Them Crooked Vultures Already Planning Second Album Them Crooked Vultures have confirmed that they are to start work on their second album. - more

Steven Tyler Taking Time Off From Aerosmith to Pen Memoirs Steven Tyler has opened up about his rumored hiatus from Aerosmith - more

KISS Webcast This Week KISS releases a Guitar Hero track pack and webcasts their LA gig live. - more

Bon Jovi, Gwen Stefani Vs Saloon- Mars Volta Lose Member- Deluxe Weezer- Oasis Attacker Guilty- Rush Hockey Theme- American Me Robbed and more Today's roundup of quick music news stories - more

Foo Fighters Telling Stories This Week VH1 Storytellers: Foo Fighters premieres Friday, but you don't need cable TV to watch it! - more

Band Vs Runaway Spare Tire, Tire Wins A spare tire almost took out a band. - more

Drop Dead Rock Starring Adam Ant and Deborah Harry To Be Released On DVD MVD Visual is pleased to announce the DVD release of the cult classic Drop Dead Rock on December 8, 2009. - more

Box Sets From Nine Inch Nails, Pixies, Sigur Ros and More Being Given Away You can register via ainr.com to win a collection of five box sets - more

Child Dies At Tommy Lee's Home- Eddie Van Halen Fighting Cancer- Joey Ramone RIP- Cornell Against the Machine- Sh*t Literally Hits The Fans and more top stories from April - June 2001 Rewind for April - June 2001. As we come closer to the year 2010, we're going to be taking a quick look back at some of the biggest stories of the past decade. - more

Chester Bennington's Fur Fury Chester Bennington isn't shy about exposing the cruelty of the fur industry or his body - more

Pixies On Fallon The Pixies have been confirmed to appear on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" - more

Decapitated Announce New Lineup Decapitated are finally back with a vengeance - more

Leiana Debuts New Track Online Featuring Rob Caggiano (Anthrax) and John Tempesta (The Cult) Leiana has posted the song "Suffer" featuring guest appearances by Rob Caggiano (Anthrax) and John Tempesta (The Cult, White Zombie) online - more

S.O.D. and Municipal Waste United Forces Jam Former M.O.D./S.O.D. frontman Billy Milano joined Municipal Waste on stage to perform a version of the S.O.D. classic "United Forces". - more

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Beck Teaches Fiery Furnaces Not To Mess With Xenu Beck has responded to a back-handed little dig from Fiery Furnaces (recycled from their attempts to start a tiff with Radiohead) by releasing a new, ten-and-a-half-minute tribute song to experimental music composer Harry Partch.]]> - more

Pearl Jam's TV Eyes Pearl Jam closed out last month's Austin City Limits Festival with a mindblowing performance, and beforehand they did a taping for the long-running ACL television show for 320 lucky fans, with the aid of a string quartet and one Mr. Ben Harper. Here's their performance of Just Breathe from the taping, to air this Saturday.]]> - more

Them Crooked Vultures Rock The Roxy Last night's surprise warm-up show at the Roxy by Them Crooked Vultures was a deafening barrage of pure rock ecstasy that lives up to the archives of praise they've quickly amassed in these tubes. Check out our review and photo gallery, as well as an exclusive new video clip from our interview with frontman Josh Homme in Austin.]]> - more

Glassjaw Guns Down The Joneses Hardcore legends Glassjaw seem to finally be back, after years of frustrating false starts. They recently tore up the Mayan Theater in LA with Rx Bandits, proving not only that they've still got the juice, and that the old material still holds up, but also that their forthcoming third album might be worth getting excited for.]]> - more

Don't Judge An EP By Its Stupidly Juvenile Title "C" Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE) is a six-shooter collection of music - three new songs, one unreleased favorite and two evolved live versions of tracks from Puscifer's 2007 debut full-length album, "V" Is For Vagina. Rather than the multilayered metaphors veiling introspective and sociopolitical commentary that pervade his other work, the EP is full of poetic imagery and songs of comfort, of isolationism and cold beauty. Though you wouldn't know it by title/cover art alone. ]]> - more

Wale's Debut Commands Attention When I pick up an album that 'real' people told me about, my hopes, naturally, are almost always exponentially higher than those for any release I discovered through marketing efforts or sneaky product placement on TV or sellout blogs. Wale's Attention Deficit fits into the first category, and yet it still managed to surprise me on several fronts.]]> - more

