Minaj, Chris Brown to perform at Billboard Awards
NEW YORK -- Nicki Minaj and her mentor, Lil Wayne, will join forces for a performance at the Billboard Music Awards, to be presented May 19 in Las Vegas.

ATLANTA -- Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo behind one of the decade's most memorable songs, "Jump," has died at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities...
NEW YORK -- Nicki Minaj and her mentor, Lil Wayne, will join forces for a performance at the Billboard Music Awards, to be presented May 19 in Las Vegas.
LOS ANGELES -- The doctor convicted of involuntarily killing Michael Jackson appeared to be on trial again Wednesday as a lawyer for Jackson's mother tried to show the physician's desperate financial situation drove him to extremes in his treatment of the superstar.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Thousands of fans are expected to join some of country music's biggest stars in mourning George Jones.
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LONDON -- The much-anticipated Spice Girls musical "Viva Forever" will close June 29 after a disappointing six-month run in London.
LOS ANGELES -- A police detective testified Wednesday about the depths of debt that Michael Jackson's doctor faced while giving the singer treatments of the powerful anesthetic that killed the pop superstar.
SEATTLE -- Amanda Knox says in an interview that what happened to her was "surreal but it could have happened to anyone."
NEW YORK -- PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes and making light of violence toward women.
In the galaxy of big-screen superheros -- a rather glum lot -- Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is the snappy one.
LOS ANGELES -- Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer's private life on Tuesday through the eyes of a paramedic who described the singer's bedroom and the frantic efforts to revive the King of Pop on the day he died.
NEW YORK -- CBS' soap "The Young and the Restless" earned a leading 23 Daytime Emmy nominations on Wednesday, including three of the four competitors for best actor, while ABC rival "General Hospital" had 19 nominations.
NEW YORK -- More than 50 bands will help keep the party rolling for 24 hours during the O Music Awards.
NEW YORK -- He's rock royalty and likes to keep it old-school: Keith Richards says he doesn't own an iPod.
LOS ANGELES -- A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress has "proactively" checked into a mental health facility for treatment of her bipolar condition.
NEW YORK -- The Cyndi Lauper-scored "Kinky Boots" has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import "Matilda: The Musical" close behind with 12.
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's words and music rang through a courtroom once again on Monday -- this time at the start of wrongful death trial -- as a lawyer tried to show jurors the pop singer's loving relationship with his mother and children.
NEW YORK -- Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal.
NEW YORK -- Yahoo's latest slate of original programming is led by Ed Helms as a 4-inch-tall crime fighter.
LOS ANGELES -- An attorney for Michael Jackson's mother says AEG Live owed it to the pop superstar to properly investigate the doctor held criminally responsible for his death.