Common adage suggests that when one door closes, another one opens. For actor turned hip-hop musician Joaquin Phoenix, however, it was more like he willingly closed one door only to have another slammed in his face.

The U2-scored Broadway spectacle "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" has endured its share of setbacks, but fans finally got a taste of the band's music for the musical on "Good Morning America" Friday (Sept. 10).

Kanye West hit New York City's The Boom Boom Room at The Standard Hotel last night (Aug. 9) and at 3am this morning, stood on top of the bar and performed a couple of tracks for those lucky enough to be in attendance.

Following a tweet in which 50 Cent joked -- we hope -- about sending his "homie to shoot up a gay wedding," the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) took to their blog yesterday (Aug. 9) to ask the New York rapper to please retract his "anti-gay" statement.  

Jesse Ignjatovic, the executive producer of Sunday's show, flatly declared there's no chance of the pair reuniting in song a year after West interrupted Swift's acceptance speech for best female video to proclaim that Beyonce should have instead won the prize.

At the center of Yoko Ono's new installation is a perfectly round bullet hole shot through a large pane of glass that John Lennon's widow says challenges viewers to confront "incredible violence and abuse" in the world today.

Spanish singing star Alejandro Sanz wants to declare peace with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and play in Caracas.

Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is mourning the death of his wife and manager, MaLinda Sapp.  

Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney and wife Tiffany Fallon have a new baby.

Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" follows its No. 1 debut in the U.S. with a chart topping start on Billboard's European Albums chart.

Jamiroquai made its live return in London where the British group premiered material from its new studio set "Rock Dust Light Star."

Hollywood trade newspaper Daily Variety is embroiled in heated litigation with California punk rock band the Vandals, whose bass player happens to be an attorney.