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Actress Sally Field speaks during a celebration of AARP's 50th Anniversary held in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AARP celebrates 50th with star-studded event

AP - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Actress Sally Field had some advice for the mature crowd celebrating AARP's 50th anniversary on a sunny day at the Lincoln Memorial: Don't get burned.

  • Janet Jackson, center, poses with her brothers, from left, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Randy Jackson of pop group The Jacksons after they received the BMI Icon award at the 8th Annual BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards AP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.

  • Usher performs during the NFL Opening Kickoff concert in Columbus Circle on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
    NFL season kicks off with free NYC concert AP - Fri Sep 5, 3:30 AM ET

    NEW YORK (AP) — Usher, Keith Urban and Natasha Bedingfield are kicking off the NFL season with a free concert that's expected to draw thousands to Manhattan's Columbus Circle.

  • File photo shows Kanye West at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 10, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
    Kanye West ends VMA boycott Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 12:42 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers, organizers said.

  • Dylan rolls out rocking show in rarely used venue Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 10:06 PM ET

    SANTA MONICA, California (Hollywood Reporter) - Leave it to an enigmatic-after-all-these-years rock legend to play a 50-year-old creaky venue that hasn't been a concert hotspot for quite some time. Back in the 1970s and '80s, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium played host to shows from the Kinks to Queen to the Clash. The sound was never very good.

  • Denmark's Horsens builds city on rock 'n roll Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 10:00 PM ET

    HORSENS, Denmark (Reuters) - To stop local people from moving out, the town of Horsens in western Denmark decided to invite international rock stars in.

  • Singer and rapper Kid Rock performs during a rehearsal at the MTV Video Music Awards sneak preview press conference at Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
    VMAs offer glimpse of music and mayhem AP - Thu Sep 4, 8:49 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears may not sing at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Christina Aguilera will.

  • Target scores Aguilera hits album exclusive Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:15 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Target and Target.com (http://www.target.com/) will be the sole retailers to carry Christina Aguilera's first greatest hits collection, "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits," due November 11.

  • Turner adds new concert dates to tour Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:06 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Tina Turner has added eight concert dates to her upcoming North American tour, which is scheduled to launch October 1 in Kansas City, Mo. The singer's 36-date arena trek wraps with a December 12-13 stand in Toronto.

  • U2 lead singer Bono attends a news conference to present the 2008 DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) Report in Paris June 18, 2008. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
    Next U2 album pushed to early 2009 Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:05 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Initially expected this fall as a fourth-quarter blockbuster, U2's next album has been pushed to early 2009 while the band continues to write and record material.

  • A gallery worker holds Jimmy Hendrix's 1965 Fender Stratocaster guitar during a presentation in London, Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008. The instrument will be auctioned on Sept. 4 and is estimated to fetch 500,000 pounds (US$895,000; 615,000euro). (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
    Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis memorabilia sold AP - Thu Sep 4, 5:22 PM ET

    LONDON - A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector.

  • In this May 4, 2008 file photo, Jazz Fest founder George Wein poses during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, file)
    Wein works to preserve the Newport festival legacy AP - Thu Sep 4, 4:45 PM ET

    NEWPORT, R. I. - For the first time since he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein didn't have to sign any checks or worry about how the fickle weather might affect the bottom line. Instead, his biggest concern at the recent festival was whether he could keep up on piano with his Newport All-Stars band during their set on the main stage that preceded performances by Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins.

  • Christina Aguilera Reaches Target Audience(E! Online)
    Christina Aguilera Reaches Target Audience E! Online - Wed Sep 3, 11:47 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Ain't no other retailer for Christina Aguilera.

  • Slipknot Strangles Game's Shot at No. 1(E! Online)
    Slipknot Strangles Game's Shot at No. 1 E! Online - Wed Sep 3, 8:08 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common?

  • Hip Hop star T.I. talks during the nominations news conference for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, July 31, 2006. (Brendan McDermid/Files/Reuters)
    Rapper T.I. retains lead on singles chart Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 3:10 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - A week after setting a new record with a 70-place leap to No. 1, rapper T.I. logged a second round atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday.

