AP - Friends and family plan to pay tribute to soul singer Isaac Hayes at a memorial service filled with speeches, musical performances, photos and video clips.

AP - Annie Lennox is recovering at her London home after having spinal surgery to release an impinged nerve, according to her representatives.

E! Online - From Material Girl to Dita to Her Madgesty and every different persona in between, Madonna has had more nicknames than most artists have had albums.

AP - Maybe Harry Potter should have brought a note from his parents saying he would be missing school.

Reuters - To write about the top of this week's sales charts, only the first two letters of the alphabet are necessary, because thanks to the film "Mamma Mia!," everything's ABBA.

AP - "Ugly Betty" and its star, America Ferrera, took top honors Sunday at the 2008 ALMA Awards, which recognize achievements by Hispanic artists.

AP - Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian singer's on-stage moves are "too sexy," an official said Monday.

Reuters - Brazilian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi, who rose to fame in the 1930s by writing a hit song for Carmen Miranda and became known as the grandfather of bossa nova, died on Saturday. He was 94.

AP - Mark Chamberlain did everything to become a hip, high-tech New Yorker.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations.