AP - Raine Maida is a poet at heart. Where that poetry fits into his music has finally come into focus.

Reuters - Hit '80s boy band New Kids On The Block are no longer kids, but all five men are hoping they still have the "right stuff" after reuniting and releasing their first album in 14 years this week.

AP - A judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again.

AP - A Los Angeles man claims in a lawsuit that Gene Simmons took him for a ride on a marketing deal with the Indy Racing League.

Reuters - Britney Spears is to star at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, a year after a calamitous comeback performance at the same award ceremony. But this time the pop singer won't be performing.

E! Online - Looks like Akon may get Konvicted after all.

AP - A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered a concert promoter to pay R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo $700,000 stemming from A lawsuit filed earlier this year.

AP - Solange Knowles turns out to be a little sensitive about using a certain b-word.

AP - Akon is headed to trial on criminal charges he tossed a fan offstage at an upstate concert last summer.