Slayer Sees Little That Wouldn't Be Better Covered In Blood The almighty Slayer released their eleventh (and possibly their last) studio album, World Painted Blood month. And It's one of the better Metal releases this year.]]> - more

Free Ticket Friday: We The People Music Arts & Cultural Festival We The People festival, headed by Bad Religion and Suicidal Tendencies?]]> - more

Worst Cover By A Guy Who Wrote The Original Version Ever I don't even need to say anything at all here other than the B-side to Slash's new single Sahara is a cover of Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, featuring Cypress Hill, and Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas. Have a listen if you dare.]]> - more

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Eminem Gives Relapse A Refill The Rapper will re-release his Relapse album in December with seven bonus tracks. - more

Rihanna Album "A Roller Coaster of Emotions" The singer spoke to Ryan Seacrest about Rated R, which will be out on Monday. - more

Quick Hits: Green Day, Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Nickelback, Metallica, Chickenfoot, Ringo Starr, Weezer, Blue, Interpol, The Pixies - more

Alice In Chains Announce 2010 North American Tour Tour dates announced for February and March in support of Black Gives Way To Blue. - more

Janet Jackson Speaks About Michael's Death The singer opened up to ABC News last night about a range of topics. - more

Quick Hits: mtvU Woodie Awards, Fall Out Boy, Stone Temple Pilots, R.E.M., Bonnaroo - more

Bon Jovi Circles Back To #1 The New Jersey veterans get their fourth #1 album this week with The Circle. - more

FMQB Retro-Active: Todd Rundgren Resurrects A Wizard, A True Star - more

Quick Hits: Aerosmith, Indie Rocks! benefit album, Jay-Z / Will Smith, Jennifer Hudson, Little Steven Van Zandt, The Jonas Brothers, The Velvet Underground - more

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METALLICA: More Shows Announced METALLICA has announced the following dates: April 13 - Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena April 14 - Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena April 17 - Riga, Latvia - Riga Arena April 18 - Riga, Latvia - Riga Arena April 20 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Siemens Arena For a complete list of upcoming METALLICA shows, go to this location. - more

EYEHATEGOD, DEATH ROW Confirmed For Holland's ROADBURN Festival Seminal New Orleans, Louisiana sludge-legends EYEHATEGOD, along with OUTLAW ORDER and JARBOE, have been added to the Roadburn festival lineup on Thursday, April 15, 2010. - more

HAIL! Rocks The Middle East The all-star band HAIL! — comprised of bassist David Ellefson (MEGADETH, F5), guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA), Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH) and newly announced sticksman Paul Bostaph (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, EXODUS) — claims to have been "the first metal band" to ever have played live in Lebanon (although such acts as APOCALYPTICA, LAKE OF TEARS and THEATRE OF TR - more

SLEEP, IGGY & THE STOOGES, MUDHONEY Confirmed For ATP NEW YORK Festival All Tomorrow's Parties will return to Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, New York for its third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday, September 3 to Sunday, September 5, 2010. - more

IMPERIUM DEKADENZ: New Song Available For Free Download "An Autumn Serenade", a brand new song from German black metallers IMPERIUM DEKADENZ, is available for free download at this location. - more

DECIBEL's '100 Greatest Metal Albums Of The Decade' Revealed Decibel presents the top 100 greatest metal albums of the decade is a special issue featuring the magazine's review of the past decade in extreme metal, including an in-depth look at the 100 greatest metal albums released from 2000 to 2009. - more

SUICIDE SILENCE: New Video Interview Posted Online Berlin, Germany's PitCam Production conducted an interview with California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE when the band played in Berlin on October 29, 2009. - more

NIGHTWISH Singer To Perform With THE RASMUS On Finnish TV NIGHTWISH frontwoman Anette Olzon will join the Finnish rock band THE RASMUS this week on the Finnish TV show "Ne Salmiset" to perform THE RASMUS' new single, "October & April". - more

VADER Frontman Interviewed In Montreal HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek of Polish extreme metallers VADER when the band played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 8, 2009. - more

