BEIJING Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers - and even sits on the toilet - in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.

BERLIN Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis.

LOS ANGELES AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician.

French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records)

NEW YORK Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.

BERLIN Justin Bieber's pet monkey is no longer his.

LOS ANGELES Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

Laura Mvula, "Sing to the Moon" (Columbia Records)

WASHINGTON Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.

MOSCOW Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts - alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest.

MIAMI Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89.

DUNWOODY, Ga. Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

DETROIT Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday.

Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, "Seesaw" (J&R Adventures)

HONG KONG Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music.

Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories" (Columbia)

LOS ANGELES A corporate lawyer for concert giant AEG Live LLC on Tuesday revised his testimony and said the tour director of Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts had a signed contract.

NEW YORK If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.