The 18th century porcelain Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and gilded chairs he lounged on: It's all to hit the auction blocks as the late French couturier's longtime partner liquidates their art-and-knick-knack-filled residences.

The trappings of Bernard Madoff's once luxurious lifestyle — jewels, furs and expensive trinkets — will be auctioned Saturday in New York to benefit victims of the Wall Street swindler.

Hollywood bad girl Lindsay Lohan's first collection as artistic adviser for Emanuel Ungaro was a “disaster,” the founder of the French couture house said here, local press reported.

A “Thriller”-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for US$812,500 to an anonymous collector.

Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry says the legendary rock band isn't breaking up — although they need a new singer.

U.S. pop icon Britney Spears has broken her silence on the lip-synching “controversy” surrounding her first Australian tour, saying she was only here for her fans.

He shed tears on the show and once fought for his spot with a dance-off, but Aaron Carter has performed his last dance on “Dancing with the Stars.”

Renowned Israeli pipe-organ musician Roman Krasnovsky will stage two concerts next week in southern Taiwan to raise funds for those who were affected by Typhoon Morakot, which devastated the southern half of the country in August.

The Taipei City department of health yesterday suspended for three months the health care practice license of a celebrity plastic surgeon accused of medical malpractice involving silicone breast implants, local media reported.

Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy. And Taylor Swift is paying close attention.