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Hardcover Business Best Sellers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23 GMT

Rankings are based on June figures.

Paperback Business Best Sellers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:22 GMT

Rankings are based on June figures.

Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Record label mogul Allen Klein, who handled the affairs of both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.

Fans overlook Michael Jackson's dark side

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:34 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Just as people choose to forget that Elvis Presley was a bloated drug addict when he died, so Michael Jackson is now the subject of posthumous veneration that overlooks the dark side of his life.

Michael Jackson book a headache for Jackie O

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:15 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson crossed swords with a lot of people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

"End of the Line" film rings alarm on fish supply

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:12 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If sushi lovers think the price of their favorite raw fish is too high already, then new documentary "The End of the Line" may shock them with its argument that the real cost may be some species' extinction.

"Slumdog" child star moves into new Mumbai home

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:34 GMT

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A child star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" moved into his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb Saturday, a far cry from his family's former dwelling -- a shanty by the railway tracks.

Fans Rally, and Officials Brace to Honor Jackson

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:50 GMT

Michael Jackson fans flooded the Internet for free tickets to a Tuesday memorial service, stirring worries among Los Angeles officials over the expected throng.

Music Review | Cubic Zirconia: Late at Night and Hard at Work

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:52 GMT

Cubic Zirconia played a ragged but charming release party for its debut single, “Funk Work” (The Savant Guard) on Thursday night at Santos Party House.

Arts, Briefly: Algerian Singer Sentenced to Jail in France

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:50 GMT

A French court on Friday sentenced the Algerian singer Cheb Mami to five years in jail for abducting a former lover and trying to force her to have an abortion.

Arts, Briefly: Strong Sales Continue for Jackson Albums

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:49 GMT

Michael Jackson’s run on the charts is not over.

The Media Equation: A Publisher Stumbles Publicly at the Post

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:20 GMT

Katharine Weymouth, the publisher of The Washington Post, has drawn criticism for a plan to hold sponsored salons at her home.

Los Angeles officials brace for Jackson memorial

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:09 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles city officials are planning a massive security operation for Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, and on Friday urged fans who do not win a ticket in a random drawing to stay away from the basketball arena where the singer will be memorialized.

Internet Companies and Ad Agencies Go From Old Enemies to New Friends

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:58 GMT

The slowing growth in online advertising is pushing traditional ad agencies and Internet companies to work together.

R&B singer Maxwell ends seven-year break

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:55 GMT

NEW YORK (Billboard) - A vanishing act has become practically de rigueur for R&B musicians of a certain caliber. Many make a mega-hit album or two, collect Grammy Awards and critical accolades -- and then disappear.

Stone Temple Pilots accentuate old faves

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For a reunited band bent on having a future, Stone Temple Pilots spent most of its House of Blues show Wednesday visiting the past -- the distant past.

New York

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31 GMT

Film Reviews: Poised to be the singing-and-dancing rainstorm after the drought, "New York" is the first major Bollywood release after last year's strike, but it's hardly business as usual.

'Transformers,' 'Ice Age' battle for top

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:48 GMT

Film News: 'Public Enemies' takes $6.6 million from 3,319 -- Paramount's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and Twentieth Century Fox's 3-D toon "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" ended Thursday in a photo finish at the domestic box office, with "Transformers 2" narrowly winning.

Celebrating the Sounds of Appalachian Strings

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:35 GMT

For 85 years, strummers, pickers and fiddlers have met in the North Carolina hills on a spring weekend to play homage to old-time music.

Plan for Jackson service unveiled

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:13 GMT

Music News: 11,000 tickets available inside Staples Center -- Details of next Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson are being released in Los Angeles by the owners of Staples Center.