Happy Birthday to "She's The Man" star Amanda Bynes (1986), "90210" actress Jennie Garth (1972), Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach (1968), comedic icon Eddie Murphy (1961), "Frasier" actor David Hyde Pierce (1959)

Happy Birthday to "She's The Man" star Amanda Bynes (1986), "90210" actress Jennie Garth (1972), Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach (1968), comedic icon Eddie Murphy (1961), "Frasier" actor David Hyde Pierce (1959), prolific screen actor Alec Baldwin (1958), Tie A Yellow Ribbon singer Tony Orlando (1944), Vegas mainstay Wayne Newton (1942),

Songwriter Burt Bacharach, The Band, Doris Day and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs are among the stars who will be honored with Lifetime Achievement awards at the 50th annual Grammy Awards next year.

In addition to The War soundtrack album - an eclectic mix of vintage era jazz, pop singers of the time, contemporary classical recordings, plus three previously unreleased performances by Wynton Marsalis and a previously unreleased performance by Norah Jones

Singing waitress Victoria Hart has been summoned to perform for her movie idol George Clooney - again. The British 18-year-old was plucked from obscurity to sing for the Ocean's Thirteen cast at a star-studded ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this year, and now Clooney wants to hear her again - in New York.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - After recharging rockabilly with the Stray Cats in the 1980s, then helping spark a swing revival in the '90s, Brian Setzer is going even further back in musical history on his latest CD - 200 years back, to be exact.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his ''Jeopardy'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82.

Happy Birthday to "She's The Man" star Amanda Bynes (1986), "90210" actress Jennie Garth (1972), Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach (1968), comedic icon Eddie Murphy (1961), "Frasier" actor David Hyde Pierce (1959), prolific screen actor Alec Baldwin (1958), Tie A Yellow Ribbon singer Tony Orlando (1944), Vegas mainstay Wayne Newton (1942), actress Marsha Mason (1942), "Pillow Talk" actress Doris Day (1924), "The Godfather" actor Marlon Brando (1924; d. 2001), and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" author Washington Irving (1783; d. 1859).

Together, these experts tell the story behind the soundies and explain what made the programs so popular. For many people across the nation, the soundies started a musical revolution. The panoram allowed viewers to see for the first time many of the nation's greatest musicians - as well as the very first footage of black and white musicians performing together. This rare exception to segregation was an important milestone that foreshadowed the 1960s civil rights movement and underscored the fact that music is a catalyst for bringing people together.