AP - Jazz crooner Tony Bennett handed out dozens of new instruments Thursday to students at a charter school founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, hoping the tubas, trumpets and trombones would be used to carry on New Orleans' vibrant musical tradition.

E! Online - Rick Ross may have learned the trick to beating Hannah Montana: start a fight with 50 Cent.

AP - There was no saving Matt Giraud this time on "American Idol."

AP - Rock musician Ben Harper and country singer Emmylou Harris take the stage for the second half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

AP - Grammy-winning artist Usher credits the Boys & Girls Club of America for making a difference in his life, so the least he could do was lend the group a slightly embarrassing photo of himself as a 7-year-old.

AP - Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" tour across Europe.

AP - It's become standard practice for TV shows to use edgy, contemporary songs at key plot points, whether it's an OMG moment on "Gossip Girl" or the latest Izzie drama on "Grey's Anatomy."

AP - Maxwell may appear smooth and suave onstage, but he says it's all just an act.

AP - Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" tour across Europe.

E! Online - Rick Ross may have learned the trick to beating Hannah Montana. Start a fight with 50 Cent.