SUICIDE CITY: Video Interview Posted Online Twilight Vision recently conducted an interview with SUICIDE CITY, the band featuring BIOHAZARD guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei and former KITTIE bassist Jennifer Arroyo. - more

CEPHALIC CARNAGE, SATAN'S HOST Confirmed For Colorado's VAPOR FEST CEPHALIC CARNAGE and SATAN'S HOST are among the confirmed bands for the Vapor Fest, set to take place Friday, December 18 at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom + Quixotes in Denver, Colorado. - more

SLASH, DUFF And STEVEN ADLER Perform 'Paradise City' At LAYN Benefit; Video Available According to NME.com, Slash teamed up with Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Tom Morello and LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington for a special benefit concert in Los Angeles last night (November 22). - more

DAVE MATTHEWS Plays OZZY OSBOURNE In 'Saturday Night Live' Skit Dave Matthews played Ozzy Osbourne in a "Saturday Night Live" skit this past weekend featuring Andy Samberg as Jack Johnson, hosting "The Mellow Show". - more

TRIVIUM: New Songtitle Revealed Florida metallers TRIVIUM have contributed a new song, entitled "Shattering The Skies Above", to the "God Of War Heavy Metal EP" (Extended Play) which will be included with "God of War III Ultimate Edition", an exclusive collector's pack celebrating the final installment of the award-winning franchise. - more

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Franz Ferdinand keeps it interesting TORONTO -- Alex Kapranos is what you might call a well-rounded individual. - more

U2 to headline Glastonbury fest LONDON - Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival. - more

Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images NEW YORK - Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death. - more

50 Cent returns to gritty roots NEW YORK - To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars. - more

Swift named top artist at AMAs LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it. - more

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Knights Of The Abyss, We Are The End mini-tour Knights Of The Abyss will play a handful of West Coast shows in mid-December with We Are The End and... - more

Ceremony writing new album California hardcore band Ceremony has announced that writing for their third full-length is underway... - more

American Me's equipment and merch stolen American Me were the victims of theft this weekend in California. The group has issued the following... - more

Winds Of Plague replaces keyboardist (again) Winds Of Plague has reportedly added keyboardist Alana Potocnik, formerly of The Breathing Process, ... - more

The Secret prepares new album The Secret recently started pre-production for their next album, titled "Solve et Coagula." The band... - more

Abolish, Catalepsy tour dates Abolish and Catalepsy will soon embark upon a ten-day Florida tour. Dates include: 11/28 Orlando,... - more

The Human Abstract and singer part ways The Human Abstract has announced the departure of vocalist Nathan Ells and is currently in search of... - more

Early Man, Priestess tour dates Early Man kicks off a three-week tour with Priestess today in Montreal. Dates include: 11/19 Mont... - more

Metal Blade Records signs System Divide Official press release: Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of extreme modern ... - more

Decapitated announces new members Official press release: Polish tech death metal masters Decapitated are finally back with a venge... - more

Emmure, Terror, After The Burial, etc. dates The first batch of dates for "The Mosh Lives II Tour" has been revealed. As previously announced, th... - more

Init Records signs Wolvhammer Official press release: Midwest based label Init Records is proud to announce the official signin... - more

Suffocation, AOAA, etc. tour (Europe) Suffocation will tour Europe next March with Annotations Of An Autopsy, Burning The Masses, Nervecel... - more

Unholy shoots new video Unholy recently finished shooting a video for the song "These Wounds Never Heal," taken from their P... - more

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Scorpions Reveals New Album Title, Announces World Tour German heavy metal legends Scorpions has announced that the name of their brand new studio album will be, 'Sting In The Tail.' The record is expected to be released sometime in the early Spring of next year. In other news, the band has announced that they will be heading out on an ambitious and lengthy tour in 2010 to support the album and will ... - more

First Bands Announced For Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 The organizers of the Belgian metal festival has announced the first batch of bands that will be performing at the event in June of next year. KISS has been confirmed to be one of the headlining acts at the festival, which follows on from their successful headlining slot at Graspop in 2008. Other acts confirmed include: Sepultura Anvil Behe... - more

Surrender The Dancefloor Signs To Statik Factory Records Statik Factory Records recently announced the signing of poppy metalcore band Surrender The Dancefloor from Connecticut. 'This smalltown band has been busting there asses all over the upper east coast establishing their fanbase and they definitley caught our attention in doing this,' commented the label. 'We feel that STDF is a great addition to ou... - more

