E! Online - Mindy McCready's hope for a comeback just got pushed back, after a drug and booze binge landed the troubled country songbird first in the emergency room of a Tennessee hospital and then in an Arizona rehab center.
AP - Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended — more than one fan, in fact.
AP - Two 14-week-old American bald eagles named by Disney star Miley Cyrus and her country singer father, Billy Ray Cyrus, will be released into the wild Thursday at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
AP - It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing "Hey Porter."
Reuters - The Chrissie Hynde-led rock band the
Pretenders will roll out their new album, "Break Up the
Concrete," as one MP3 per week leading up to the September 23
release of the CD via Shangri-La Music. -- read full article
Reuters - Kanye West has joined forces with
MTV for the documentary "Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present:
Homecoming," the next installment of the "Choose or Lose"
campaign, which tells the stories of war veterans and the
difficulties they face once they return home.
Reuters - There's an odd co-production credit
on Nils Lofgren's new album, "The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil."
It's for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed
away in 1995. -- read full article
Reuters - U.S. rapper and hip-hop mogul 50 Cent
sued Taco Bell on Wednesday, saying the restaurant chain made
him the star of its hip-hop themed ad campaign without his
permission and without paying him a fee.
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent.
