AP - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: The man on trial himself.

AP - Police have charged a man and a woman in London with supplying drugs to Amy Winehouse.

E! Online - R. Kelly stepped it up and danced. Now his self-proclaimed moves mentor wants the R&B star to step it up and pay.

AP - The excessive leaks and bootlegging of Lil Wayne's new album haven't prevented it from being a hot seller: The rapper's "Tha Carter III" sold 423,000 copies in its first day of release, according to Billboard magazine, citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

AP - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

AP - Montgomery Gentry has always looked to classic rockers for inspiration, but the country duo never took things quite this far.

AP - The BET Awards keeps getting more talent under its umbrella.

Reuters - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is due to play on Thursday at the gala opening of an art gallery run by Daria Zhukova, the girlfriend of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, organizers said.

Reuters - Canadians will be allowed to copy legally acquired music to their iPods and computers but would be banned from getting around any digital locks that companies might apply, under new legislation introduced in Parliament on Thursday.

AP - "I don't want to play anything down, but I'm the least racist person going." — Amy Winehouse, denying that her singing of a slur-filled ditty made her a racist.

E! Online - Indestructible had to live up to its name this week.

E! Online - Look who's expressing himself.

Reuters - British singer and former Wham! frontman George Michael announced what his spokeswoman called his last ever big-venue gigs on Wednesday.