AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maybe Simon Cowell was trying to galvanize David Cook's fans when he declared David Archuleta the knockout winner in the final matchup of "American Idol."
Reuters - Napster Inc., the digital music
service, on Tuesday opened the world's biggest MP3 download
store with more than 6 million songs in a direct challenge to
Apple Inc's iTunes store.
AP - Prosecutors played the sex tape at the center of R. Kelly's child pornography trial in open court Tuesday, just hours after opening statements in which they accused the R&B singer of choreographing and starring in the footage with an underage girl.
Reuters - British rock band Pink Floyd and
American soprano Renee Fleming were awarded Sweden's annual
Polar Music Prize on Wednesday, joining an eclectic group of
winners including Paul McCartney, Elton John, Quincy Jones and
Joni Mitchell.
AP - Lou Pearlman, the man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for engineering a decades-long scam that bilked thousands of investors out of their life savings.
AP - Pink Floyd and soprano Renee Fleming were named winners of the 2008 Polar Music Prize on Wednesday for their contributions to their musical genres.
E! Online - Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got hitched Saturday night under tents and amid tight security, but E! News has an insider's account of the top-secret wedding ceremony and reception.
E! Online - Keith Urban lost out to Kenny Chesney for Entertainer of the Year, but wife Nicole Kidman's burgeoning belly practically upstaged everyone at Sunday's 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
