LOS ANGELES - Pilot Chesley Sullenberger jokes that his heroic handling of a disabled jetliner brought him "rock star sex" in an interview for "NBC's People of the Year" TV special.

MADRID - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

NEW YORK, Nov 22, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A New York auction of more than 80 pieces of memorabilia linked to the late singer Michael Jackson resulted in $2 million in sales, an auction official said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Taylor Swift won five awards including Artist of the Year and the late Michael Jackson won four awards Sunday at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES - During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and donning a tight T-shirt slathered with an image of David Bowie's face.

NEW YORK - Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..."

_"Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe" National Geographic, $40What people eat can tell you a lot about a country.That, in a nutshell, is the premise behind this lavish illustrated guide to food and place.

NEW YORK - Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching - instead of mall-hopping - on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.

LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it. But while Michael Jackson won a record four posthumous awards, he couldn't beat Taylor Swift for top honors at Sunday night's American Music Awards.

HOUSTON - Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to return to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the pop star's death.

Nov. 23--Garrison Keillor has had a story on his mind, which isn't so unusual. But this is one, he says, he hasn't yet told. "It was 1966.

Nov. 23--Jokes about adult diapers, 8-tracks and memory loss were plentiful. Almost every song was more than 40 years old. It was just your typical teen-idol show.

LOS ANGELES - Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards with a medley of some of her biggest hits, but it was her late brother Michael who was poised to be one of the night's big winners, up for five American Music Awards, including entertainer of the year.

READING, Pa., Nov 22, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- The attorney for Jon Gosselin said divorce proceedings between the U.S. reality TV star and his wife, Kate, could be completed by the end of the year.