Talk about ending a season with style and grace!

That's what pop music icon Janet Jackson did for the season nine finale of 'American Idol,' which took place last night live from Los Angeles' Nokia Theater.

Jackson captivated viewers with a performance of her current single 'Nothing' from the motion picture soundtrack of 'Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?,' in addition to her 1986 hit 'Nasty.'

Pee-wee Herman, the popular children's television character who inspired a hip-hop dance and anthem during the 1980s, is now taking his fun-filled comedy to Broadway when a new stage play, 'The Pee-wee Herman Show,' kicks off this fall.

The show's creator, Paul Reubens, 57, will star in the new production, which is based on his popular children's television show, 'Pee-wee's Playhouse.' He also participated in co-writing the play.

In 2006, the Cartoon Network re-aired the series, and 1.5 million viewers watched every night.

The new show will have a special six-week engagement starting on Oct. 26 at New York's Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

In honor of World Multiple Sclerosis Day today, O'Jays front man Walter Williams has decided to become an advocate of the disease and go public with his ongoing battle.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee -- known for classic soul hits including 'For the Love of Money,' which is the theme song of Donald Trump's reality show 'The Apprentice' -- revealed to Reuters that he has maintained an active life despite being diagnosed nearly three decades ago.

"I have done well with MS, and I want other sufferers to know that they too can lead a normal life," the 67-year-old crooner said. "Why now? Well, it's a good time to come out and let people know there is medication for this now that helps a great deal. When I was diagnosed, they told me I had 20 years to live and there was no cure, but it has all changed."

With 'Sex and the City 2' set to come out on May 27, the soundtrack is now out in stores, and one of the tracks, 'Love Is Your Color,' is a feature collaboration by two of today's biggest divas: British beauty Leona Lewis and Oscar and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.

The ballad was written by hit-making songwriter Claude Kelly.

Kelly also wrote Jason Derulo's 'In My Head,' which recently hit No. 5 on Billboard's Hot 100, and has written songs for Kelly Clarkson ('My Life Would Suck Without You'), Britney Spears ('Circus') and Chrisette Michele ('Epiphany'), including her hit single, 'Blame It On Me.' He just wrote the lead single 'Bittersweet' off Fantasia's upcoming album.

Contrary to previous reports about Lauryn Hill headlining this year's annual Rock the Bells concert, event organizers have quashed fan's hopes of seeing the elusive artist.

According to the tour's Web site, the former Fugees songstress was absent from the long list of performers, which includes, Wu-Tang Clan, KRS-One, Rakim, Slick Rick and the Clipse.

Concert-goers will have the chance to witness this year's theme, which revolves around artists performing their albums in their entirety, including the Wu-Tang Clan's timeless classic 'Enter the 36 Chambers' and Rakim's 'Paid In Full.'

This year marks the Essence Music Festival's 15th Anniversary.

To commemorate the momentous occasion, the monthly African-American women's magazine has teamed with Music World Entertainment to release a CD and deluxe DVD/CD package of the top live performances from the 2009 New Orleans music event.

'The 15th Anniversary of the Essence Music Festival' includes Beyonce's headlining performance of 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),' En Vogue's rendition of their classic ' My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It),' and John Legend's 'Green Light,' to name a few.

Salt n' Pepa, Ne-Yo, Teena Marie, Charlie Wilson, Robin Thicke and Solange also turn up on the ten-track set.

Aside from the usual rappers, no one represents Brooklyn, New York more than Spike Lee.

The New York City borough has been the subject of several of his films, including 'Crooklyn' and 'Do the Right Thing,' and now he's paying homage to his hometown in a unique way.

The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker has teamed with Absolute Vodka to design the fourth city-inspired bottle of the popular spirit.

The critically acclaimed musical 'Memphis' was the big winner at the 55th annual Drama Desk Awards in New York City, collecting four awards -- including outstanding musical, outstanding actress in a musical, best music and outstanding orchestrations.

Montego Glover, who won outstanding actress in a musical for her role in 'Memphis,' tied with Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was nominated for 'A Little Night Music.'

Oscar nominee Viola Davis ('Doubt') won for outstanding featured actress in a play for her role opposite Denzel Washington in the revival of August Wilson's 'Fences,' which tied with 'A View From the Bridge' for outstanding revival of a play.

In case you didn't notice, Ethiopian celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson is a really big deal.

Not only was he chosen by the Obama administration to cook at the president's first State Dinner, but he's been drawing a huge fan following on the latest installment of Bravo's 'Top Chef: Masters,' where he's competing against some of the world's most famous chefs.

Samuelsson has teamed with Macy's Culinary Council to share some of his favorite tips on cooking successful yet easy meals.

The James Beard Foundation Best Chef honoree visited a Macy's in Miami for a cooking class recently and, on May 21, visited Macy's on State Street in Chicago to show the 250 attendees a few secrets to successfully cooking burgers.

Samuelsson, who is executive chef at Aquavit in New York, owns C-House and Marc Burger in Chicago , which is located within the retail chain on State Street and prides itself on making high-quality char-grilled burgers.