AP - The mother of Britney Spears says that the singer has overcome the tabloid nightmares of the past few years and believes that little by little, her daughter is regaining her "glorious voice."

E! Online - The movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's young-adult vampire novel Twilight won't hit theaters until November, but the stars are already talking sequels.

Reuters - Oasis singer Noel Gallagher was attacked on stage in Canada during a concert by the British band on Sunday night, sending him to hospital with a suspected broken rib.

AP - There is much to admire in the operatic version of "The Fly."

AP - Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher was attacked at a concert, and the alleged assailant was charged Monday.

Reuters - After 22 years, LL Cool J completes his Def Jam contract with "Exit 13," which comes out in stores on Tuesday, and the veteran rapper says he made sure he "put my heart and soul into this album."

Reuters - Amazon.com has premiered the video for a new Bob Dylan song, "Dreamin' of You," starring veteran character actor Harry Dean Stanton as a Dylan bootlegger traveling the country to peddle his wares.

E! Online - In the end, all that buzz for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards was more or less for naught.

E! Online - The red carpet of the Video Music Awards was its own kind of eye-popping spectacle, but during the show I couldn't take my eyes off Britney Spears. And I wasn't the only one—she had at least two bodyguards watching over her the whole time. At one point a fan tried to approach her, but one of the guys gently told him to beat it.

AP - LOS ANGELES — No Madonna kiss. No Michael Jackson cameo. No flying Howard Stern. Not even a Kanye tantrum.

AP - Metallica, "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros.)

AP - Kimya Dawson and Friends, "Alphabutt" (Almost Gold/Columbia)

AP - Jessica Simpson, "Do You Know" (Epic/Columbia Nashville)