AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Netherlands announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation, reversing a decision in September to return to the show. NPO, the umbrella organization for p...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Two upcoming concerts by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in Indonesia will go ahead despite opposition from the country's top Muslim clerical body over the singer's past support for Israel, the organizer said Tuesday. Indonesia...

TOKYO (AP) - Legendary Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, who caused a national sensation with his boxing series "Ashita no Joe" or "Fighting for Tomorrow," a story about an orphan becoming a professional boxer, has died. He was 87. Chiba's masterp...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Taylor Swift signed her first publishing deal in Nashville at the age of 14. About 22 years and 14 Grammys later, she joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Lyle Lovett, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller, Bruce C...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Monday night that Jay-Z will be the featured performer ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov, the youthful Russian navigator on the " Star Trek " television series and several movies, has died. He was 90. Koenig died Monday at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood ...

In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs. A lawsuit filed Mond...

Eric Bauza, the award-winning voice actor whose performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many more characters made him the modern voice of Looney Tunes, has died. He was 46. Bauza died suddenly late Sunday, his family said in a statement. The Los ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Before there was Nine Inch Nails or Marilyn Manson or Fear Factory or Rammstein, before the term industrial rock was being used by many in mainstream circles to describe music that combines electro-collages of avant-garde mechanical s...

LONDON (AP) - Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown avoided prison time Monday for beating a music producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub three years ago. The 37-year-old was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year. He had faced...