AP - When you grow up as a child actor and become a teen heartthrob as a singer, it can be hard to get people to stop looking at you as a kid, even when your driver's license proves otherwise.
Reuters - Hollywood actor Will Smith kicked off a
star-studded concert on Friday to honor Nelson Mandela, whose
visit to London has been overshadowed by events in Zimbabwe
where widely condemned elections had just ended.
Reuters - In the wake of increasing chatter
about a Phish reunion in the coming months, keyboardist Page
McConnell has confirmed that the group's members plan to meet
later this year to discuss their options.
E! Online - As Amy Winehouse has shown before, sometimes the easiest way to gain access to the troubled singer is simply a matter of walking right up to her door.
AP - Even for Amy Winehouse, it was a dramatic chain of events: After fainting and being rushed to a hospital, Winehouse's father said her crack and cigarette smoking had so damaged her lungs, she was risking emphysema and death if she didn't clean up.
Reuters - California singer/songwriter Katy
Perry's single "I Kissed a Girl" jumped one place to claim the
top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart Thursday, sending
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" crashing to No. 6.
Reuters - Pearl Jam drafted former Kiss
guitarist Ace Frehley and Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone for guest
appearances during the second of a two-night stand at Madison
Square Garden on Friday.
AP - Adam "MCA" Yauch and the Beastie Boys have always been hoop fans, with lyrical references to ballplayers from Latrell Sprewell to streetball legend Hawthorne Wingo. Now Yauch is bringing that love to the big screen with the documentary "Gunnin' for that #1 Spot."
AP - The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before she died last fall has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:15:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Music News