Reuters - Culture Club frontman Boy George's North American summer tour is in doubt after U.S. authorities refused to issue him a visa, citing looming legal issues overseas.

AP - Taiwan is considering letting mainland Chinese stars perform on the island amid warming ties between the two rivals, a Taiwanese official said Tuesday.

E! Online - Timbaland may have teamed up with everyone from Justin Timberlake and Madonna to Ashlee Simpson, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, but it's his latest partnership that will hopefully be the most successful.

E! Online - For those about to rock, best not to take any cues from Celine Dion.

AP - Amy Winehouse has early stage emphysema and her lungs have been damaged by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday.

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.