NEW YORK It's a touching moment, increasingly familiar to fans watching the E Street Band make its entrance: As the audience howls in anticipation and the rest of the band stands at the ready, Bruce Springsteen gently and lovingly helps Clarence Clemons walk to his saxophone at the front of the stage.
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Winners at Wednesday's 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Taylor Swift made history at the Country Music Awards, becoming the youngest person to win entertainer of the year and the first solo female to win it in a decade.
DETROIT Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin will skip appearances this month with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as he recovers from a heart attack.
NEW YORK Aerosmith's guitarist Joe Perry says the future of the band is still uncertain.
MONTREAL Canadian pop singer Celine Dion isn't pregnant after all.
LONDON Mona Webster had two passions: birds and music.
LOS ANGELES A new Web site allows music lovers to watch concerts for free online, choosing from five different camera angles as they watch.
LONDON Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood has been divorced by his wife of 24 years on the grounds of adultery.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. All four of the guys who lost to Taylor Swift for entertainer of the year at the Country Music Association Awards made a tactical error: They asked the crossover sensation to open for them in their concerts.
NEW YORK A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Taylor Swift started what could be an interesting week with her second straight song of the year award at the BMI Country Awards Tuesday, when Kris Kristofferson was honored as an icon.
LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million, according to court documents released Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has told a Mexican newspaper that he's taking music classes - 17 years after he started his career.
LOS ANGELES A California judge granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday barring Jennifer Lopez's first husband and his manager from distributing 11 hours of home video footage the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations.
BATON ROUGE, La. A Baton Rouge rapper who failed to follow a judge's instructions in a drug case will now have to serve about two years in prison instead of one.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Randy Houser has no illusions when it comes to the Country Music Association Awards.
NEW YORK Rihanna says recording songs on her new album was such an emotional experience that she sometimes had to leave the studio to prevent herself from breaking down.
iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Nov. 9, 2009:
NEW YORK Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says the legendary rock band isn't breaking up - although they may be in need a new singer.




























































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