Reuters - R&B/pop singer-songwriter Christina
Milian, who departed the label Def Jam in 2006, has signed a
deal with MySpace Records, Billboard has learned. -- read full article
Reuters - After last year's foray into jazz
with the Dinah Washington tribute album "Destination Moon,"
singer-songwriter Deborah Cox shifts into R&B mode with "The
Promise." -- read full article
AP - Earl Palmer, the session drummer whose pioneering backbeats were recorded on such classics as Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," has died. He was 84.
AP - Seal, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and other celebrities gathered to toast movie producer Arnon Milchan during a Hollywood event at Paramount Studios that celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel.
Reuters - A French municipal library has
discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said on Thursday.
E! Online - Not that their tween legions needed any more fuel for their obsession, but the Jonas Brothers have just come up with a foolproof way of ensuring the loyalty of their minions: promising to marry their biggest fans.
AP - A McLennan County grand jury has indicted country singer Billy Joe Shaver on felony charges for his alleged role in an April 2007 shooting at a Lorena bar. -- 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."
Reuters - If you were a Janet
Jackson fan at Staples Center on Wednesday who wanted
synchronized robotic choreography with dancers, you got it,
again and again.
