BURBANK, Calif., April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Johnny Depp is talking with Walt Disney Studios for a Hollywood version of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Into the Woods," Variety reported.
NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- The original Broadway cast recording of "Kinky Boots," with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, is being prepared for release, its U.S. record label said Friday.
PARIS, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-songwriter-dancer Beyonce Knowles released a video from her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, including a clip of her singing "Run the World (Girls)."
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 25 (UPI) -- Swedish police said they found suspected marijuana and an unlicensed stun gun when they raided singer-songwriter Justin Bieber's tour bus, but plan no arrests.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald was honored with a Google Doodle on the search engine's homepage Thursday on what would have been her 96th birthday.
DETROIT, April 25 (UPI) -- East Coast hip-hop artist Rev. Run of the group Run-D.M.C. says it's critical for Americans to be screened for diabetes because knowledge is power.
BOSTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Neil Diamond says he will donate the royalties from this week's soaring sales of his song "Sweet Caroline" to a Boston Marathon bombing victims fund.
MUNICH, Germany, April 24 (UPI) -- Canadian pop musician Justin Bieber wants to give away his pet monkey after German customs officers placed it in quarantine, an animal shelter said.
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., April 24 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will do a benefit concert for domestic violence victims in New York's Hudson Valley, the promoters said Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- Glen Campbell has canceled the remaining dates on his North American concert tour because his Alzheimer's disease is worsening, Rolling Stone reported.
LAS VEGAS, April 23 (UPI) -- Australian pop star Olivia Newton-John says she has postponed her planned Las Vegas residency because her sister Rona was diagnosed with brain cancer.
LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- Barbadian singer Rihanna has become the first artist to earn 10 No. 1 songs on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart.
CENTURY CITY, Calif., April 22 (UPI) -- A one-day pop-up fashion exhibit called "Madonna's Fashion Evolution" is to go on display Thursday at Macy's in Century City, Calif.
NEW YORK, April 22 (UPI) -- The Broadway revival of the musical "Pippin" was nominated for a leading 11 Outer Critics Circle Awards in New York Monday.
NASHVILLE, April 22 (UPI) -- 3 Doors Down bassist Robert Todd Harrell has been charged with vehicular homicide for his alleged role in a Nashville car crash, officials said.
NEW YORK, April 22 (UPI) -- The Divinyls' lead singer, Chrissy Amphlett, died at her home in New York after battles with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, her husband said. She was 53.
REGINA, Saskatchewan, April 22 (UPI) -- Carly Rae Jepsen's "Kiss" was declared Best Album and her song "Call Me Maybe" Best Pop Song at the Juno Awards ceremony in Regina, Saskatchewan.
LOS ANGELES, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. singer Joe Jonas said he's "happy that people are actually showing up to concerts" for the Jonas Brothers' reunion after a three-year hiatus.
NASHVILLE, April 21 (UPI) -- Rock band 3 Doors Down bassist Robert Todd Harrell was intoxicated when he caused a fatal traffic accident in Tennessee, authorities allege.
HOLLYWOOD, April 20 (UPI) -- More than U.S. 1,000 stores participated in Record Store Day Saturday, with about 400 special music releases honoring the day, an event co-founder said.
VAN NUYS, Calif., April 20 (UPI) -- Andy Johns, a record producer and engineer who worked with the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin among others, has died in California, his wife said. He was 62.
BOSTON, April 20 (UPI) -- Rapper T.I. said he's angry his image was used on a hip-hop website frequented by Boston marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
LONDON, April 20 (UPI) -- Producer Brian Eno created an ambient music soundtrack described as a "healing environment" to be played in a British hospital, officials said.
Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
