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Krista Siegfrids, of Finland performs her song "Marry Me" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be Eurovision

Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: Welcome to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The televised extravaganza, with an audience of 125 million worldwide, is now in its 58th year. Once again without fail, it has produced a mix of bubble-gum pop songs, somber ballads, bagpipes, accordions and bizarrely kitsch ...

  • Updated: 1:22 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture Capuchin monkey 'Mally" sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany. German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two month stay at a Munich animal shelter. A spokesman for Munich’s customs office says the cost of care, food and vet visits for Mally is several thousand euros (dollars).That’s, of course, what you might call “chimp change” for the global superstar. Customs spokesman Thomas Meister says Bieber has until midnight Friday May 17, 2013 to claim the monkey seized by authorities March 28 when the singer failed to produce its papers after landing in Munich on tour. Bieber’s management company has asked the shelter to place the 20-week-old monkey in a zoo but hasn’t talked with customs. If not claimed, Mally becomes German government property and will likely go to a zoo in any case. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader,File)

Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. A spokesman for Munich's customs office said the teenage ...

  • Updated: 12:21 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013
Kree Harrison arrives at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Candice Glover wins 12th season of 'American Idol'

The third time's the charm for Candice Glover on "American Idol." The booming 23-year-old R&B vocalist from St. Helena Island, S.C., won the Fox singing competition after auditioning a trio of times and making it to the finals this year. Glover looked stunned when "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest announced she ...

  • Updated: 11:46 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
In this Nov. 9, 2011 photo provided by Dianna O'Neill Publicity, Judith Durham poses for a portrait at a Melbourne hotel, Australia. Durham, the lead singer of the 1960s Australian folk-pop group The Seekers, is recovering from a brain hemorrhage suffered after a concert on May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Dianna O'Neill Publicity, Martin Philbey) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

The Seekers singer Durham suffers brain hemorrhage

The lead singer of the 1960s Australian folk-pop group The Seekers is recovering from a brain hemorrhage suffered after a concert. Bass player Athol Guy told Nine Network television on Thursday that 69-year-old Judith Durham is "resting very comfortably" in a hospital. She had the brain bleed Tuesday night after ...

  • Updated: 2:34 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
This publicity photo released by Fox shows Kree Harrison, right, performing on "American Idol," Wednesday, May 8 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox. The current 12th season is set to conclude Thursday, May 16, 2013, with a showdown between the 23-year-old R&B vocalist Candice Glover of St. Helena Island, S.C., and the 22-year-old country crooner Harrison of Woodville, Texas. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)

Harrison, Glover face off on 'Idol' finale

Randy Jackson isn't sure which budding diva will take the crown on "American Idol." The veteran judge of the Fox talent competition declared Wednesday's final performance round at the Nokia Theatre a dead heat after finalists Kree Harrison and Candice Glover each performed three songs. "Dude, this is so close," ...

  • Updated: 10:24 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
FILE - In this Wednesday June 27, 2012 file photo, Singaporean pop music singer Ho Yeow Sun, popularly known as Sun Ho, get on a car as she leaves the Subordinate Courts in Singapore. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support for the accused who prosecutors say diverted the congregation's funds into "sham" investments to advance the career of aspiring star Ho. Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Singapore church on trial in pop star scandal

Singapore opened a long-anticipated corruption trial Wednesday of six church leaders accused of embezzling more than $40 million to fund the pop music career of the wife of their evangelical movement's founder. City Harvest Church faithful queued at a Singapore court overnight and packed the public gallery to show support ...

  • Updated: 4:14 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson announces several concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. Stacy Walker, a choreographer who worked with Jackson in his ill-fated “This Is It” shows, told a civil jury in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday May 13, 2013, that she did not see any signs that the singer was ill or might die in his final days and weeks. Walker is AEG’s first defense witness in a civil case filed by Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, who claims the concert giant failed to properly investigate or supervise the doctor convicted in 2011 of causing the singer’s death. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)

Jackson described as 'loopy' after doctor visits

Michael Jackson appeared "a little loopy" after visits with his longtime dermatologist and was considering using a teleprompter to help him perform some of his songs during his ill-fated comeback concerts, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the pop superstar told a jury Tuesday. Travis Payne said he expressed concerns ...

  • Updated: 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows singer Beyonce at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit in New York. Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday, May 14, concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion. In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's publicist says Beyonce has been advised by her doctors to rest. She was scheduled to perform at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. The show will be rescheduled and tickets can be used at that show. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

Beyonce cancels Belgium show under doctor's orders

Beyonce is canceling her Tuesday concert in Belgium because of dehydration and exhaustion. In an email to The Associated Press, the singer's publicist says Beyonce has been advised by her doctors to rest. She was scheduled to perform at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp. The show will be rescheduled and tickets ...

  • Updated: 10:37 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 Dr. Conrad Murray waits to leave the courtroom during the final stage of his defense in his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson. Supervising Deputy Attorney General Victoria B. Wilson said Monday May 13, 2013 an appeal by the doctor convicted of causing Michael Jackson's death should be rejected because there were no errors made during the criminal case that warrant overturning a jury's verdict. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool, File)

Court urged to reject Jackson doctor's appeal

The involuntary manslaughter conviction of Michael Jackson's doctor should not be overturned because there were no serious errors made by the judge overseeing his criminal case, a state attorney wrote in a filing urging a court to reject his appeal. Supervising Deputy Attorney General Victoria B. Wilson wrote in a ...

  • Updated: 1:36 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson announces several concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. Stacy Walker, a choreographer who worked with Jackson in his ill-fated “This Is It” shows, told a civil jury in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday May 13, 2013, that she did not see any signs that the singer was ill or might die in his final days and weeks. Walker is AEG’s first defense witness in a civil case filed by Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, who claims the concert giant failed to properly investigate or supervise the doctor convicted in 2011 of causing the singer’s death. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)

Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 2009

An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn't see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life. "I just never in a million years thought he would leave us, or pass away," ...

  • Updated: 7:58 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013
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