E! Online - Her first attempt at asserting a little independence may not have ended so well, but her second is shaping up to be much more well-received among the tween—and, more important, tween-parent—set.

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."

AP - Europeans get jazz and they get Woody Allen — more so than they do in America, the native land of both the filmmaker and the music form he loves.

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.

AP - Your favorite '90s band broke up? Fear not, they'll be back.

Reuters - Rapper Nas has ditched his controversial plan to call his new album "N*gger."

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.

AP - Amy Winehouse will perform at this summer's Glastonbury Festival.

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.