Music world parties ahead of its big event

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From parties to rehearsals to gift suites, Grammy-related activities are taking over L.A.'s weekend scene in advance of Sunday night's awards show at Staples Center. Here's a tour around town:...

Anand Jon faces new NYC sex charges

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fallen fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was charged Friday with molesting at least nine victims - some drugged - in a new case that echoes crimes that already sent him to prison....

Met Opera’s ‘Carmen’ HD telecast sets record

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Metropolitan Opera's live high definition telecast of Bizet's "Carmen" to movie theaters has set a record with 240,000 viewers....

Climate talks end with eye on next year

COPENHAGEN (AP) -- A historic U.N. climate conference ended Saturday with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration. It was a deal short on concrete steps against global warming, but signaling a new start for rich-poor cooperation on climate change....

Bundchen reveals name of son with Brady: Benjamin

BOSTON (AP) -- The baby boy keeping New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen awake at night has a name: Benjamin....

Jerry Seinfeld named as Jay Leno’s first guest

NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC says Jerry Seinfeld will be the first guest on the premiere of "The Jay Leno Show."...

`Scrubs’ star Sarah Chalke expecting first child

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Scrubs" star Sarah Chalke is pregnant....

Author alleges she was Madoff’s 20-year mistress

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bernard Madoff's decades-long fraud might not have been his only secret. A new book says he had a two-decade affair with one of his investors....

Gary, Ind. paid airfare for Jackson’s father

GARY, Ind. (AP) -- The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from Los Angeles to attend a July memorial for his son in the pop star's hometown....