US arts awards go to five 'icons'
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Steven Spielberg, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dolly Parton are among stars honoured for contributions to US culture.
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The wine-happy indie comedy scored a leading five awards Saturday from the Los Angeles Film Association, including the top prize of Best Picture.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Usher, Kanye West and OutKast are  the top nominees for the 32nd annual American Music Awards.
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Of the three Nobel Prizes announced this week, the five different researchers share one decidedly common trait: They're all American.
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Comic-actor Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross and film director Martin Scorsese are among the artists who have earned Kennedy Center Honors this year for their influence on U.S. culture, tribute organizers said on Tuesday.
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For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.
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The five stars come from very different backgrounds and parts of the world &#151; from Hollywood to Motown, Britain to India &#151; but now share a notable achievement.
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Singer Madonna will be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be held next year.
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Pop star Madonna along with The Dave Clark Five, poet and folk-rocker Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter John Mellencamp and 60s surfer band The Ventures, have been selected to enter the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Grandmaster Flash and U2 are among the nominees for the 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Washington's elite hosted an  eclectic mix of entertainers ranging from multiple-Oscar winner  Tom Hanks to pop singer Jessica Simpson at the Kennedy Center  Honors on Sunday, paying tribute to five superstars for their  lifetime contributions to the arts and American culture.
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Veteran director Sidney Lumet, who picked up five Oscar nominations but never took home a prize, will receive an honorary statuette at the 77th annual Academy Awards on Feb. 27, organizers said Wednesday.
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Our fifth annual ranking of the world's top entertainers and athletes and what they earn.
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Musicians, composers and authors were among the more than two dozen people Wednesday honored with National Medal of Arts and National Humanities awards at the White House.
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The National Design Awards were presented at the White House yesterday to 10 top designers and architects, including the company that developed Photoshop, and a man partly responsible for the iPod.
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The five-man band TV on the Radio win the US Shortlist Prize, which celebrates emerging talent.
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British singer-composer Elton John, movie star Warren Beatty and husband and wife Hollywood team Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are among six artists slated for the 2004 Kennedy Center Honors, the center said Wednesday.