the brakes on Britney Spears' driving-without-a-license case Wednesday after her lawyers said they don't believe the troubled pop star is capable of resolving the matter.

Judge Puts Brakes on Britney License Trial (E! Online)
2/20/2008 10:53:58 AM
Judge Puts Brakes on Britney License Trial(E! Online)E! Online - The continuing misadventures of Britney Spears have been, well, continued.

iTunes to carry `American Idol' songs (AP)
2/20/2008 7:44:44 AM
AP - "American Idol" fans will be able to download their favorite performances thanks to a new agreement between the Fox talent show and Apple Inc.

Midler's 'Showgirl' goes on in Vegas (AP)
2/20/2008 7:31:20 AM
Entertainer Bette Midler smiles as she speaks during a news conference at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, in this May 3, 2007, file photo.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - Bette Midler unfurls the big feather boa Wednesday in her Las Vegas show, "The Showgirl Must Go On," a sassy musical reprise of the best hits and worst jokes from her decades in show biz.

Jack Chills, Jacko Thrills at Top of Chart (E! Online)
2/20/2008 7:30:38 AM
Jack Chills, Jacko Thrills at Top of Chart(E! Online)E! Online - Despite big bumps for the king and queen of the Grammys, this week's chart fell to a pair of Jacks.

Pink's Marriage Fades to Black (E! Online)
2/20/2008 6:42:26 AM
Pink's Marriage Fades to Black(E! Online)E! Online - Pink's marriage was apparently not a feel-good time.

Bobby Brown's Latest Court Edition (E! Online)
2/20/2008 5:07:29 AM
Bobby Brown's Latest Court Edition(E! Online)E! Online - Being Bobby Brown sometimes seems synonymous with being in some kind of trouble.

Spears Strikes Out Over Visitation (E! Online)
2/20/2008 4:11:34 AM
Dad Fights E! Online - Britney Spears might have changed lawyers, but she couldn't get the court commissioner to change his tune during a custody hearing today.



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