Barry Manilow was recovering at his Palm Springs home in a wheelchair following surgery on both hips, but should be walking by the end of the week, his publicist said.

Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, died today of cancer. He was 72.

American TV and radio legend Dick Clark has been forced to pull out of hosting his annual New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square after suffering a stroke.

R&B sensation Usher won all his show-leading four nominations at the American Music Awards yesterday, and rap funksters OutKast went three-for-three during a performance-studded, occasionally-censored broadcast ceremony.

Gorgeous actress Heather Locklear has topped a new Hollywood list of the most ageless people in Tinseltown.

America’s CBS television network has hurriedly scrapped a one-hour prime time special that was to air next week to promote Michael Jackson's latest project.