Steve Martin Gets Career Achievement Honor
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Too much praise can turn Steve Martin into a wild and insincere guy. The star of "The Jerk" and "Bringing Down the House" accepted the American Cinematheque career achievement honor Friday with mock cynicism.
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Legendary blues musician B.B. King,  former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and historian David  McCullough were among those awarded the Medal of Freedom on  Friday by President George W. Bush.
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Veteran rocker Rod Stewart's  lucrative outing into the world of romantic golden oldies paid  off on Tuesday when he topped the U.S. album charts for the  first time in 25 years.
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WASHINGTON  - The music industry scored   some brownie points with rising star, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama,   when it handed him its ultimate award on Wednesday, a Grammy   that he won earlier this year for best spoken word album.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Kenny Chesney won the Country  Music Association's top "Entertainer of the Year" award along  with the "Album of the Year" prize at Tuesday night's 38th  annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.
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Singer Rod Stewart has gone to the top of the US album chart for the first time in 25 years.
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The organiser of the Glastonbury Festival is to receive an honorary degree.
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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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Joe Strummer, lead singer of British punk band The Clash, has been honored with a train named for him.
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Saying he knows what real heroism is, former New York Giants star George Martin began a cross-country walk to raise money for ailing ground zero workers.
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The father of actor Ron Howard is honoured with a lifetime achievement award.
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An honor for Dean Martin has added another celebrity street name to one of Southern California's desert playgrounds.
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Country music superstar George Strait has roped an honorary degree.
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He almost made it. Randy Moss aided Tom Brady in winning his first Most Valuable Player Award, played a major role in spurring the Patriots to a 17-0 record, broke Jerry Rice's 20-year-old record for touchdown receptions in a season, and accomplished all of it without a hint of negativity or controversy - until now.
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Pianist Leon Fleisher, actor Steve Martin, singers Diana Ross and Brian Wilson and film director Martin Scorsese will share the 30th annual honors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in December.
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Robbie Williams, the Rolling Stones and Queen are inducted into the UK's first Hall of Fame for music.
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Kenny Chesney won the Country Music Association&#39;s top &quot;Entertainer of the Year&quot; award along with the &quot;Album of the Year&quot; prize at Tuesday night&#39;s 38th annual CMA awards show telecast in the Grand Ole Opry.