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NYPD investigating actress Bynes allegations

The New York Police Department is investigating allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that she was sexually assaulted by officers arresting her for throwing a bong out of a window. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says Saturday officers from the department's internal affairs bureau are looking into the claim "regardless of ...

FILE - This 2012 police booking photo released by Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department shows actress Amanda Bynes, 26, who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after allegedly hitting a sheriff's patrol car. Bynes was been arrested in midtown Manhattan Thursday May 23, 2013 after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Conty Sheriff's Department )

Actress Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. The 27-year-old former child star was arrested Thursday evening, after ...

NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans

NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state. Shelton's "Healing in the Heartland" benefit will be broadcast live as a telethon by NBC on May 29, at 9 p.m. EDT. It will also air on ...

First lady Michelle Obama gestures as she speaks during a visit to Savoy Elementary School in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2013. The Savoy School was one of eight schools selected last year for the Turnaround Arts Initiative at the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.  Turnaround Arts Schools use the arts as a central part of their reform strategy to improve low performing schools  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

First lady to students: 'I have failed at things'

Failure is OK, but continuing to work hard is more important, Michelle Obama said Friday. That was the message the first lady delivered to students at an elementary school where the arts are being used to help boost student performance. The school is located in Anacostia, one of the city's ...

This image provided by Christie's auction house shows Newell Convers Wyeth's painting titled "Norry Seavey Hauling Traps off Blubber Island," among thirteen paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists that have sold for just over $2 million at auction in New York, Thursday, May 23, 2013.  (AP Photo/Christie's)

6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction

Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City auction. New Jersey businessman Eric Sambol sold the works by Andrew, Jamie and N.C. Wyeth at Christie's on Thursday. They included three by Andrew, two by Jamie and one ...

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court  in Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he's accused of cheating an 87-year-old woman in a skyscraper condo deal. The attorney for Jacqueline Goldberg told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star whom he said lied on the witness stand. Jurors withdrew to deliberate later Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg's claim that Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme connected to condos in a Chicago skyscraper he built. The federal ...

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 file photo, Mary J. Blige preforms during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 milion tax lien by the IRS. Court documents in New Jersey show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy winner on Feb. 7, 2013. Blige and her husband, Martin Isaacs, have a home in Cresskill, N.J., about 15 miles north of New York City. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mary J. Blige faces $3.4M federal tax lien in NJ

Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy Award winner Feb. 7. That was two days before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was ...

FILE - This May 19, 2013 file photo shows film director and playwright Ethan Coen during a photo call for the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. The world premiere of Ethan Coen’s first full-length stage play, a revival of “The Threepenny Opera” and a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis will highlight the Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming season. Coen, half of the prolific filmmaking Coen brothers, offers his “Women or Nothing,” about two women desperate to have a child. It will be directed by David Cromer and begin performances Aug. 28.  (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, file)

Coen, Guirgis on tap at Atlantic Theater Company

The world premiere of Ethan Coen's first full-length stage play, a revival of "The Threepenny Opera" and a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis will highlight the Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming season. The company unveiled its slate of 2013-14 offerings Thursday, which also includes a stage adaptation of Alan Sillitoe's ...

Singer Nick Carter to release memoir Sept. 24

Nick Carter isn't only writing songs — he's written a book. The Backstreet Boys singer will release a memoir, "Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It," on Sept. 24 via Bird Street Books. The 33-year-old is the first in the group to release a book. The autobiography and ...

Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole

A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. In ...

President Barack Obama presents the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room concert honoring singer-songwriter Carole King, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. King is the first woman to receive the award. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama honors Carole King at White House concert

President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek comfort and inspiration during trying times. Two days after much of Moore, Okla., was flattened by a powerful tornado that killed 24 people, Obama pledged anew that ...

FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson is shown at a press conference in London, announcing plans to appear at the London O2 Arena in July. Emails displayed in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, show that a lawyer for AEG Live LLC's parent company described Jackson as a "freak" in an email message on the same day the singer signed a multimillion dollar contract to perform a series of comeback concerts in 2009.  (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)

Emails show AEG lawyer called Jackson a 'freak'

A lawyer for the parent company of AEG Live LLC called Michael Jackson a freak on the day the singer signed a multimillion contract for a series of ill-fated comeback concerts, emails displayed for a jury on Wednesday showed. The emails were presented by Brian Panish, an attorney for Jackson's ...

Jose Canseco has admitted to experimenting with performance-enhancing drugs for years. In his first book, "Juiced," he claimed to have educated and personally injected players including Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez, Ivan Rodriguez and Jason Giambi. In his second book, "Vindicated," Canseco says he introduced Alex Rodriguez to a trainer/performance-enhancing drug  supplier after Rodriguez asked where he could get steroids.

Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Vegas

Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr. has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation that the former baseball slugger made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges ...

This May 20, 2013 photo shows Candice Glover posing for a portrait in New York. Glover is the latest winner on the singing competition series, "American Idol." (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP)

'Idol' winner rolling out debut album in July

Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album. The 23-year-old, who won the Fox singing series last week after competing for four months, is set to release "Music Speaks" on July 16. Past "Idol" champs released their debut albums ...

Hunter Davies, Beatles biographer with a manuscript of the lyrics to "In My Life", during a photocall to announce a major Beatles acquisition for the British Library at the British Library in London Wednesday May 22, 2013. The august British Library has added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life."  The manuscripts and a number of Lennon's letters were donated to the library Wednesday by Hunter Davies.   (AP Photo/Yui Mok/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library

Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life." Although these three songs are legally credited to ...

This May 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows married singers Miranda Lambert, left, and  Blake Shelton performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series, "The Voice," in Los Angeles. Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." He said the benefit would be held soon in nearby Oklahoma City.  (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)

Blake Shelton putting together Okla. benefit show

Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit ...

FILE - This April 9 , 2013 file photo shows singer Nick Jonas, posing for a portrait in New York. Jonas will join TV personality Giuliana Rancic as co-hosts for the Miss USA pageant on June 16. (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, file)

Nick Jonas, Giuliana Rancic to host Miss USA

Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality. Pageant officials announced Tuesday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of "E! News," will host the June 16 pageant. The winner of the 62nd annual pageant ...

Janelle Arthur, on stage from left, Angie Miller, Candice Glover, Kree Harrison and Amber Holcomb perform with Aretha Franklin, seen on screen, at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two shows and resume her touring schedule in July. Publicist David Brokaw provided no other details Tuesday. Franklin announced earlier this month that she would cancel scheduled performances in Chicago and ...

This May 13, 2013 photo released by ABC shows country singer Kellie Pickler and her partner Derek Hough performing on the celebrity dance competition series "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles. Pickler is one of four celebrities competing in the finals Monday, May 20.  A winner will be announced on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Taylor)

Singer Kellie Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ

Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first. The 26-year-old country singer won the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday. "This is amazing!" she beamed to her professional partner, Derek Hough. The pair earned two sets of perfect scores Monday night ...

Singer-songwriter Carole King, right, talks with Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif. during a luncheon at the Library of Congress in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to honor King. Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" is being awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music Tuesday. She'll receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library of Congress and will be honored Wednesday by President Barack Obama at the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize

Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" was awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music in a concert Tuesday. She received the Gershwin Prize for ...

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