Flash back, if you will, to May 1983. Paul McCartney is on a soundstage at EMI Elstree Studios, about 45 minutes outside London, filming an elaborate production number for Give My Regards to Broad Street, a semiautobiography featuring 11 of... More

Just when the recent Sarah Palin media circus -- her feud with David Letterman; her spandex-happy photo spread in Runner's World; the recent damning Vanity Fair profile of her -- couldn't get any weirder, the former GOP vice-presidential candidate just... More

Michael Jackson's public memorial -- to be held Tuesday, July 7 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles -- will be open to 17,500 attendees chosen through a free, online lottery system at StaplesCenter.com, officials... More

Cleanup in Aisle Creep! The Bachelorette's current final-four contender Wes -- you know, the guy who during his confessionals has waxed poetic about how performing music in front of an audience is more of a turn-on than any woman or... More

Billboard magazine is reporting that at the time of Michael Jackson's death, the aging pop star was working on two albums in addition to preparing for a 50-show concert series. One album, the website reports, was in the pop vein,... More

With only a week and a half left until the long-delayed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince finally hits theaters, media outlets are jumping on every angle possible to cash in on Pottermania. Most recently, James Parker from The Atlantic... More

Take your seats, class: We're finishing up our weeklong look at the role of music in seminal coming-of-age films. Check out yesterday's class, featuring Pretty in Pink and Footloose, or skip ahead and see how you score on our final... More

I'd argue that a well-chosen soundtrack is as important to any celebration of our nation's birthday as fireworks or charcoal-grilled foodstuffs. After all, a barbecue without banging tunes is nothing but a woefully missed opportunity. But which tunes are right... More