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Bon Jovi Daughter Ods on Heroin, is Charged

Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter was hospitalized and facing drug charges Wednesday after overdosing on heroin in a dorm at her college in upstate New York, authorities said.

Stephanie Bongiovi was found unresponsive by an ambulance crew sent to Hamilton College early Wednesday after a report that a female had apparently overdosed in Dunham Hall, the school's largest dorm.

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Bono Deems Corruption World's 'Biggest Killer'

U2 star Bono declared corruption "the biggest killer of them all" on Wednesday at the World Bank as he expressed concern over the "fiscal cliff" facing the U.S. budget.

"Everybody here knows that the biggest killer of them all -- biggest killer of them all, bigger killer than AIDS, TB, malaria, probably the lot together -- is corruption," said the Irish rocker, who co-founded the anti-poverty ONE campaign.

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Dave Matthews Band Pledges $1M for Sandy Relief

The Dave Matthews Band is giving $1 million to help Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts.

The band announced Wednesday that the Nov. 30 opening show in New Jersey of its winter tour will be a benefit concert. All ticket and merchandise sales will go to the Bama Works Sandy Relief Fund, established at the Community Foundation of New Jersey.

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'Gangnam Style' Star Joins Madonna Onstage at MSG

Madonna has gone 'Gangnam Style'.

Korean pop star PSY joined the pop icon Tuesday night during her second show this week at Madison Square Garden. They danced to his pop culture anthem "Gangnam Style" and to her jam "Music" in front of nearly 20,000 people.

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Review: A Gorgeous but Distant 'Anna Karenina'

All the world's a stage, very literally, in Joe Wright's wildly theatrical adaptation of "Anna Karenina."

If you thought the director's five-and-a-half-minute tracking shot in "Atonement" was show-offy, you ain't seen nothing yet. Wright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love") have taken Leo Tolstoy's literary behemoth about love, betrayal and death among the elite in imperial Russia and boldly set it almost entirely within a decaying theater.

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Day-Lewis Heeded Inner Ear to Find Lincoln's Voice

A towering figure such as Abraham Lincoln, who stood 6 feet 4 and was one of history's master orators, must have had a booming voice to match, right? Not in Daniel Day-Lewis' interpretation.

Day-Lewis, who plays the 16th president in Steven Spielberg's epic film biography "Lincoln," which goes into wide release this weekend, settled on a higher, softer voice, saying it's more true to descriptions of how the man actually spoke.

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Sesame Puppeteer Relieved as Sex Claim Dropped

The puppeteer behind Elmo on "Sesame Street" voiced relief Tuesday, after a man who accused him of underage sex was reported to have dropped the claim.

The makers of the beloved U.S. children's television show -- who said Monday they were letting Kevin Clash take time off to deal with the claims -- also welcomed the withdrawal of the accusation.

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One Direction to Star in 3-D Film

One Direction is headed to a movie theater near you.

Sony Pictures says it's making a 3-D film about the boy band, due out next year on Labor Day weekend.

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Bono Salutes U.S. for Electing 'Extraordinary Man'

Bono hailed Americans for re-electing President Barack Obama but reminded them of the dire consequences that lie ahead because of the economy.

The U2 frontman touched on the relationship between politics and extreme poverty Monday night in his keynote speech during the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University, after acknowledging Obama's victory over challenger Mitt Romney last week.

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'Call of Duty' Blockbuster Returns with 'Black Ops 2'

The blockbuster video game franchise "Call of Duty" returns on Tuesday with a futuristic new installment in which shadowy activists use social networks to threaten the United States.

"Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" -- the sequel to an earlier Cold War-set episode in the record-selling franchise -- whisks the player to a fictional 2025, in which a Nicaraguan militant is plotting to undermine U.S. security.

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