Reuters - Venezuela's youth orchestras and choirs have helped thousands of children resist thug life in some of South America's most violent slums, and now wealthy countries are lining up to emulate the system.

Reuters - Welsh-born singer Shirley Bassey has pulled out of Friday's London concert to celebrate former South African President Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday.

E! Online - Amy Winehouse's hard-partying ways have officially caught up with her.

E! Online - American Idol David Cook confirmed to E! News that he and fellow Idol alum Kimberly Caldwell are still an item, and even got the blessing of Fox's president of entertainment, Kevin Reilly.

AP - Soul diva Amy Winehouse has damaged her lungs by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday.

AP - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.

AP - Ted Nugent is moving, but he doesn't need to hunt very hard for a new pad. He's moving back to an old one — and has some stuff to unload first.

AP - They call it "Summer Madness." OK, it's just an advertising slogan that loosely ties together the three works currently in repertory for the San Francisco Opera's June season. But the title character of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" offers more than enough insanity to go around, especially as portrayed by the dynamic French soprano Natalie Dessay.

E! Online - Amy Winehouse's hard partying ways have officially caught up with her.

AP - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.

AP - LONDON (AP) — Amy Winehouse's father says his daughter has lung damage from smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes.