AP - WASHINGTON (AP) — Paris Hilton's mother doesn't share John McCain's sense of humor.

Reuters - the raising of the Olympic flag without the Olympic hymn, the parade of nations in a hushed stadium and synchronized swimming to the sounds of silence.

AP - "Gossip Girl" has six more reasons to say OMG. And so do the Jonas Brothers.

Reuters - Hip-hop superstar Kanye West and industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails on Sunday put exclamation points on a successful Lollapalooza music festival on Chicago's lakefront.

Reuters - Swedish supergroup ABBA made British chart history as their "Gold -- Greatest Hits" compilation became the oldest album to reach number one, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.

E! Online - Jesse McCartney may sing "Leavin," but he's not going anywhere anytime soon.

AP - She might be known worldwide as the Material Girl, but there's more than a little of the small-town Michigan girl left in Madonna.

E! Online - Maybe Snoop Dogg should've popped for the pine-tree air freshener.

E! Online - Mariah Carey wasn't happy with her fans last night.

E! Online - Hiram Bullock was funky, jazzy and, according to those who should know, great.

Reuters - Surrounded by thousands of screaming fans, Mariah Carey performed five songs during a brief concert at a Hollywood shopping mall on Thursday.

Reuters - Seventy-four-year-old legend Loretta Lynn, whose first single, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," hit the country singles chart in 1960, is as busy as ever.