The Black Eyed Peas scored their first No. 1 album on the U.S. pop charts on Wednesday, buoyed by heavy promotion for its first release in four years. The Peas also claimed the top two spots on the singles chart.
The hip-hop act topped the Billboard 200 with “The E.N.D.,” which sold 304,000 [...]

Usher has reportedly filed for divorce from his wife of less than two years, Tameka Foster-Raymond.
The 30-year-old Confessions singer filed the petition in an Atlanta Superior Court, and no details regarding the split were revealed.
Usher marred Foster, who was previously his stylist, at a lavish Georgia ceremony in 2007, and the couple had two sons [...]

The Pixies took the stage at the Isle of Wight festival last night, marking its first gig since wrapping up its 2004 reunion tour and its subsequent festival gigs in 2007.
Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering treated the crowd to a nearly hour-and-a-half greatest-hits set that kicked off with “U-Mass” and featured [...]

Beyonce will perform at the Black Entertainment TV Awards.
Show organizers say the pop star will attend the ceremony, as will her husband, Jay-Z.
The two join a performance lineup that includes Kanye West, Maxwell, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo and Soulja Boy.
Beyonce is nominated for a leading five BET Awards including [...]

Michael Jackson has hit out at his London O2 Arena gig bookers, saying he believed he only signed up to play 10 shows — not the 50 he is scheduled for at the venue.
Speaking to fans outside the Los Angeles dance studio where he is rehearsing for the gigs, the singer admitted [...]

Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz are keeping their mouths shut for gay marriage.
The couple are the latest celebs to take part in NOH8, a campaign supporting efforts to overturn Proposition 8.
They were shot by photographer Adam Bouska on Monday with the campaign’s signature look: “NOH8″ painted on their cheeks and duct tape over [...]

TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a 60-year run for the technology and likely stranding more than 1 million unprepared homes without TV service.
The Federal Communications Commission put 4,000 operators on standby for calls from confused viewers, and set up demonstration centers in several cities. Volunteer groups and [...]

Pink has attacked Kanye West for his views on fur.
The songstress says she was at Stella McCartney’s Paris fashion show in January sitting alongside the vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Paul McCartney when the rapper, also sitting in the same area, started complaining that more [...]

In one of the strangest collaborations this year, Lady Gaga has recruited Marilyn Manson to contribute vocals to the remix of her dance-floor anthem “LoveGame.” As of now, Perez Hilton is streaming the hyperactive remix, and posted some photos of the pair in the studio.
Word first caught when Manson showed up at a recent photo [...]

British police charged singer Pete Doherty with drunk driving, drug possession and driving without a valid license or insurance last Thursday.
The Gloucestershire Constabulary said officers arrested a 30-year-old man early Thursday after spotting a car driving erratically in Gloucester, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London.
A police official [...]