BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Directors Francis Ford Coppola and Jean-Luc Godard, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow are this year's recipients of the Governor's Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

TOKYO (AP) — Acclaimed Japanese animated film director Satoshi Kon, known for "Tokyo Godfathers," ''Millennium Actress" and other prize-winning movies, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 46.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A sheriff's official says detectives have given prosecutors the results of their investigation into domestic violence allegations against Mel Gibson.

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a claim by rapper Timbaland that someone stole a $2 million watch from his Malibu home.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland judge has ordered R&B singer Ne-Yo and his booking agent to pay more than $156,000 in damages because the performer failed to appear at a 2008 New Year's Eve concert in Washington state.

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston University graduate student is appealing a federal judgment that required him to pay $67,500 in damages for illegally downloading and sharing songs online.

OLDWICK, N.J. (AP) — George David Weiss, who helped write chart-topping pop hits including "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "What a Wonderful World," has died. He was 89.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As it turns out, the circle is unbroken.

NEW YORK (AP) — Don't make them whisper: Keith Richards and Jay-Z each will give talks this fall at the New York Public Library.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — The Swell Season is paying for grief counseling sessions for hundreds of music fans who watched in horror as a man jumped to his death during the band's concert in California a week ago.

LONDON (AP) — British singing sensation Susan Boyle said Wednesday she feels humbled and honored by the opportunity to sing for Pope Benedict XVI during his tour of Britain.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a Connecticut talent agent to pay nearly $1.2 million to a concert promoter for failing to produce Justin Timberlake for a concert in the Philippines.

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona city hall says rock band U2 has paid a fine of euro18,000 ($22,000) for playing too long and too loudly during rehearsals in the Spanish city last year.

DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors and defense attorneys on Wednesday recommended no prison time for a girl-band singer accused of causing bodily harm to her ex-boyfriend by allegedly infecting him with HIV.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Country music star Faith Hill says giving back just comes naturally for the Mississippi native, and she has a message for those still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Michael Jackson's hometown in Indiana is planning another tribute to the "King of Pop" just two months after marking the one-year anniversary of his death.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has put high-visibility support behind a proposed cultural center and mosque near ground zero, using the windows of his top-floor apartment across the street from the site where the World Trade Center stood to display a call for coexistence, loving one's neighbor and support of the First Amendment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It's a girl for country singer James Otto and his wife, Amy.

NEW YORK (AP) — A catchy but expletive-laden new song from Cee-Lo has quickly gone viral.

MADRID (AP) — Woody Allen says he began shooting movies in European cities because he couldn't afford to do it any more in New York.