The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists will hold an award ceremony on Nov. 24, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Cartier was worn tonight by a type of winner as out four legged friends were triumphed over by the sea, the stars and a poet.

The 43rd annual Country Music Association awards took place last night in Nashville where Taylor Swift made history in becoming the youngest artist to ever receive the Entertainer of the Year award.

Next spring's 82nd Oscar ceremony will be hosted by actors Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, it was announced, a few days after Hugh Jackman turned down the role.

Calgary Alberta hosted the 31st annual Covenant Awards on October 23. The award ceremony celebrates the work of Christian musicians, songwriters and producers.

The 2009 Online Journalism Awards took place on October 3 in San Francisco. The awards celebrate the best sites that bring news content to the Internet.

On Tuesday the nominations for the 2009 Gemini Awards were announced in downtown Toronto. This year's list shows the best in television that Canada has to offer.

Sixty-seven Air Force cadets test positive for the H1N1 swine flu and are being isolated at the academy in Colorado Springs. It is the single largest outbreak in Colorado.

If you thought you have heard of everything, pay heed to this new exhibition in Berlin known as the Amora sex academy. It promises improvements in love making techniques via the erogenous zones of naked mannequins. Read on for more of the x-rated truth.

The BET awards show will pay tribute to Michael Jackson tonight at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Joe Jackson, the father of Michael will attend the show.

The 82nd Academy Awards makes a change in the selection of Best Picture, hoping to gain more public interest in the ceremony.

Rubina Ali, one of the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire is producing a memoir about her journey from the slums of Mumbai to walking the red carpet in Hollywood attending the Academy Awards.

The teen who committed suicide in the bathroom of Canandaigua Academy on Tuesday, has been identified as Thomas Kane. As the investigation continues, conflicting images are being painted about this bright honor roll student.

On Tuesday, a 17-year old honor student at Canandaigua Academy in New York, walked into the school with a sawed-off shotgun, ammunition and two explosive devices. Putting the ammo and explosives in his locker, he then committed suicide.

On Tuesday, winners of the 13th Annual Webby Awards were announced. There were 30 categories and a number of special achievement honorees announced and the Webby Person of the Year goes to ... Jimmy Fallon.

Actors have their Oscar. Musicians, their Grammy. But did you know that webbers have their Webby? In its thirteenth year of celebration and honouring excellence on the Internet, the 2009 Webby Award winners have been announced.

A driven educator from Ghana has just enrolled the first 97 students from 29 African countries at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. Fred Swaniker 's one goal is to create an interlinked network of 6,000 English-speaking, African leaders...

The Pigasus Awards are given out every year by the James Randi Educational Foundation to honour people and organisations that have done their best in the past year to destroy science and promote irrationality.

A police Academy in Lahore has been under siege for more than six hours. Reports say 40 people dead as gunmen hold hostages in Academy

Black male children are particularly at risk for food allergy - specifically to peanuts,shrimps, milk and eggs. Researchers presented this finding at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology this week.