AP - Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced nearly 300,000 people.

AP - Rapper 50 Cent is facing a challenge to his street cred — from Taco Bell.

E! Online - As far as the Ben Affleck scale of disasters is concerned, a nationwide humanitarian crisis still trumps a pregnant wife's stalker.

E! Online - When it comes to his newly launched breach-of-contract trial, Michael Jackson is not only joining it, he's hoping to beat it.

E! Online - Could it be that Miley Cyrus' muscled boyfriend, Justin Gaston, is as controlling as he is sexy? Sure looks that way. Turns out Justin was quite influential during the casting for Miley's new video, "Fly on the Wall."

AP - Hugh Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

Reuters - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.

AP - Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up.

AP - The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.

Reuters - Top fashion designer Marc Jacobs' company agreed to pay New York state $1 million for improper payments made to secure a venue to hold fashion shows, the New York attorney general's office said on Wednesday.

AP - Barnes & Noble Inc. reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss Thursday on significant drops in traffic and consumer spending at its stores. The bookseller also reduced its full-year sales and earnings forecasts, sending its shares down sharply.