A judge revoked Chris Brown's probation on Monday after reviewing the details of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving the singer and his behavior afterward. However, the singer was not ordered to jail.Brown appeared downcast. His lawyer, Mark Geragos, suggested that perhaps the matter will be resolved informally without a major probation hearing. Deputy District Attorney Mary Murray did not ask for Brown to be jailed, and the judge allowed him to remain free on his own recognizance.The sing

MADRID (AP) ― After spending several days in the hospital, opera singer Placido Domingo said Sunday that an early diagnosis for a blocked blood vessel by a medical team in Madrid saved him from possibly more serious medical complications.Speaking at Madrid’s opera house alongside one of the doctors who treated him, the 72-year-old Domingo said he had felt unwell after a rehearsal and quickly sought medical help. The tenor said Dr. Carlos Gonzalez then detected a case of deep vein thrombosis and

BERLIN (AFP) ― Twenty-five years ago this week, U.S. rock legend Bruce Springsteen played to an estimated 300,000 East Germans thirsting for freedom, a spectacular event that some now argue may have helped topple the Berlin Wall.The anniversary of the July 19, 1988 show in communist East Berlin has prompted a new book, a documentary, talk shows and wide media coverage looking back at what was by all accounts a magical summer night.The Boss arrived in a country where millions were already yearnin

South Korean singer Roy Kim on Sunday apologized for remarks during a concert that fans claimed were disrespectful to Jang Bum-joon of band Busker Busker.“I apologize for acting carelessly and causing trouble... From now on, I will be more prudent with my words,” the 20-year-old singer said via Twitter. Kim claimed that he was also a fan of Jang, and that his words had “unintentionally” offended Jang’s fans.Kim held a concert at Yonsei University in Seoul on Saturday, during which he sang a wedd

VENICE (AFP) ― St Mark’s Square in Venice on Wednesday was the spectacular backdrop to a tragic opera in the first open-air performance in 43 years by the famous La Fenice theater ― a new must on the global culture calendar.La Fenice is staging Italian maestro Giuseppe Verdi’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s “Othello, the Moor of Venice” ― with South Korea’s Chung Myung-whun conducting La Fenice’s orchestra and choir.The performance, which coincides with the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, i

NEW YORK (AP) ― Mariah Carey is in the hospital for a shoulder injury.The pop star’s representative says the singer went to the hospital in New York late Sunday after injuring her shoulder while filming a music video.Her rep adds Monday that “doctors reset her shoulder’’ and that “she is fine.’’Carey was filming a video for a remix version of her song “Beautiful’’ with rapper Young Jeezy. The video was being directed by her husband Nick Cannon.The singer will still perform Saturday with the New