AP - Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make it happen.
AP - Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC was scheduled to undergo surgery at a New Jersey hospital Friday to remove two major blood clots in his left arm.
AP - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time.
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
Reuters - Veteran rapper Nas is on course
to notch his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when data
are issued Wednesday, but sales will likely be considerably
lower than those for his previous release. -- read full article
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser
has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been
out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on
iTunes' editors' picks list. -- read full article
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 - After moving nearly 3 million copies
of its 2005 debut album, "Extreme Behavior," Oklahoma City rock
band Hinder is eyeing another big release with its new album,
"Take It to the Limit." -- read full article