Fresh from a reunion tour with Pavement, Stephen Malkmus has a new album with The Jicks, says Ed Power

KEANE for LA Galaxy? If it comes to pass, we can expect to be deluged with Posh ‘n’ Becks comparisons, as Robbie and Claudine set up home on the West Coast.

THE hottest new band of the year, girl-group Warpaint, are a seductive blend of indie-pop grit and Hollywood glamour.

HOLLYWOOD actress Brittany Murphy died from natural causes, a Los Angeles coroner insisted yesterday.

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, who collapsed at her home, died from natural causes, a Los Angeles coroner insisted today.

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, who got her start in the hit 'Clueless' and rose to stardom in '8 Mile', died yesterday in Los Angeles of what appeared to be natural causes, a coroner’s official said.

Hollywood star Keanu Reeves and the man who is suing him took turns in the dock, offering different accounts of an incident the photographer said left him seriously injured.

The feuding members of The Doors are to reconvene for a new documentary about the rock legends.

Two months after music producer Phil Spector's murder trial began, the defence began its effort today to show that actress Lana Clarkson killed herself.

Lawyers for record producer Phil Spector cannot immediately use what they claimed are diary-like writings of a suicidal vision taken from the computer of the woman Spector is accused of murdering, a clearly irritated judge ruled today.

The Phil Spector murder trial erupted in intense arguments outside the jury’s presence today over whether the defence can introduce a diary written by gunshot victim Lana Clarkson in which she wrote of her visions of a dead actress, depression over her acting career and fascination with guns.

THE barrel of a gun may have been forced into actress Lana Clarkson’s mouth, bruising her tongue before she was fatally shot, a coroner has testified in music producer Phil Spector’s murder trial.

The barrel of a gun may have been forced into actress Lana Clarkson’s mouth, bruising her tongue before the gunshot that killed her, a coroner said today in record producer Phil Spector’s murder trial.

A videotape of Phil Spector’s chauffeur saying he heard the music producer, gun in hand, say “I think I killed somebody” was played in a US court.

Less than 24 hours after shaving her head, pop star Britney Spears donned a platinum wig at partied by the pool at a chic West Hollywood hotel on Saturday.

THE judge in the murder case against music producer Phil Spector said he was leaning towards allowing the trial to be televised and would make a decision later this month.

The judge in the murder case against music producer Phil Spector said today he is leaning toward allowing the trial to be televised and will make a decision after hearing from lawyers later this month.

The long-delayed US murder trial of music producer Phil Spector has been postponed a third time, with a judge pushing it back to next March.

Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix was said to be unhurt today after his car overturned on a canyon road above Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip and collided with another vehicle after his brakes failed.

Rocker Anthony Kiedis' first experience of marijuana came at the age of four - when his father blew pot smoke into his face.

Model Rachel Hunter has just sold her Los Angeles pad for £1.2m (€1.74m).

Record producer Phil Spector was today charged with murder over the shooting of a B-movie actress at his mansion last year.

Channel 4’s The OC is just catching on in the UK, but it’s already the big must-watch show in the US, and London-born Mischa Barton is all over the fashion mags.