  • Weiland Pilots New Solo Effort(E! Online)
    Weiland Pilots New Solo Effort E! Online - Wed Sep 3, 5:55 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Come on, fans, Scott Weiland wants you to get Happy.

  • Britney Spears performs at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas September 9, 2007. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
    Britney Spears to raise curtain on MTV awards Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 1:29 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears is to star at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, a year after a calamitous comeback performance at the same award ceremony. But this time the pop singer won't be performing.

  • Trial Set in Akon's Fan-Tossing Case(E! Online)
    Trial Set in Akon's Fan-Tossing Case E! Online - Wed Sep 3, 5:43 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Looks like Akon may get Konvicted after all.

  • Lily Praises Po-po, Eviscerates Elton(E! Online)
    Lily Praises Po-po, Eviscerates Elton E! Online - Wed Sep 3, 4:37 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - She may have had nothing but vitriol for cohost Elton John, but at Tuesday night's London-set GQ Men of the Year Awards, Lily Allen did have some kind words reserved for one British icon: the bobbies.

  • More Sunshine for Stevie Wonder's Life(E! Online)
    More Sunshine for Stevie Wonder's Life E! Online - Tue Sep 2, 4:03 PM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - The Library of Congress just called to say it loves Stevie Wonder.

  • Russell Brand brings a British twist to MTV awards AP - Thu Sep 4, 2:10 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - America, meet Russell Brand.

  • Jessica Simpson: Why I Almost Quit Singing(E! Online)
    Jessica Simpson: Why I Almost Quit Singing E! Online - Tue Sep 2, 1:30 PM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jessica Simpson has returned to her Southern roots. If ya haven't heard by now, the former pop-singing, reality-television star is about to release her first country album, Do You Know.

  • Joey McInytre, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight and Danny Wood (L-R) of the band 'New Kids On The Block' pose during a photo call in Munich July 9, 2008. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters)
    New Kids On The Block hope new album has right stuff Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 5:33 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hit '80s boy band New Kids On The Block are no longer kids, but all five men are hoping they still have the "right stuff" after reuniting and releasing their first album in 14 years this week.

  • Young Jeezy poses in New York, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Q&A: Young Jeezy gets political with his new CD AP - Thu Sep 4, 11:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Young Jeezy may seem like an unlikely political commentator, given his status as a gangsta rapper. But on his new CD, "The Recession," he talks about more than just hustling, putting in his two cents about the economy, struggling times and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

  • Dylan Toots His Own Horn, Er, Harmonica(E! Online)
    Dylan Toots His Own Horn, Er, Harmonica E! Online - Tue Sep 2, 11:37 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - For Bob Dylan fans, the answers these days are blowin' in the keys of C, G, D, F, A, B and E.

  • Pop star writes of friendship with ex-priest AP - Thu Sep 4, 11:01 AM ET

    LONDON - Pop star Cliff Richard has written about his relationship with a former Roman Catholic priest in an autobiography excerpted in a British newspaper on Thursday.

  • Great White Settles Up(E! Online)
    Great White Settles Up E! Online - Tue Sep 2, 11:00 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Great White is hoping to make peace with the past—and put their legal problems behind them.

  • Young Jeezy poses in New York, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Weekly wrap-up of entertainment quotes AP - Thu Sep 4, 8:30 AM ET

    "I'm excited; I feel like I'm going to sign for a new car and I don't need a co-signer this time." — Young Jeezy, on registering to vote.

  • Ne-Yo Pockets Cash for R. Kelly Concert Flap(E! Online)
    Ne-Yo Pockets Cash for R. Kelly Concert Flap E! Online - Tue Sep 2, 8:43 AM ET

    Los Angeles (E! Online) - Because of some backstage machinations, Ne-Yo is a little bit richer.

  • Metal band Slipknot scores first chart-topper Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 9:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday.

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