AP - "My heart is with them and all my love goes to them." — Jon Voight, after his daughter, Angelina Jolie, gave birth to twins in the south of France.
Reuters - China will ban all entertainers from
overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended
activities that "threaten national sovereignty," the government
said on Thursday, after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork. -- read full article
Reuters - The lead singer of the popular Canadian
band the Barenaked Ladies will fight a recent cocaine charge in
the United States, the band said in a statement posted on its
website on Thursday.
AP - A biopsy will be performed on the kidney that was removed this week from Boston Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Orchestra music director James Levine, his brother said Wednesday.
AP - Bluegrass singer Del McCoury has a funny new song called "40 Acres and a Fool" about a city slicker who hits it big in the stock market and moves to the country to become a rancher.
Reuters - Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole
has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and probably contracted the
liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago, according
to her publicist.
Reuters - British rock band the Who will play
a private show at a historic theater in Los Angeles on
Wednesday to help promote the "Rock Band" videogame, a source
involved with the event said.
Reuters - Gene Simmons, the tongue-wagging
co-founder and frontman for the heavy metal rock band Kiss, is
trying his hand at a gentler form of music -- jingles.
AP - Nate Dogg pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of stalking and threatening his estranged wife, and a court commissioner doubled his bail. -- read full article
