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Fame has its "ups and downs," even for Canadian teenaged singing sensation Justin Bieber who is enjoying a lot of "ups" these days on his European tour that has now spread "Biebermania" to Belgium. While the 17-year-old heartthrob appears to have the female pre-teen world at his feet, he faces challenges growing up in the media spotlight and with a grueling tour that causes him to lose track of where in the world his next plane is headed. "There's ups and downs," he told reporters in An...

Prosecutors on Tuesday decided against filing a battery charge against Lindsay Lohan that might have sent the troubled actress to jail over a confrontation at California's Betty Ford Center rehab clinic. The District Attorney's office in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, has determined there is insufficient evidence to charge Lohan with a crime, said John Hall, a spokesman for the office. The "Mean Girls" star is on probation for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession convictio...

Pop star Justin Bieber's music video "Baby" has crossed 500 million views on YouTube and is the most watched ever on the video-sharing service that launched the boy music idol to fame. The video, whose full title is "Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris," had logged 500.4 million views on Monday. The video had also scored a whopping 1.1 million "dislikes" as compared to 578,000 "likes" from viewers expressing their opinion with simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down rankings at YouTube. Bieber's ...

Britney Spears will begin a tour with Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias in June, the 29-year-old singer said on Tuesday in an announcement coinciding with the release of her new album, "Femme Fatale." Spears told Good Morning America in a segment that aired on Tuesday she will tour with Iglesias in the United States and Canada. "I'm going on tour with Enrique Iglesias in June," Spears told the morning chat show backstage during a sold out small concert which was filmed on Sunday in San Fra...

Actor Daniel Radcliffe received a warm response from critics in reviews posted Monday for his Broadway musical debut, if not for his musical prowess, for his enthusiasm and eager manner evident on stage. The 21 year-old British "Harry Potter" star chose a revival of the 1962 Pulitzer-Prize winning show "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" to make his musical Broadway debut in the central role of the fresh-faced but ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch climbing the corporate ladder. ...

As Britney Spears prepares to launch her seventh studio album "Femme Fatale" on Tuesday, the pop star faces keen competition from Lady Gaga, Katie Perry and Rihanna, who reign atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles ranking. Her younger rivals' dominance this week may be coincidental -- indeed, Spears also topped the ranking recently with "Hold It Against Me." -- but the chart is a reminder of how crowded the pop diva market has become since Spears rose to fame as a teenager. There is little doub...

Family comedy "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" outmuscled adventure "Sucker Punch" to claim the North American weekend box office title with $24.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. "Wimpy Kid," based on the successful books about a boy in middle school, easily toppled "Sucker Punch," a fantasy tale of young women who can escape their dark lives by retreating into a dreamworld where they battle rivals. It claimed the No. 2 spot on movie charts with $19 mill...

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is planning to join the ranks of Madonna, Prince and Bjork -- by dropping her last name, according to her mother. "Lindsay is dropping the Lohan and just going by Lindsay," Dina Lohan told AOL celebrity news site Popeater.com on Friday. The decision appears to be motivated by a desire to distance the "Mean Girls" actress from her estranged father Michael Lohan, who was charged earlier this week with assaulting his girlfriend and who has a history of run-ins ...

Britney Spears has confirmed she will perform a "surprise" concert in Las Vegas Friday night at the Palms Casino Resort Rain Nightclub, which will be filmed for an upcoming MTV special. "Looks like my little secret isn't a secret anymore. Whos coming to watch me take the stage TONIGHT at @RainLasVegas at @PalmsLasVegas? -Brit" she posted on Twitter Friday afternoon. Her manager, Adam Leber, tweeted: #BritneySpearsPalms, which briefly became a Twitter trending topic. According to People....

Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber Irish rockers U2 are among the artists being featured on a digital-only album being rushed out by Universal Music to raise funds for Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims. Also confirmed are Rihanna, Bon Jovi and Nicki Minaj. The world's biggest record label aims to make the album available by the end of the week, although the lineup of artists has yet to be fully finalized. Proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross, a spokesman for the group said on Mo...

An angry Chris Brown on Tuesday stormed out of a TV show studio leaving his dressing room window shattered after being questioned about his 2009 assault on singer Rihanna. Brown, 21, who has struggled to repair his image after hitting and punching his then girlfriend two years ago, dodged questions about the incident in an interview on ABC television's "Good Morning America". After the interview and a performance to promote his new album "F.A.M.E", Brown stormed into his dressing room and ...

Singer Joe Jonas has denied rumors that he's gay. “There's nothing wrong with being gay,” Joe told Details magazine in a wide-ranging interview, “but I'm not.” Joe and brothers Nick and Kevin formed the pop-rock group Jonas Brothers and recorded their first studio album in 2006. The three brothers also starred in cabler Disney Channel's Jonas L.A. Joe often fans the rumors of his sexuality himself. For example, when the Details interviewer asked who would break up with Joe,...

Taylor Swift has joined the ensemble voicecast of "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's CGI-animated adaptation of the children's book classic. Swift joins Danny Devito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Rob Riggle and Betty White in the tale of a boy who searches for a way to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. He comes across the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. Swift will play the dream girl of the ...

The father of teen idol Miley Cyrus is dropping divorce plans, and says he no longer feels that her Disney Channel TV show "Hannah Montana" ripped his family apart. "I dropped the divorce. I wanted to put my family back together," country singer Billy Ray Cyrus said in an interview to be broadcast Friday on daytime chat show "The View". Transcripts from the program were released late on Thursday. Cyrus, 49, filed for divorce from his wife Tish in October to end their 17-year marriage. La...

Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber took time out from touring on Tuesday to visit the Madame Tussauds museum in London and pose next to a waxwork model of himself. The model, dressed in a red and black checked shirt and black jeans, was one of three Bieber replicas being unveiled -- the others were in Amsterdam and New York. "It's pretty incredible to see," said the 17-year-old, before joking about how small the waxwork was. "As you can see, you know, I'm at least six feet taller than t...