STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) – Swedish tax officials want former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus to pay $2.1 million for undeclared royalties from the supergroup’s hits dating back decades.It is the second time the Swedish Tax Authority has claimed the 61-year-old singer dodged taxes by not declaring millions in royalties going back decades, officials said Thursday.Victor Palm, […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Two nightclubs known as Club Paris will no longer be associated with their namesake – Paris Hilton, according to the club’s owner.Fred Khalilian said he “fired” the hotel heiress because she has failed to attend scheduled appearances at the location in downtown Orlando. The troubles started two years ago when Hilton […]

A contributing-editor slot at Rolling Stone is the dream job for many journalists, who may toil for years in low-paying jobs to get there.But six fledgling writers – some with no journalism experience – got that opportunity when Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner joined with MTV to create a realty show set at the music […]

Capt. William M. Otis, who celebrated his 93rd birthday, is probably the oldest resident of this town, but many men who are years younger are not half as smart as this veteran sea captain. Fifty years of Capt. Otis’ long life were spent on the sea. He was born in that part of Brunswick known […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A woman who was Marlon Brando’s caregiver in the last years of his life has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $125,000 that she had filed against his executors claiming she was a victim of fraud, deceit and a broken oral contract, according to court documents.Angela Borlaza had sued producer Mike […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump got some support Thursday in his war of words with Rosie O’Donnell – from his 25-year-old daughter, Ivanka.Ivanka, a vice president of real estate development at the Trump Organization, appeared on NBC’s “Today” show with her father to promote “The Apprentice,” which begins its new season Sunday. She will […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Lindsay Lohan was to have surgery to remove her appendix, her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, said Thursday.Zelnik declined to give details. In response to a query by The Associated Press, Zelnik said in an e-mail that the 20-year-old actress was “having her appendix removed. She is resting comfortably.”Celebrity Web site TMZ […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Busta Rhymes posted bail and was released Thursday after being arraigned on misdemeanor assault charges that say the hip-hop star beat a man last month in a dispute over money.Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil Ross set Rhymes’ bail at $3,500 for two third-degree assault and two lesser charges and set his […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Teri Garr is recovering from surgery to repair an aneurysm she suffered at her home on Dec. 21, her publicist said Wednesday.Doctors expect the actress, 58, to make a full recovery, Heidi Schaeffer said. Garr, who also suffers from multiple sclerosis, is alert and talking, Schaeffer added.Garr has appeared in dozens […]

CHICAGO (AP) – Thirty-nine hours and 55 minutes of TV-watching later, Jason Pisarik is once again the couch potato king.Pisarik, of suburban Lombard, defended his sports-viewing title early Wednesday at the Ultimate Couch Potato Contest at the ESPN Zone sports bar.He outsat and outwatched graduate student Noah Manly, of Chicago, who conceded almost 40 hours […]