Reuters - Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond.

E! Online - It doesn't take a crystal ball to see that Bruce Springsteen fans are in mourning.

E! Online - Here's one honor Kylie Minogue no doubt can't get out of her head.

E! Online - Lindsay Lohan's private life has gone through some rather public growing pains over the past few years. And now, newly 22 years of age, the only growing she wants to do in public is of the professional variety.

AP - Jerry Herman, eyes welling with tears, could hardly believe what he was hearing as he watched the new animated blockbuster "WALL-E."

E! Online - Mel Galley, the former guitarist and backing vocalist for White Snake in its early '80s incarnation, has died at the age of 60, the band confirmed on its website.

AP - "Mrs. Angelina Jolie and her husband, Mr. Brad Pitt, told me to tell you that she is doing absolutely fine." — Dr. Michel Sussmann, Jolie's obstetrician at a hospital in Nice, France, where Jolie is expecting twins. Sussmann was apparently unaware that Jolie and Pitt aren't married.

AP - Britain has honored Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her services to music.

Reuters - Kylie Minogue, the former soap actress who become one of the world's most famous female recording artists, was honored for her services to music on Thursday.

AP - Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

Reuters - New EU competition rules on the collection of royalties have hit a wrong note with top songwriters such as Bee Gee Robin Gibb, who have threatened to pull their songs off the airwaves if they go ahead.

Reuters - It's not easy living with having been the muse and lover of any great artist, let alone someone with demigod status like Bob Dylan.

AP - Ask his fellow musicians about Alejandro Escovedo, and you'll hear nothing but praise. Yet he's never been a household name, and even among rock fans, his work, though influential, is not widely known: He's been more of an aficionado's musician.