KARACHI, Pakistan - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders - and tattoos - exposed.

NEW YORK - Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes."

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday.

NEW YORK - Broadway has found its Spider-Man - rock singer Reeve Carney. Carney will portray celebrated web-slinger Peter Parker in "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark," producer Michael Cohl announced Friday.

NEW YORK - A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.

NEW YORK - A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the cable television network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night.

NEW YORK - It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous."

MIAMI BEACH, Florida - Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a "long mental journey" to find inspiration.

LAS VEGAS - Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories.

LONDON, Nov 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Elton John's spokesman said the British pop star has been discharged from the London hospital where he has been treated for the flu and E.coli infection.

BERLIN, Nov 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. recording artist Beyonce took home three prizes at Thursday's 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards at the O2 World in Berlin.

NEW YORK, Nov 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Members of the U.S. rock group Bon Jovi are to perform and be interviewed on "Inside the Actors Studio," Bravo said Thursday.

NEW YORK, Nov 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. film star John Cusack says he is happy people still love his classic teen romance "Say Anything" two decades after he made it.

LAS VEGAS, Nov 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Bette Midler said Thursday the final performance of her Las Vegas act "The Showgirl Must Go On" will be Jan.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 5, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- "Don't Be a Jerk (It's Christmas)," SpongeBob SquarePants' first holiday song, was released this week in the United States.

"Woodrow Wilson" (Knopf, 704 pages, $35), By John Milton Cooper Jr.: Soon after he was elected president in 1912, Woodrow Wilson told a former colleague at Princeton University that all of his preparation for office was in the domestic sphere and it would be "an irony of fate" if his administration were to be consumed by concerns over foreign policy.

LONDON - Elton John has been released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and an E. coli bacterial infection. The singer's spokesman Gary Farrow says John was at home Friday and was feeling fine.

You call him Mr. Rickles because he deserves it. He's a legend. Honorary member of the Rat Pack. The guy Johnny Carson tossed into a hot tub.