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Since Kris Allen's surprise victory on "American Idol," the laid-back 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Conway, Ark., has been working nonstop, moving back and forth from the "American Idols Live" tour to...

They've made good on their Grammy-night promise to reunite. Blink-182, the poppy-punky SoCal hit machine that gave us "All the Small Things," "What's My Age Again?" and (of course) "I...

Exposed Kristinia DeBarge 2 stars Kristinia DeBarge really couldn't have had a better head start. The 19-year-old daughter of James DeBarge, of '80s R&B group DeBarge, she grew up around...

ESPN has decided not to report on the Erin Andrews video story, not out of sympathy for one of its own but because of a judgment on news value. The...

Jews. Blacks. Hunters. Christians. Wrestling fans. The military. Austrians. Hamas. Ron Paul. People who watch daytime talk shows. People born south of New Jersey. Oh yes, and gays. These are...

Wilco (The Album) 2 stars For Wilco, there are times when the music is the star, and there are times when it's the lyrics. (And, on the rare occasion of...

Director Michael Mann's "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, is just the latest gangster movie that has shot up screens. Here are five from the...

"Far" Regina Spektor (3 out of 4 stars) Regina Spektor has always been hard to pin down lyrically, with her literary references and heavily detailed stories. On "Far," she is...

The Mets lost in just about every way Sunday, except Francisco Rodriguez. He won the war of words between himself and Yankees reliever Brian Bruney, who issued an apology to...

Black Eyed Peas "The E.N.D." 3 out of 4 stars After some excellent but underappreciated hip-hop albums, the Black Eyed Peas were faced with a difficult choice: Do we want...