Reuters - Metallica's first album in five
years soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while
Jessica Simpson's country debut and hip-hop icon LL Cool J's
label swan song faltered.
Reuters - Motown producer and songwriter
Norman Whitfield, who helped create some of the legendary
label's most important anthems, including Marvin Gaye's "I
Heard It Through the Grapevine" and the Temptations' "Papa Was
a Rollin' Stone," has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on
Wednesday. -- read full article
Reuters - Romanian violinist Corina Belcea-Fisher
from the highly acclaimed Belcea Quartet feels right at home
playing Bartok's quartets, a landmark of 20th-century music,
even though the composer was Hungarian. -- read full article
AP - In his first interview since being acquitted of child pornography charges, R. Kelly dismissed allegations that he ever preyed on young girls, telling BET News: "I don't like anyone illegal."
AP - Norman Whitfield, songwriter and producer who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including "War," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," has died. He was 67.
Reuters - Hard rock band Metallica, hoping
for a rebound in its fortunes after a difficult decade, has
topped pop charts around the world with its first album in five
years, its Warner Bros. Records label said on Wednesday.
Reuters - The mother of pop star Britney
Spears on Wednesday heaped the blame for her daughters' erratic
behavior throughout 2007 and early this year on herself in a
television interview saying "it's always my fault."
E! Online - This is Pete Wentz copying the Jonas Brothers who copied the Beastie Boys with a fake mustache, bad wig and big, vintage glasses, because it really never gets old. At least he isn't a cop—just a doughnut delivery boy.
