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Michael Jackson's glittery gloves, spangled jackets, stage-worn costumes and personal fashion effects are going on a world tour.
Bobby Brown says it took him a long time to come out with a new album because he's spent so much time trying to get his life on track.
An attorney for Bobby Brown has entered a no contest plea for the singer to one count of drunken driving stemming from an arrest last month.
Bobby Brown has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving and other charges stemming from his arrest last month in Los Angeles.
The hotel room where Whitney Houston died bore the hallmarks of a traveler _ suitcases and room-service food and drinks. But it also contained something tragically familiar for the singer: signs of cocaine and its paraphernalia.

The hotel room where Whitney Houston died bore the hallmarks of a traveler — suitcases and room-service food and drinks. But it also contained something tragically familiar for the singer: signs of cocaine and its paraphernalia.
Prosecutors have charged Bobby Brown with drunken driving.
Bobby Brown was charged Wednesday with three misdemeanor charges including drunken driving, two days after his afternoon arrest in suburban Los Angeles.

A star of the hit movie "The Hunger Games" will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Miami Marlins-Cincinnati Reds game in Cincinnati April 7, the Associated Press reports.
Officials in Southern California say Bobby Brown has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston _ her pristine voice, clean image and her career _ and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago.

Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston — her pristine voice, clean image and her career — and coroner's officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner's death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago.

In her first interview since Whitney Houston's death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she is "doing as good as I possibly can" and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar mother before her sudden death last month.
In her first interview since Whitney Houston's death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she's "doing as good as I possibly can" and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar mother before her sudden death last month.

Whitney Houston's sister-in-law said she feared that drugs would end the singer's life. In a partial transcript of an interview with Oprah Winfrey that was set to air Sunday, Patricia Houston said she would be "kidding herself" to say otherwise.
"The Matt Lauer interview was just for me to clear the air about what everyone was feeling about my ex-wife's death," Mr. Brown said.
Taking Names: Jackson's costumes to be exhibited, then sold →
"I'm happy right now in my life, I'm comfortable with who I am," he said. "It's just better."
Taking Names: Jackson's costumes to be exhibited, then sold →