Ciara Johnson is a big Miley Cyrus fan who wants to pursue a singing career. ...more

October 24, 2009

Ciara Johnson is a big Miley Cyrus fan who wants to pursue a singing career. The soft-spoken Carrollwood teen could move closer to that dream if she wins a recording contract in a contest sponsored by the "Hannah Montana" star. ...more

October 23, 2009

Kanye West had nothing to complain about Sunday, as he picked up his first-ever American Music Awards and delivered a flawless, if subdued, performance of his new single, "Heartless." ...more

November 24, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary. But Kara DioGuardi, the newly-installed fourth judge on "American Idol," is confident she'll find her niche within the bickering, ratings-tested judges' panel where the line between love and hate is blurred with every critique. ...more

August 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Ian Hensley waved at parade-goers along Central Avenue on Saturday, a homemade art piece of fake orchids, roses and sequins radiating from behind his head. ...more

June 28, 2008

After his older brother was fatally shot in what appeared to be a random carjacking, Dar Chanthavong was too grief-stricken to join his family whenever they pleaded in front of television cameras for information in the killing. ...more

June 24, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - After his older brother was fatally shot in what appeared to be a random carjacking, Dar Chanthavong was too grief-stricken to join his family whenever they pleaded in front of television cameras for information in the killing. Then last November, Chanthavong's mother, a nursing assistant who single-handedly raised $20,000 in reward money, died of brain cancer, less than two months after she was diagnosed. Sompong Chanthavong was the family member who worked most furiously to see that her son's killer was brought to justice, sometimes haranguing investigators for their failure to do so. Now her youngest son, Dar, has taken up the mantle. ...more

June 23, 2008

Madonna is the richest woman in music. The 49-year-old entertainer leads Forbes.com's list of the top 20 "Cash Queens of Music," earning $72 million between June 2006 and June 2007. ...more

January 31, 2008

THE HIVES: THE BLACK AND WHITE ALBUM (A&M/OCTONE) **½ Any garage-rock purists left in The Hives' audience will run scared and shrieking from "The Black and White Album," lashed by dance rhythms, drum loops, sequencers and all manner of concepts invented after 1966. ...more

December 27, 2007

With her third album, Alicia Keys has created her most successful combination of neo-soul, contemporary R&B and pop-rock yet. And that's a little scary. ...more

November 23, 2007