Gwyneth Paltrow got performance tips from Beyonce, and a little help from Guinness, ahead of her live singing debut.

X FACTOR contestant Mary Byrne sang a classic tear-jerker on Saturday night – Faith Hill’s There You’ll Be and ended up close to tears herself.

The seventh act to leave the 'X Factor' will be announced today as speculation surrounding mentor Cheryl Cole’s relationship with her female singers grows.

Matt Cardle reduced Danii Minogue and Cheryl Cole to tears with his performance on 'The X Factor' last night.

X FACTOR sensation Mary Byrne yesterday gave away the secret of next weekend’s song – and admitted she is shrinking.

Sandra Bullock gave a surprise serenade at the Nashville Rising: A Benefit Concert for Flood recovery show on Tuesday.

Country music star Faith Hill and actress Courtney Cox are the latest celebrities to unveil their own perfumes - after signing big money deals with cosmetic giants.

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles have topped a new poll as Hollywood's richest couple - with combined earnings for 2008 of $162m (€129m).

Country singer Faith Hill has denied reports she is expecting her fourth child.

Madonna has topped a new list of high-earning female stars, beating off challenges from Barbara Streisand and Celine Dion.

Country star Faith Hill has joined an all star line-up to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin in concert next month.

Reunited rock supergroup The Police have scored the year's top tour after making more than $210m (€145.5m) on the road in 2007.

Charlize Theron has become the latest victim of callous thieves who have turned the Hollywood Hills into a hotbed of crime.

Pink has refused to write a song for troubled chart rival Britney Spears because she's an "entertainer" instead of a "real singer".

AFTER more than 40 years on the road, The Rolling Stones are singing all the way to the bank. They lead a Forbes.com’s list of top money makers in the music industry in 2006, making $150.6 million (€116.6m).

Sci-fi movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Jennifer Garner were all double winners at Tuesday's People's Choice Awards.

YOU can take the CMA Awards out of Nashville, but you can’t take Nashville out of the CMA Awards.

Dolly Parton and Elton John will sing Turn The Lights Out When You Leave at The 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards, at New York’s Madison Square Garden on November 15.

US TV network NBC has distanced itself from Kanye West's comments, after he blasted US President George W Bush during Friday's broadcast of A Concert For Hurricane Relief.

AS the curtain fell on a seven-hour Live 8 extravaganza in Philadelphia, soul legend Stevie Wonder issued the same simple message to the world - unite and end poverty now.

Thousands gathered in Rome’s ancient Circus Maximus today to watch Faith Hill, Duran Duran and a long list of Italian stars, in one of 10 concerts across the globe to help raise awareness about African poverty.

Artists confirmed so far for the Live 8 concerts on July 2: London: Mariah Carey; Coldplay; Dido; Keane; Elton John; Annie Lennox; Paul McCartney; Muse; Razorlight; REM; Scissor Sisters; Snow Patrol; Stereophonics; Sting; Joss Stone; Robbie Williams; U2; Velvet Revolver; Bob Geldof; The Killers; Madonna; The Cure.

The organisers of Live 8 have announced the performers' names in alphabetical order "because so many stars were taking part" it was impossible to choose a headline act.

Britney Spears, Nsync and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler are among a host of stars who have teamed up to pay tribute to the late Pope John Paul II.

Beyonce, Usher and Rod Stewart will take to the stage in a multidimensional media event that is part performance, part magazine and part museum exhibit, to celebrate the relationship between fashion and music.

Warner Music Group announced 1,000 job cuts and a shakeup of top management today, one day after Edgar Bronfman closed a deal to buy the company from Time Warner Inc.

SHE may be heir to a billion dollar fortune, but Paris Hilton is small change in the world of fashion.

Soul singer Luther Vandross, who is recovering from a debilitating stroke that threatened to end not only his career but his life, has won a leading two American Music Awards.

Brother and sister John and Joan Cusack have both dropped out of the cast of the remake of The Stepford Wives for family reasons.

Country singer Faith Hill is joining Nicole Kidman in the rapidly-expanding cast of the remake of The Stepford Wives, which is due to begin filming in June.

RAP’S baddest boy has won yet another award after scooping album of the year at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

R&B newcomer Ashanti made an impressive debut at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas last night, carrying off eight awards.