Entertainment - AP

Russell Brand seemed a little out of place as the host at the MTV Video Music Awards.

NEW YORK - MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.

NEW YORK - Zondervan, the Christian book publisher known for releasing Rick Warren's million-selling "The Purpose Driven Life," is coming out with a biography of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

NEW YORK - Halle Berry, in a body-hugging outfit, and her special man, model Gabriel Aubrey, helped make Calvin Klein's 40th anniversary bash a New York moment.

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears has provided some of the most memorable moments in the history of the notoriously unpredictable MTV Video Music Awards, for better and for worse.

NEW YORK - Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on.

LOS ANGELES - A minute-by-minute account of what went down inside the VMAs:

LOS ANGELES - The MTV Video Music Awards are all about unique collaborations and blowout performances, but a few show guests Sunday added a touch of politics in this hot election year.

LOS ANGELES - Chris Brown was tied to two of the hottest women at the MTV Video Music Awards: Rihanna and Britney Spears.

NEW YORK - Justin Timberlake is shaking his "Mr. Sexy Back" reputation for something more like "Mr. Sexy Backwoods."

NEW YORK - Eva Longoria Parker is running a tight schedule.

NEW YORK - They cheered, they cried and gave the show a standing ovation even before the first note was sung.

LOS ANGELES - Though the MTV Video Music Awards are the main event in town this weekend, some celebrities are satisfied enough with the side activities connected to the extravaganza.

NEW YORK - After winning three silver medals in Beijing, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has mastered another daunting challenge: walking the runway at New York Fashion Week.

NEW YORK - The stars descended on New York Fashion Week on Sunday, with Olympian Dara Torres hitting the catwalk, Justin Timberlake putting on a runway show and the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman lining the front rows.

LOS ANGELES - The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in seven years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.

PAYSON, Utah - Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a local bowling alley, police said.

NEW YORK - Spurred by an historic telethon Friday night, viewers stood up to cancer and pushed total donations for research to battle the disease past the $100 million mark.

TORONTO (AP) — The Coen brothers' new movie gave John Malkovich a chance to blow off some steam. Malkovich's seething character in "Burn After Reading" bursts out in perpetual tantrums, a nice exercise in anger management, according to the actor.