British singer George Michael performs on stage during his 'Symphonica' tour concert in Vienna September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
LONDON - British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in England on Sunday. He was 53.
Fisher had been on tour promoting her latest book The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack during a flight, her brother says.
Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest minutes before the end of the London to LA flight.
Jane Zhang will release her first English-language album next year
Jane Zhang is a pop megastar in China but her latest single breaks the mould of China's pop industry and could help her become its first global superstar, writes Grace Tsoi of BBC Chinese.
She first became a household name in 2005 when she finished as the second runner-up in Super Girl, a Chinese TV singing contest similar to Pop Idol.
The celebrity couple are celebrating the birth of another baby boy just over two years after the arrival of Milan, their first child
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique and superstar singer Shakira welcomed their second child into the world on Thursday night.
Shakira gave birth to a baby boy without complications in a scheduled caesarean section at the Hospital Quiron Tecknon in Barcelona.
Pique, 27, and the Colombian pop-star, 37, announced the news in a statement shortly before midnight.
