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Signs point to imminent Simpson-Wentz wedding (AP)

3 hours 55 min ago

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.


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Q&A: Actor Szmanda tunes in new role at radio station (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:29pm
Reuters - When Clear Channel wanted to launch a format-free Internet radio station called erockster, executive VP/head of online music and radio Evan Harrison turned to his old friend Eric Szmanda for ideas. Best known for playing Greg Sanders on the hit series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," Szmanda at first seems like an unlikely choice for leading such a major initiative at the world's largest radio broadcaster.
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Usher "Here" with new stories (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:26pm

Reuters - Outside the windows of a 36th-floor conference-room suite at New York's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the morning is gray and befit for April showers. Always the trendsetter, R&B star Usher has plucked from his wardrobe a navy blue military-style button-up adorned with gold clasps to complete his jeans-and-sneaker ensemble.


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Signs point to imminent Simpson-Wentz wedding (AP)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:40pm

AP - Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent.


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Montgomery Gentry gets "Back" in focus on new album (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:01pm
Reuters - On their 2006 country top 10 single "Some People Change," Montgomery Gentry sang, "Don't give up hope, some people change." That advice could apply to the way the veteran duo is approaching its career these days.
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Morissette on the go with 1st new album in 4 years (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 5:00pm
Reuters - For musicians just getting a start, Alanis Morissette has a time-management tip from the professional trenches. "I have to check my Web site to find out what I'm supposed to be doing," she says with a laugh.
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Ness goes solo to "bring the dirt back into country" (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 4:59pm
Reuters - Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness is putting his primary band on hold for a spell while he spends the next few months on the road reviving the outlaw-country sounds of his two solo records.
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Slipknot promises "controlled chaos" on next album (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 4:57pm
Reuters - Nearly four years have passed since the release of Slipknot's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)." But members of the masked metal act have little doubt that its as-yet-untitled fourth studio effort will appease its loyal fans, known as the Maggots.
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Tribbett takes a "Stand" for gospel music (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 4:56pm
Reuters - A few years ago, Tye Tribbett made a decision to forgo a lucrative career working with music stars like Faith Hill, Don Henley and Elton John to answer God's call in the gospel music arena.
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"Holler Back" boys graduate from honky-tonks (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 3:53pm
Reuters - The Lost Trailers, a band whose moniker is more than a catchy name, are finally reaping the rewards of years on the road, hard work and an innate sense of what their music should sound like.
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DeVotchKa creates `big drunken tuba party' (AP)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 3:12pm

AP - Asked if his band's performance in an hour's time will include any theatrics, Nick Urata warns: "There will be some death-defying feats of glory."


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T.I. Welcomes, Demotes Second Son (E! Online)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:01am

E! Online - T.I. may want to start saving up for some therapy sessions right about now.


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Judge denies media motion in R. Kelly trial (AP)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:56am

AP - A judge has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.


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"Disco queen" Donna Summer is back after 17 years (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:53am

Reuters - Donna Summer was dubbed "The Queen of Disco" after a series of hit singles in the 1970s: now the singer pokes fun at that title in a new song included in her first studio album in 17 years.


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Idols Hit the Road (E! Online)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:42am

E! Online - Millions will vote for the latest American Idol. Only nine will spend the summer with him.


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Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids (E! Online)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:14am

E! Online - If you've got some Benjamins riding on a David, be warned: Only one of them is Cooking. At least according to the bookies.


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`American Idol' concert tour will start July 1 (AP)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 8:00am

AP - Whether it's David Archuleta or David Cook who wins "American Idol" next week, both singers will be part of the show's annual concert tour.


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Austria's singing monks hail miracle debut album (Reuters)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:58am

Reuters - Monks in Austria hailed a "miracle" on Friday as they released an album of Gregorian chants under the same record label as Amy Winehouse and Eminem.


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Does She Call Gwen Stefani "Mommy"? (E! Online)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:39am

E! Online - There's no doubt in my mind the teen daughter of Gwen Stefani's hubby, Gavin Rossdale, could well be on her way to becoming New York City's next It girl.


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New `Ballo' production aims to shock and inspire (AP)

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 6:46am

AP - A new staging of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" has been retooled for shock value, moving the setting to the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center and inserting liberal doses of flabby flesh and Hitler in drag.


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