The Musicians Hall of Fame inducted 12 new members across the genres, including bluesman Buddy Guy, British rock guitarist Peter Frampton and pedal steel player and country singer Barbara Mandrell.

Also inducted during Tuesday's ceremony in Nashville were Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, country musician Jimmy Capps, bass guitarist Will Lee, rhythm guitarist Corki Casey O'Dell and country guitarist Velma Smith. Posthumous inductions went to Stevie Ray Vaughan, along with his band Double Trouble, and pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith.

A former News of the World journalist told a British court on Tuesday how he used phone-hacking to find out about an affair between James Bond star Daniel Craig and the actress Sienna Miller.

Dan Evans, who has pleaded guilty to hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct tabloid and its rival the Sunday Mirror, said his then editor Andy Coulson knew what he was doing and advised him on how to cover his tracks.

U.S. reality TV star Kim Kardashian will attend Vienna's opulent Opera Ball next month, her host -- an ageing Austrian entrepreneur who makes headlines every year for inviting buxom starlets -- announced Monday.

Kardashian will join the ranks of Sophia Loren, Faye Dunaway and more recently Paris Hilton and Baywatch babes Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra, as guests of the 81-year-old Richard Lugner, himself the star of a mediocre Austrian reality TV show.

Quentin Tarantino sued the news and gossip website Gawker on Monday over a post that directed readers to a leaked copy of the Oscar-winning screenwriter's latest movie.

Tarantino's lawsuit accuses Gawker Media LLC of contributory copyright infringement for posting a link to the 146-page script for a planned film titled "The Hateful Eight" last week. A link to the script was posted on Gawker's Defamer blog and remained active Monday afternoon, despite demands from Tarantino's lawyers to take it down, the lawsuit states.

British actor Jude Law gave evidence in the phone-hacking trial on Monday, telling the jury that the media seemed to have an "unhealthy amount of information" about his private life.

Law is the most high-profile celebrity so far to give evidence at the trial, where several senior News of the World executives deny conspiring to illegally access voicemails between 2000 and 2006.

Patrick Dempsey's acting and racing careers will be intermingled for the foreseeable future.

Dempsey, a driver/owner racing in the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance event this weekend, confirmed Saturday night that he has signed a two-year contract extension to continue with the popular television series "Grey's Anatomy." The show has not officially been picked up beyond its 10th season, but Dempsey's deal provides a strong indication that it will be back.

Pop star Justin Bieber is relaxing at the beach in Panama after being charged in Florida with driving under the influence.

Panamanian radio and television host Eddy Vasquez was filming a show at the Pacific Coast resort in Punta Chame when he spotted Bieber and his entourage walking on the beach. He and his crew took pictures of the singer and his companions, who got on personal watercraft and traveled to a nearby island.

The music industry's top night turned into the big day for 33 couples on Sunday as Madonna and other stars led a mass wedding at the Grammys in a celebration of gay marriage.

The couples -- some same-sex, some opposite-sex and diverse in race and appearance -- exchanged rings before the Grammys stage at Los Angeles' Staples Center, which was momentarily transformed into a brightly lit church with a gospel choir.

The surviving Beatles on Sunday reunited in spirit with their late bandmates at the Grammys as Yoko Ono danced to the jamming of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

The two living members of the Fab Four were in attendance to receive an award for lifetime achievement for the Liverpool band, widely considered among the most influential acts in music history.

Alfonso Cuaron and his 3D space spectacular "Gravity" edged ahead in the Oscars race on Saturday when the Mexican triumphed at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards.

"It is truly an honor, and I'm humble. I still have this kind of teen crush (for directors) and it makes me very nervous talking to them," said Cuaron, 52, as he picked up the top film prize in Los Angeles.