Ironically, Taylor Swift and her MTV VMA nemesis Kanye West have been named Billboard's Top Female and Male Artists of the Year. Swift also sits atop Billboard's overall Artists Of 2009 list. more

Lady Gaga has left Canadian authorities fuming after she flouted the country's no-smoking rules and lit up a cigarette on stage during a concert. Good for her! And to show just how ubber politically correct society (or at least the media) has become Jam! says "the controversial star couldn't help heating things up - shocking fans by lighting a cigarette and puffing deeply on it at the end of her set." Shocking? Yeah right. Have Canadian's been brainwashed into mindless little PC robots who are shocked at a cigarette? Not likely. more

Susan Boyle's has once again cancelled a trip to Canadian. Boyle had been scheduled to appear for a performance and autograph event on Dec. 21 in Toronto, but her label said the trip would be rescheduled for 2010 "to allow more time between international promotional trips." more

Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing a drug charge in Florida. Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman David Melenkevitz said Sunday that Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. more

Joe McElderry has beaten Olly Murs to win 2009's X Factor. The 18-year-old, who has won a �1m recording contract, will now release his version of 'The Climb', originally performed by Miley Cyrus, tomorrow. more

Police say a man broke into rapper Nelly's house in suburban St. Louis and stole electronics and video games. Authorities say the Grammy-winning artist was not home when during the robbery early Friday morning. more

Lil Wayne's long-delayed Rock album, Rebirth, has once again been pushed back. The new release date is now set for February 1, 2010. more

Police investigating the "brutal" murder of a radio presenter at her home in Glasgow have revealed she died as a result of "severe head injuries". Nasim Jamil, 54, who worked on Asian community radio station Awaz FM, was discovered by her daughter at her flat in Byres Road on Wednesday night. more

The star may be Pee-wee, but his new live stage show is absolutely huge. "The Pee-wee Herman Show," opening next month in downtown Los Angeles at Club Nokia theater, cost millions to mount. It boasts 11 actors, 20 puppets and marks the show's first production since 1982. Could Pee Wee be heading back to the big screen? more

Gene Barry, who played the well-dressed man of action in the television series "Bat Masterson," "Burke's Law" and "The Name of the Game," has died at age 90 of unknown causes, his son said Thursday. more

Expect fewer thinly-veiled sex jokes, hilarious folk songs, and semi-creepy super fans on HBO in 2010: Flight of the Conchords has officially been canceled. more

Timbaland has turned his back on hip-hop for good - insisting the genre is "just not the same" as when he started out. more