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AP - At this time last year, Mary J. Blige was at a career crossroads.
NEW RELEASES: The Smithereens release a full cover album of Meet the Beatles. Stream at the link.
America returns with help from various indie rockers; you can stream and via the gum. The Shins officially release as the single in advance of the album. are streaming from AOL this week.
V2 RECORDS , home to such acts as the White Stripes, Moby and the Raconteurs, Friday, sending smaller bands like
NEKO CASE, PAOLO NUTINI and IMOGENE HEAP are the in the current installment of AOL s 3x3 series.
MY BLOODY VALENTINE are according to frontman Kevin Shields.
ADVANCE TRACKS: Pitchfork has posted a new track from titled from the band s next album, due in March.
has o ne from titled as well as country legend o n the standard Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy and Superchunk are just a few of the other cameos o n that album. There are posted by her label, though you have to give your e-mail address to hear three of em.
DAVID BYRNE: The NYT has a lengthy profile o n the evolution and influence of complete with MP3s from bands feeling the Byrne.
.. influence.
PAYOLA STETTLEMENT TO BOOST INDIE? FCC commissioners are mulling a staff proposal that could resolve the agency s payola investigation that would require radio station groups to
PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: The troubled singer has the supposedly sober supermodel. Doherty nevertheless refused to discuss a Buddhist commitment ceremony he and Moss held in Thailand earlier this month.
BTW, he was arrested again, this time for his alleged involvement in a high-speed car chase.
BRADGELINA: After signing a very lucrative contract with St. John, Jolie is obligated to wear the designer s duds to all major red-carpet events -- but she And by all accounts -- including mine -- Jolie didn t seem any happier wearing o ne of them o n the red carpet last night.
THE GOLDEN GLOBES: Speaking of which, the The AP has a led by the wins for Babel as best drama and Dreamgirls as best musical or comedy. The best director prize went to Martin Scorsese. Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker won for drama acting; Sacha Baron Cohen and Meryl Steep won for comedy.
Supporting wins for Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson will raise hopes that Dreamgirls could duplicate the Oscar success of Chicago. Although the Huffington Post I would think Babel is at least the main competitor to The Departed at this juncture. The Hollwood Foreign Press Assoc.
also has and galleries for those more concerned with the fashion. This (Grey s Anatomy) is probably my favorite, yet for some reason, it s not at the HFPA site. If -- like me -- you watched 24 for the first two hours, you can get a from the L.
A. Times.
EDDIE VAN HALEN picked up a at the Adult Video News Awards.
Darn that foreign press for taking the name Golden Globes first.
BRITNEY SPEARS is detailed by Robin Leach, including her 40K-a-night, Hugh Hefner penthouse suite at the Palms Fantasy Tower.
JENNY SHIMZU is writing a no-holds-barred book in which she will describe in graphic detail how she was according to the Daily Mail.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON is to play her in the movie adaptation of her book. I m guessing this may be that rare occasion where someone turns Jameson down. OTOH, Scar-Jo has expressed a willingness to do nudity for the right project, and I cannot think of o ne where nudity would be more central to the story.
STEVEN TYLER: The Aerosmith frontman Just trust me o n this o ne; don t click that link.
PHIL SPECTOR according to Mark Ribowsky, author of He s a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock Roll s Legendary Producer. The book reveals two key elements could sway a jury into believing B-list actress Lana Clarkson was not an innocent victim: her rolled-up skirt found inside her purse, and semen found o n o ne of her breasts.
O.J. SIMPSON: Newsweek magazine has obtained in which he told how he might have killed his ex-wife if he were the murderer.
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