Foxy Brown arrested in NY over order of protection

NEW YORK – Police say rapper Foxy Brown has been arrested in New York City for allegedly violating an order of protection.
A police spokesman said he had no details on the arrest Wednesday in Brooklyn, which is not Brown’s first brush with the law.
Brown pleaded guilty in 2008 to menacing a neighbor with her cell [...]

Vampire Weekend’s Cover Art ‘Contra’-versy: Model Sues Band for $2 Million

While debate regarding unauthorized use of Facebook pics rages on, a photograph from the pre-digital age has gotten one indie group in some serious trouble. Former fashion model Ann Kirsten Kennis is suing buzz band Vampire Weekend for a cool $2 million, claiming a 1983 photo of her was used in their Contra album cover [...]

J-Lo cancels controversial north Cyprus show

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Jennifer Lopez called off a controversial birthday show in the breakaway north of Cyprus, provoking celebrations Friday by Greek Cypriots while Turkish Cypriots denounced the move.
The furor over a luxury hotel inauguration showed how easily bitter rivalry can flare up between Cypriots across the ethnic divide, even as the two sides are [...]

Prince: “The Internet Is Over”

“I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music,” pop legend Prince told the Daily Mirror in an exclusive interview today.
Puzzling, then, that the musical icon also said he deplores online and other digital means of music distribution.

“The Internet’s completely over,” he said. “I don’t see why I should give my new music [...]

Singer Cheryl Cole in the hospital with malaria

LONDON – A spokesman for British singer and TV personality Cheryl Cole says she is being treated in a London hospital for malaria.
Publicist Sundraj Sreenivasan said Tuesday the 27-year-old performer will have to cancel all work commitments for the next week. Cole reportedly recently returned from a trip to Tanzania.

Julianne Hough keeps coy on Ryan Seacrest rumors

June 30, 2010

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country singer and “Dancing With The Stars” pro Julianne Hough isn’t making her romantic life public, but she is giving hints that rumors linking her to “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest are true.

Julianne HoughFILE - In [...]

Rapper Lil Wayne gets probation on drug charge

Jule 1, 2010
 

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Rapper Lil Wayne, already serving one year in a New York jail for a gun-related crime, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years probation in Arizona on a drug possession charge.
Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was spared time in an Arizona jail under a plea deal [...]

Jennifer Hudson says family murders “surreal”

June 30, 2010

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson broke down as she spoke for the first time publicly about the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

Singer Jennifer Hudson arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala presented by the Recording Academy [...]

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil arrested for drunk driving

June 28, 2010

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and was being held in a Las Vegas jail, police said on Monday.

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is seen in this police [...]

Music business badly needs Eminem’s “Recovery”

LONDON (Reuters) – “Recovery,” the new album from rapper Eminem, could not be more aptly named for a music business facing an alarming fall in sales so far this year. The Detroit star’s seventh studio album hits shelves on Monday, a day earlier than planned after tracks leaked on to the Internet. It comes about [...]