Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: "What Makes You Beautiful" launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline gratuitous cowbell and then, Payne.
NEW YORK (AP) - The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a "Saturday Night Live" origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego. In the end, all were trounced by an ax-wielding clown.
NEW YORK (AP) - When Elton John was on tour in America in the 1970s, there was someone on TV who caught his eye. She was an over-the-top, heavy makeup-wearing performer who wore her heart on her sleeve and yet seemed in on the joke - televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. You could say game was recognizing game.
NEW YORK (AP) - A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. At least six lawsuits were filed against the hip-hop mogul in federal court in Manhattan.
Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to Feeding America to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) - For generations of vacationers heading to Ocean City, the towering "Giant Wheel" was the first thing they saw from miles away.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A drone show and a flawless mass ascension ended Sunday's last day of the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. But it wasn't all smooth sailing for this year's hot air balloon event.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sin City will quite literally blow a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that will reduce to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel towers are expected to tumble in 22 seconds at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
