Reuters - The left-of-center pairing of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career milestones on their respective belts.

Reuters - Country star Miranda Lambert says she is shocked -- pleasantly so -- that her domestic-abuse tale "Gunpowder & Lead" has become her first top 10 entry on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Reuters - David Byrne is hitting the road in the fall, but not with Brian Eno. Although one of the three announced shows touts Eno's participation with the billing "The Songs of Talking Heads' David Byrne and Roxy Music founder Brian Eno," Byrne's publicist said Eno was not involved in the outing.

E! Online - Nashville's recent Urban development is making at least two residents very happy.

E! Online - Pete Doherty's Teflon luck may have finally run out.

E! Online - Fergie is thisclose to joining the star-studded cast of Nine.

E! Online - Who needs movies on a plane when Whitney Houston's sitting nearby?

AP - Just a few years ago, Scott Storch was one of the top producers in pop music, living in a $10.5 million mansion on an exclusive Miami island, driving a phalanx of luxury cars and dating the likes of Paris Hilton and Lil Kim.

AP - Rapper 50 Cent is free to take a vacation with his son after passing a court-ordered drug test.

AP - Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists on Thursday "to smoke the pipes of peace" over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city's 400th anniversary.

AP - James Brown mementoes ranging from his signature capes to a medical bracelet fetched thousands of dollars Thursday at an auction, which the soul icon's children protested.

AP - Jimi Hendrix is coming to "Guitar Hero."

Reuters - Popular Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies has pulled out of a children's charity show organized by Walt Disney Co after lead singer Steven Page was charged with possessing cocaine, the band said in a statement posted on its website on Friday.