E! Online - Katy Perry just smooched her way to No. 1, and into the history books.

E! Online - As Amy Winehouse has shown before, sometimes the easiest way to gain access to the troubled singer is simply a matter of walking right up to her door.

AP - Even for Amy Winehouse, it was a dramatic chain of events: After fainting and being rushed to a hospital, Winehouse's father said her crack and cigarette smoking had so damaged her lungs, she was risking emphysema and death if she didn't clean up.

Reuters - California singer/songwriter Katy Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl" jumped one place to claim the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart Thursday, sending Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" crashing to No. 6.

Reuters - Pearl Jam drafted former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone for guest appearances during the second of a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

AP - Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can't get it to work right.

AP - Adam "MCA" Yauch and the Beastie Boys have always been hoop fans, with lyrical references to ballplayers from Latrell Sprewell to streetball legend Hawthorne Wingo. Now Yauch is bringing that love to the big screen with the documentary "Gunnin' for that #1 Spot."

AP - Rapper Lil Wayne is the latest addition to the lineup for this year's Voodoo Experience in the rapper's native New Orleans.

AP - TOKYO (AP) — Master Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi, who led the spread of the art of "taiko" drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died after being hit by a car, an official at his ensemble said. He was 84.

AP - Authorities have arrested a southeast Ohio man accused of stalking and threatening teen actress-singers Aly and AJ.

E! Online - The ink is barely dry on David Cook's record deal, but the search for the next overbearing stage father American Idol is on!