Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange are splitting up after 14 years of marriage. The 42-year-old Canadian country superstar and 59-year-old Lange married in 1993 and have a 6-year-old son named Eja. Her publicist provided no further details Thursday about the couple's breakup.

DMX has pleaded not guilty to felony drug possession and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. A judge entered the plea for the musician-actor (real name: Earl Simmons) at a brief court hearing Thursday. Simmons was late for court.

Jury selection was completed at R. Kelly's child pornography trial Thursday amid contentious exchanges between prosecutors and defense attorneys, who accused each other of trying to stack the panel along racial lines.

T-Pain's status as urban music's most frequent collaborator helped him nab a leading five BET Award nominations.

Rodney Atkins is still surprised when people recognize him in the grocery store nowadays. But give it time.

Peter Mussbach, general manager of Berlin's famed Staatsoper, is leaving due to differences over programming.

Madonna won't know until next week whether a Malawian boy she found in an orphanage in 2006 will become a permanent member of her family, her lawyer said.

Classical music enthusiasts long have sought to drum up support for the musical genre among young people, and now they have a secret weapon: the 4-foot-3, childlike robot ASIMO.

As former President Jimmy Carter nailed down the front porch of a home under construction Wednesday, singer Harry Connick Jr. gave an update on the progress being made in the Upper 9th Ward, an area slow to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Doobie-postage-due. What were the chances ... we'd be seeing Frank Sinatra on a U.S. postage stamp?

The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance.

Sometimes it seems Paul McCartney can't win for losing.

Amy Winehouse will not face charges over video footage that allegedly shows her taking drugs, her spokesman said Wednesday.

The 25 recordings added Wednesday to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress:

Jennifer Lopez has children on her mind — and not just her infant twins with husband Marc Anthony.

Another Britney Spears fender-bender, another instant online video.

Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped Phil Spector re-invent rock 'n' roll music with his "Wall of Sound" technique and won a Grammy for his work with Herb Alpert, died on his 80th birthday, his family said Tuesday.

The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor — shiny, white and 4 feet, 3 inches tall.

The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor — shiny, white, 4 feet 3 inches tall.

When does the conductor answer to the semiconductor? When a robot is leading the symphony.

Soprano Leontyne Price, conductor James Levine, composer Carlisle Floyd and administrator Richard Gaddes will be the initial recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors.

Madonna's bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said Tuesday.

A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. "I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you've gone through," the Grammy-nominated rapper told the victim. "This has taken a toll on us and both our families. I would never wish you harm and I pray the best for all of us."

Ludacris returned to his alma mater, stepped into a gymnasium — and saw a mural that included his likeness.

Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago — no superdelegates needed.

A foreclosure auction scheduled this week for Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was canceled after an investment company bought the loan.

The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly's hometown, a business executive and a telecommunications company employee were the first three jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar's child pornography trial.

The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly's hometown, a business executive and a telecommunications company employee were the first three jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar's child pornography trial.

You can call Neil Young the new spiderman.

Sometimes love isn't all you need. A judge in London granted a preliminary divorce Monday to former Beatle Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. If no one objects, the divorce will be final in six weeks.

Ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument.

Joyce "Dottie" Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74.

Less is more for Tan Dun's "The First Emperor."

Carrie Underwood is the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The singer joined the cast of the long-running country music show Saturday. Garth Brooks handled her formal induction and Vince Gill sang a duet with her.

With his 93rd birthday a month away, David "Honeyboy" Edwards admits it's getting hard to walk long distances.

On the first day of his child pornography trial in Chicago, a suit-clad R. Kelly faced nearly 150 Cook County residents, bowed his head slightly, smiled and said, "Hello."

DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said. The 37-year-old rapper, whose given name is Earl Simmons, initially tried to barricade himself in his bedroom but emerged when a SWAT team entered his north Phoenix home during the 3 a.m. raid, sheriff's spokesman Capt. Paul Chagolla said.

Toni Braxton's return to the stage on the Las Vegas strip has been pushed back for at least another month.

The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence.

Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served.

In a May 5 story about a violin accidentally left in a taxi, The Associated Press misstated the date of violinist Philippe Quint's next New York performance. It is May 19 with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, not his Sept. 23 concert at Carnegie Hall.

A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case.

Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday.

Trace Adkins, a former oil roughneck, has written and recorded a song called "Black Gold" that will open an upcoming truTV series of the same name.

Carly Simon was worried about preserving her voice as she rehearsed for her first public performance of tunes from her new CD, but she couldn't restrain herself as she got swept away singing the sexy title song, "This Kind of Love."

When he was younger, Ne-Yo watched from afar as his friends hugged their fathers — and he wondered where his dad might be.

When he was younger, Ne-Yo watched from afar as his friends hugged their fathers — and he wondered where his dad might be.

Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week — and they have the tattoos to prove it.

Though the Jammy Awards were able to bring together the members of Phish for the first time since they broke up four years ago, the reunion may not have been everything Phish-heads had hoped for.

Frank Zappa's widow is on board with plans for a bust of the eccentric rocker in his hometown of Baltimore.