Posted: 12:33 PM Ke$ha says she understands her hit song "Die Young""is now inappropriate" following the shootings in Newtown, Conn.

Posted: 7:40 AM LONDON (AP) - She made her acting debut at the London Olympics. Now Queen Elizabeth II is hitting the screen again - in 3D. The palace said the queen has watched the broadcast and found it "absolutely lovely."

Posted: 9:47 AM LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 20-year-old beauty queen from Rhode Island has been crowned the new Miss Universe.

Posted: 7:32 AM The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship.

Updated: 9:48 AM LONDON (AP) - Rock 'n' roll will never die - but it's a hazardous occupation.

Posted: 2:47 PM Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond - James Bond. What do they have in common?

Updated: 11:28 AM NBC was able to keep the abduction of chief Middle East correspondent Richard Engel in Syria largely a secret until he escaped late Monday because it persuaded some of this country's most prominent news organizations to hold back on the story.

Posted: 7:36 AM BERLIN (AP) - Chinese director Wong Kar-wai's martial arts epic "The Grandmaster" will have its international premiere at next year's Berlin Film Festival.

Updated: 9:55 AM It was enthusiasm for Johnny Football that caused Michael Cordova to rewrite a classic Christmas song with an Aggie twist.

Updated: 2:45 PM What better way to end 2012 than to bring all your favorite YouTube superstars together for one giant "Gangnam Style" lip dub? Answer: there's no better way.

Posted: 10:05 AM After "The Sopranos" went black, David Chase's next move was never in question: He would make a movie.

Posted: 9:44 AM "Train wreck."

Updated: 9:42 AM YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz mixed entertainment with education to become the first world-class entertainer in decades to perform in Myanmar, with a concert to raise awareness of human trafficking.

Updated: 10:22 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Florida man is scheduled to be sentenced Monday for hacking into email accounts belonging to Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson.

Updated: 9:43 AM LONDON (AP) - Officials in London say the inquest into the death of soul singer Amy Winehouse was overseen by a coroner who lacked the proper qualifications and will be re-heard next month.

Posted: 9:44 AM The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course devoted exclusively to the English author, Kirchoff wanted in.

Posted: 9:35 AM The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of its planes earlier this year as part of the ongoing probe.

Updated: 9:14 AM YORK, Maine (AP) - Sally Struthers has entered a not guilty plea on charges she drove drunk in Maine, where she was performing in a musical.

Updated: 10:25 AM An inquest into the apparent suicide of a nurse duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge heard Thursday that she was found hanging in her room, had wrist injuries and left three notes.

Posted: 7:44 AM LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of anti-paparazzi driving charges that had been filed against a photographer accused of recklessly chasing Justin Bieber in California.

Updated: 9:25 AM NEW YORK (AP) - Musicians were so anxious to help out residents of the New York region hit by Superstorm Sandy, they almost didn't let their concert at Madison Square Garden end.

Updated: 11:45 AM These Ags are far from College Station, but that didn't stop them from having what may have been the first 12-12-12 celebration!

Updated: 12:09 PM With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music.

Posted: 9:40 AM LONDON (AP) - London police say the result of an autopsy on the nurse involved in a prank call for information about the former Kate Middleton's hospital stay will be revealed Thursday.

Posted: 9:40 AM NEW YORK (AP) - As the three-year mark approaches of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed, injured and displaced hundreds of thousands of people, actor- activist Sean Penn describes life in the country's capital city.