Metallica’s James Hetfield enters rehab; tour dates canceled

LOS ANGELES – Metallica says its frontman James Hetfield has entered rehab, and the band is canceling its upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand. Three of the heavy metal band...

Hurt Christie Brinkley pulls out of ‘Dancing with the Stars’

NEW YORK – Christie Brinkley has been sidelined for Monday’s season premiere of “Dancing with the Stars.” ABC said in a statement that Brinkley is unable to continue this season a...

‘Jeopardy!’ host Trebek says he’s resumed chemotherapy

NEW YORK – “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he’s had a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy again. Trebek told ABC’s “Good Morning America”...

Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and ’80s, with hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take Me Ho...

Reality star ‘The Situation’ released from federal prison

NEWARK, N.J. – “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is now a free man. The 37-year-old reality television star’s publicist says he was released from prison i...

Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94

NEW YORK – Robert Frank, a giant of 20th-century photography whose seminal book “The Americans” captured singular, candid moments of the 1950s and helped free picture-taking from the boundar...

‘Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!’ host got mad at a subway station manager – now he just wants to say sorry

The radio show host was running late, but he was trapped on the Metro. On the airwaves, and during an interview last week, Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s comedic current affairs q...

Trump again attacks ‘Will & Grace’ actress Debra Messing

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump is again attacking Debra Messing, calling the liberal activist and “Will & Grace” star a racist and saying she should be fired from the NBC sitcom. ...

Police: Man broke into Taylor Swift’s home, took off shoes

WESTERLY, R.I. – Police say a man who broke into Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in Rhode Island took off his shoes because he wanted to be polite. Westerly police who responded...

Country musician Dierks Bentley fined for illegal Colorado fishing

DENVER – Country music star Dierks Bentley has been fined $139.50 for fishing without a license after Colorado concertgoers reported him to state officials. The Denver Post r...

Justin Bieber is confronting his struggles with fame in real time

Justin Bieber said in a candid Instagram post Sunday that he isolated himself and turned to “heavy drugs” at 19 while struggling to cope with his rapid rise to fame. The 25-year-o...

Tribute concert of Avicii’s music to benefit mental health

NEW YORK – A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being planned for Dec. 5 in Stockholm. Proceeds will support the work of the new...