• Coldplay breakup rumors quashed by band's EMI record label

  February 17, 2006
  The British rock band Coldplay is not breaking up after all.

• Madonna fully recovered from Grammy Awards hernia injury

  February 16, 2006
  Madonna appeared to be "in fighting form" at the Brit Awards in London, one week after having a hernia repaired in Los Angeles.
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  Britney Spears sues US Weekly over Kevin Federline sex tape story

  December 19, 2005
  Britney Spears filed a $10 million lawsuit against US Weekly in Los Angeles Monday for a story claiming she made a sex tape with her husband, Kevin Federline.

• Joss Stone wins 25th Brit Awards

  February 10, 2005
  Joss Stone was named Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Urban Act at the 25th Brit Awards, the Daily Mail reports.

• British boy band Busted announces break up

  January 15, 2005
  Days after Busted's Charlie Simpson said he was leaving temporarily, the British boy band announced it was splitting for good.

• Franz Ferdinand tops 2005 Brit Awards nominees

  January 11, 2005
  Rockers Franz Ferdinand landed nominations in five categories in the 2005 Brit Awards, which will donate at least $900,000 to help tsunami survivors.

• Charlotte Church takes turn as quiz night host

  January 3, 2005
  Welsh singer Charlotte Church put on a tough front when she filled in as host of a quiz night at her parents' Cardiff, Wales, pub, The Sun reported Monday.

• Fox to bring U.K.'s 'Hell's Kitchen' (and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay) to America

  July 26, 2004
  Looks like American Idol judge Simon Cowell isn't going to be the only nasty Brit to be imported along with his reality show by Fox.

• Report: FOX looking to add another Brit as fourth 'American Idol' judge

  November 23, 2003
  Is FOX once again looking to add a fourth American Idol judge? According to a recent report in The Sun newspaper, Pete Waterman, who along with Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, and Neil Fox function as the four-person judging panel for the UK's Pop Idol, is "in talks" with FOX to join Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson as a judge for this January's third edition of American Idol.

• U.S. Emmy Award nominations honor 'Amazing Race,' 'American Idol,' 'Survivor' and other reality shows

  July 17, 2003
  Reality TV may make famous TV producer David E. Kelley mad. But a lot of other people in Hollywood found a lot to like in the reality genre this year, resulting in five different reality shows (airing on four different networks -- CBS, Fox, MTV and E!) receiving a total of 12 Emmy nominations. (The Los Angeles Times provides a complete list of Emmy nominees, for those who want to look for themselves.)

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