E! Online - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or, use their star power to enhance your own name-recognition.

E! Online - He's married. He's a father. So is it any wonder R&B star Usher Raymond sounds a little more mellow on his fifth album, Here I Stand?

AP - Sydney Pollack found mainstream success with smart films for grown-ups — a rarity today.

AP - A recent employee of R. Kelly testified Tuesday that she didn't want to believe the R&B superstar appeared on a sex tape at the center of his child pornography trial because he was such a good boss. But now she's sure he did.

AP - Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic "Harlem Nocturne" and composed memorable themes for "The Andy Griffith Show," "I Spy," "The Mod Squad" and other TV shows, has died. He was 88.

AP - Move over Jonas Brothers, the Kaulitz twins are moving in.

AP - Al Green, "Lay It Down" (Blue Note)

AP - The breakthrough for Radiohead on "Reckoner" — a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to "In Rainbows" — came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a "big percussion fest."

E! Online - Get ready, Japan!

AP - The breakthrough for Radiohead on "Reckoner" — a song that underwent multiple incarnations on its way to "In Rainbows" — came by way of what Jonny Greenwood calls a "big percussion fest."

AP - The name of the place says it all: The Original Kazoo Co. And, boy, do its owners mean original.

AP - Al Green, "Lay It Down" (Blue Note)

AP - Move over Jonas Brothers, the Kaulitz twins are moving in.

AP - John Hiatt, "Same Old Man" (New West)