
Oct 12 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The BET Hip-Hop awards went uninterrupted Oct. 10, as Kanye West, who was nominated for nine awards, was a no-show. Just where was he? According to some reports, West was seeking refuge in India.

Oct 6 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Mariah Carey is not without flaws, as evidenced by the title of her new album “Confessions of an Imperfect Angel,” but her behavior on her current publicity tour is calling into question the veracity of the angelic claim as well.

Sep 30 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Britney Spears' former husband is going to be on “Celebrity Fit Club,” and he's put his overeating into overdrive to prepare, a source tells Us Weekly.

Sep 29 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
Lee Daniels had so much faith in Mariah Carey's acting that when the director's first choice to play a dowdy, no-nonsense social worker — Oscar-winner Helen Mirren — backed out, he quickly asked Carey to step in.
Sep 28 - By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press Writer
Mariah Carey, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" (Def Jam)

Aug 28 - By Tony Sclafani, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Hot buzz on Whitney Houston's first new album in 7 years may have rattled Mariah Carey into pushing back the release date on her own new album.

Aug 3 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Mariah Carey set records with her last album, “E=MC2”; it sold 463,000 its first week, the best in Carey’s career.

Mar 16 - By Rachel Cohen, AP Sports Writer
Visiting the museum at FC Barcelona's stadium a couple years ago, comedian Drew Carey heard the tour guide say something about the fans voting for a new team president.

Feb 21 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES - The Independent Spirit Awards got off to an auspicious start with host Steve Coogan opening the show with an explanation of how the Oscars differed from these awards.

Feb 10 - By Associated Press
Phil Carey, best known for his role as business tycoon Asa Buchanan in the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live," has died. He was 83.

Feb 4 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Could the now infamous (and incredibly well re-mixed) on the set of “Terminator: Salvation” ruin his chances of scoring an Oscar nod in the coming year?

Dec 29 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin confirmed that her teenage daughter, Bristol, and boyfriend Levi Johnston were expecting a baby, the celebrity weeklies knew that the first photos of the Palin-Johnston baby would incite a bidding war. Baby Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, born Dec. 28, proved those editors right.
Dec 12 - By Sam Hananel, Associated Press Writer
Former Teamsters president Ron Carey, who pledged to rid the union of mob corruption but was later forced from leadership in a financial scandal, has died at age 72, his son said Friday.

Nov 12 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Mariah Carey might have been low-maintenance when it came to her bare-bones, last-minute Caribbean wedding to Nick Cannon, but that’s where the simplicity ends.

Jul 25 - By Associated Press
"The Price Is Right" host Drew Carey is ready to showcase his Shakespearean side in a concert appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Jul 20 - By NBC Nightly News
After all the efforts Britney Spears and her conservator-father Jamie put into getting her life back on track, Brit could soon come face-to-face with a ghost from her troubled past. In Touch Weekly reports that her former bad-influence-BFF Sam Lutfi hopes to rekindle his relationship with the pop star.

Jun 26 - By Associated Press
Drew Carey really, really loves the pizza from Antonio's — so he's having UPS deliver dozens of the pies from Ohio all the way to Los Angeles.

May 8 - By Associated Press
Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week — and they have the tattoos to prove it.

May 2 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video — but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life?

Apr 15 - By NBC Nightly News
This was Mariah Carey week for the "Idol" contestants, as the record-setting pop star served as the guest mentor. In a related news story, Carey has a new album out, and as the show has mentioned perhaps a million times in its seven-year history, she and Randy Jackson have worked together quite a bit over their careers.

Apr 2 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
With her 18th chart-topper "Touch My Body," Mariah Carey has passed Elvis Presley for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard singles chart, and is now second only to the Beatles. But while the diva was in full celebration mode after learning of her latest milestone, she was also quick to put her accomplishment in perspective.

Mar 17 - By Associated Press
Mariah Carey knows her indisputable talent clashes with her sexed-up image as a "ditz." "It's a dichotomy, I understand," the 37-year-old Grammy winner tells Allure magazine. "I understand that people think I am a ditzy moron."

Mar 7 - By Mary Beth Ellis-250816, MSNBC
When Drew Carey was announced as the man who would replace Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right" in July, he was thwacked on the back with a hearty “Good luck with that! Ask John Adams how fun it is to follow everybody's favorite guy on the job.”

Nov 1 - By Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer
Bob Barker famously closed each episode of "The Price Is Right" with a pitch to spay and neuter pets. His successor is taking a stand on a more controversial subject: marijuana. Drew Carey won't tout toking up on "Price," but he defends the use of medical marijuana in a video posted online Thursday on Reason.tv.

Oct 22 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
Even though Mariah Carey has a new fragrance, she never was the type to spray on a scent before she left the house. In fact, Carey says she never really wore perfumes until she fell in love with her own creation, "M."