Jordin Sparks

Show goes on at NY Fashion Week after somber news of Alexander McQueen's death. The models were rounding the runway for the finale of the first show at New York Fashion Week Thursday when the crowd began to buzz with sobering news: Bad-boy designer Alexander McQueen had died.

Celebrities walk in models' shoes for heart-disease awareness at Fashion Week. Celebrities including Felicity Huffman, Kim Kardashian, Robin Roberts and Joan Collins can now all say they've walked in models' shoes after participating in The Red Dress Collection runway show on Thursday night at New York Fashion Week

Celebrities walk in models' shoes for heart-disease awareness at Fashion Week. Celebrities including Felicity Huffman, Kim Kardashian, Robin Roberts and Joan Collins can now all say they've walked in models' shoes after participating in The Red Dress Collection runway show on Thursday night at New York Fashion Week

As Cowell announces departure from `Idol,' a look at decline in producing top-selling stars. With Simon Cowell's days numbered and Paula Abdul already gone, this season is shaping up to be the end of an era for the nation's most-popular show, Fox's "American Idol."

As Cowell announces departure from `Idol,' a look at decline in producing top-selling stars. With Simon Cowell's days numbered and Paula Abdul already gone, this season is shaping up to be the end of an era for the nation's most-popular show, Fox's "American Idol."

Three studio albums into her Teflon career, Alicia Keys has presented her talent in many splendors: tasteful piano prodigy, paragon of self-empowerment, measured soul singer, and, most recently, streetwise confidante to Jay-Z on their radio hit ``Empire State of Mind.'' Yet we've never heard Keys like she sounds on ``Love Is My Disease,'' the standout track from her startlingly assured new album, ``The Element of Freedom,'' out tomorrow. The song opens with Keys gutted and coarse, not exactly a flattering portrait of the 28-year-old artist. ``I thought love would be my cure/ But now it's my disease/ I try to act mature/ But I'm a baby when you leave,'' she sings, her voice snagging on the word ``baby'' as if hurting too much to say it aloud. It's a raw and brave performance, one that we don't expect from our modern multiplatinum divas, much less a Grammy-winning superstar of Keys's caliber. More than that, though, ``Love Is My Disease'' marks a surprising shift in Keys's straight-down-

President Barack Obama and family light National Christmas Tree near White House. Surrounded by celebrity performers and characters from the North Pole, the Obama family on Thursday led a countdown and lighted the National Christmas Tree.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A list of the most-watched TV episodes of the decade reads like an exercise in nostalgia. Only one telecast aired after 2006. With the increasingly fractured TV universe, we probably won't see a list quite like this again. Excluding duplicate titles, here are the Top 10 TV series episodes since 2000:

Sheryl Crow, Common among performers at National Christmas Tree lighting on Thursday. The carols around the National Christmas Tree are going to have some serious star power this year.

Music Review: 'American Idol' champ Kris Allen is cool, but average on debut disc. Kris Allen, "Kris Allen" (Jive Records)

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Madonna, U2 and AC/DC are among the finalists for the 2009 Billboard Touring Awards, which are based on global box-office numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore from October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009.

LONDON (Billboard) - Sometimes, much weirder things happen at the MTV Video Music Awards than Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech.

A record crowd 105,121 turned out for the first National Football League game at the Cowboys' new billion-dollar stadium Sunday, but the New York Giants didn't send them home happy.

Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson become official divas on VH1 special. There's a new class of divas in town ? and they're ready to rock with attitude.

Paula Abdul trades stage for courtroom as judge in Lifetime's 'Drop Dead Diva'. Paula Abdul is back in the judge's seat ? but not on the "American Idol" stage.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - "American Idol" winner Kris Allen will release his debut album on November 17, the singer announced Thursday night on his official Twitter page.

Paula Abdul to host 'VH1 Divas' Sept. 17 concert special; Sparks, Clarkson in lineup. Paula Abdul will see familiar faces when she hosts the "VH1 Divas" concert ? former "American Idol" winners Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks are among the singers.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The Black Eyed Peas set a record on Thursday for the longest successive No. 1 chart run by a duo or group in the 51-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

NEW YORK (Billboard) - A Disney starlet crushed an "American Idol" champion on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, but Michael Jackson managed to outsell both.

The top 10 selling singles and albums sold on iTunes. iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending July 20, 2009: