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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sports Illustrated magazine on Monday unveiled its annual swimsuit issue with model Kate Upton on the cover in a two-toned, red string bikini with a bottom piece that, literally, appears to be little more than a string. Upton, 19, a native of Melbourne, Florida, is the latest in a long line of models …

BERLIN (Reuters) - Meryl Streep's groaning awards cabinet is about to get fuller still on Tuesday when the Berlin film festival honours the American actress with an Honorary Golden Bear. The prize giving, at a special gala screening of "The Iron Lady", falls on Valentine's Day and two days after the 62-year-old picked up …

Australian teenage tennis star Bernard Tomic Tuesday pleaded not guilty to two traffic offences related to the driving of his high-powered, bright orange sportscar.

As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drugs? Booze? Suicide? Drowning? Speculation on the cause of Whitney Houston's sudden death have run the gamut since the singer was found on Saturday. But don't jump to conclusions. Medical experts say it will take weeks to firmly establish the cause of Houston's death and, contrary to probes on …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A plane carrying the body of pop star Whitney Houston departed a Los Angeles airport on Monday, reportedly headed to her home state of New Jersey for funeral and burial services, police said. (Reporting by Mary Slosson; Editing by Will Dunham)

Irish actor David Kelly, a star of stage and screen for 50 years, has died in hospital at the age of 82 following a short illness, friends said Monday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul singer Adele triumphed in her return to music's stage on Sunday, scooping up six Grammys and winning every category in which she was nominated including album of the year for "21" and best record with "Rolling In the Deep." As joyous as the show was for Adele, it was equally as serious with …

Mick Jagger will tread in the footsteps of Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan this month and play for US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at the White House.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Whitney Houston was found "underwater and apparently unconscious" when she was discovered in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub, police said on Monday. Beverly Hills Police said in a written statement that they could not yet speculate on the cause of Houston's death. "She was underwater …

(Reuters) - Whitney Houston, regarded as one of the world's best singers, died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 48, on the eve of the Grammy Awards, the music industry's biggest honours. Following are some key facts about Houston: * Houston won six Grammys, 30 Billboard awards and 22 American Music …

As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged Monday that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol.

Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale said Monday a dispute with Chinese authorities after he tried to visit a detained dissident did not sour his experience making the homegrown blockbuster "The Flowers of War".

Billy Bob Thornton put paid to assumptions of bad blood with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie on Monday, saying he would "love her until the end of my life" and hoped to see her at the Berlin film festival.

Caroline Wozniacki gives her everything on the tennis court, but off it she is all smiles as she goes about her WTA duties like meeting the press and doing clinics.

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - At the New Jersey church where her singing career first took flight, fans and admirers gathered on Sunday to celebrate the life of Whitney Houston and mourn her passing a day after the pop music diva died in a Beverly Hills hotel. Cards and flowers were tied to the railings of the New Hope …

LONDON (Reuters) - Black-and-white turned to gold as silent movie "The Artist" won seven BAFTA awards including best film at a ceremony in London on Sunday, raising expectations of a strong showing at the Academy Awards. Meryl Streep clinched the leading actress prize for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret …

British soul diva Adele made a triumphant return to the stage at the Grammys on Sunday, winning a clean sweep of six awards and a standing ovation, in a show clouded by the death of Whitney Houston.

Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire.

South Korean swimming star Park Tae-Hwan graduated from university Monday and is heading to graduate school to follow his dream of becoming a professor even as he targets more Olympic glory.

A hotly awaited documentary on Bob Marley has premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival, tracking his journey from bullied biracial Jamaican boy to reggae superstar.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adele's distinctive voice was born again and Whitney Houston was mourned on Sunday in a Grammy Awards show packed with triumphant comebacks and fond farewells. Katy Perry, sporting blue hair and metallic body armour, stormed back defiantly in her first big public performance after husband Russell …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy winner Adele, who swept the awards show with best album, record and song of the year, told reporters backstage that being forced to rest her voice after recent surgery was a welcome change. "It's actually been really, really peaceful," said the radiant 23-year old British chanteuse after the …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music veteran Glen Campbell, diagnosed last year with Alzheimer's disease, had no trouble remembering words to his signature song as he gave a rousing performance of "Rhinestone Cowboy" at the Grammy Awards show on Sunday. The 75-year-old entertainer took the stage with contemporary country …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 54th Grammy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday, honouring the best music and artists of 2011 across all genres. ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Beach Boys, led by the band's three surviving co-founders, played their landmark hit "Good Vibrations" on the stage of the Grammy Awards on Sunday in their first performance together in more than two decades. The rendition of their landmark single by original Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The show must go on. Despite Whitney Houston's shocking death a day earlier, music stars came out to celebrate Sunday's Grammy Awards with typical red carpet flash and over-the-top fashion. Several artists exuded glamour, including Carrie Underwood, nominated for best country solo performance, who …

Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina was rushed to hospital Sunday suffering from stress, one day after the death of her pop star mother, police and a family friend said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As little as 24 hours ago, all ears at Sunday's Grammy Awards were expected to tune-in to the sound of soul singer Adele, who was predicted to be the top winner on music's big night. Then Whitney Houston died. Houston's unexplained death in a Beverly Hills hotel room on the eve of the industry's …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From the New Jersey church where Whitney Houston's singing career first took flight to the Beverly Hills hotel where her life abruptly ended, family and fans of the pop diva expressed their grief on Sunday with prayer, tears and raw anguish. Houston's only child, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, …

LONDON (Reuters) - Black-and-white turned to gold as silent movie "The Artist" won seven BAFTA awards including best film at a ceremony in London on Sunday, raising expectations of a strong showing at the Academy Awards. Meryl Streep clinched the leading actress prize for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret …

New Zealand great Jonah Lomu said Monday that medical tests had confirmed a donated kidney he received eight years ago had failed and he needs a new transplant.

LONDON (Reuters) - Silent movie-era romance "The Artist" won the BAFTA award for best film on Sunday, adding another prestigious trophy to its growing collection just two weeks before the Oscars. The French-made black-and-white film set in Hollywood during the transition from silent to talking movies had been widely expected …

LONDON (Reuters) - Meryl Streep won the BAFTA award for best actress on Sunday for her powerful portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady", gaining further momentum towards the most glittering prize of all at the Oscars on February 26. Streep, who plays Thatcher both as a domineering …

The music world paid emotional tribute to legendary US singer and actress Whitney Houston on Sunday, as stars gathered for the annual Grammy show less than 24 hours after her shock death at age 48.