Angelus Apatrida Signs with Century Media Records Century Media Records has announced the signing of promising Spanish thrash band ANGELUS APATRIDA. ANGELUS APATRIDA commented on the signing as follows: 'We are extremely enthusiastic about this opportunity to show around what we are made of! It's an honour for us to become part of the Century Media Records family, one of the labels with the bes... - more

KISS Announces European Tour Dates American rock legends KISS has announced that they will be heading to the United Kingdom and Europe for a series of headlining shows in May of next year. The tour will also include headlining appearances at France's Hellfest and Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting festivals. The tour dates are as follows: - more

Blood Obsession Reveals New Album, "Raped and Consumed," Tracklisting New York metal band Blood Obsession has announced the tracklisting for their new album, entitled 'Raped and Consumed.' The tracklisting is as follows: 01. The Devil's Work 02. Fuck me Father (For I have Sinned) 03. Raped and Consumed 04. Slaughter in Valhalla 05. Cadaverine 06. Self-..Dismemberment 07. Burial Harvest 08. Unrelenting Vastn... - more

Ashes of Your Enemy Seeks New Guitarist NJ metal band Ashes of Your Enemy is currently seeking a new guitarist. The band is seeking the following requirements: -Stage & studio experience -Professional gear -Creativity -Transportation -No hard drug problems -No rockstar attitudes or ego Interested parties should send an email to Kevin@ashesofyourenemy.com with their age, years ... - more

Charred Walls Of The Damned Reveals New Album Details CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED are currently preparing for the release of their self-titled debut album on February, 2nd 2010. Charred Walls Of The Damned has recently announced the album's tracklisting and revealed the album's artwork. The self-titled debut by CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED contains nine tracks and a bonus DVD, entitled ?The Making of C... - more

Autumn To Support The Gathering On "The West Pole/20th Anniversary" Europe Tour Female fronted Dutch heavy rock band AUTUMN will be supporting THE GATHERING on their ?The West Pole/20th Anniversary? European tour in January and February 2010. The tour dates are as follows: 22/01/10 ? DE ? Krefeld ? Kulturfabrik 23/01/10 ? DE ? Erfurt ? HsD 24/01/10 ? DE ? Berlin ? Columbia Club 26/01/10 ? DE ? Karlsruhe ? Substage 27/01... - more

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Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy to release charity song on World Aids Day McCoy is an ambassador for the Staying Alive charity - more

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray returns to work Doctor goes back to his clinic at patients' request - more

Rolling Stones reissue 'Wild Horses' following Susan Boyle performance Band re-packaging song after 'The X Factor' rendition - more

Slash teams up with Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Idol for LA benefit gig Tom Morello and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington play too - more

Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie and Starsailor's James Walsh for co-headline tour Duo hit the road in November and December – ticket details - more

Kiss announce 2010 European tour and ticket details Band announce 'Sonic Boom Over Europe: From The Beginning To The Boom' - more

Florence And The Machine top NME Chart with 'You've Got The Love' Calvin Harris knocked off top spot - more

Michael Jackson posthumously wins four American Music Awards Late singer becomes most honoured artist in the event's history - more

This week on NME Radio November 23-27, 2009 Featuring an acoustic session from Florence And The Machine - more

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Megadeth crew sacked over gig hitches Mustaine defends his team of 'professionals' - then sends some home after band's power demands are too much for club gig - more

Nelson: Anthrax always wanted Bush back Sacked singer says he only ever got the job because band couldn't persuade previous frontman to return - "When that door opened for them, they jumped" - more

Rockipedia No.168 Latest news roundup: Aerosmith, Them Crooked Vultures, Anvil, Scorpions, Alice in Chains, Gibson Guitars, You Me at Six, Slayer and Metallica, Liam Gallagher - more

Black Stone Cherry take over Rock Radio Saturday series continues with Ben Wells and John Fred Young playing the tracks of their choice - then there's Sunday's Classic Rock and Metal Hammer shows - more

Kane remembers combat rock guitar Alice axeman recalls guitar that shot flame, launched fireworks and threw bombs - and also played beautifully - more

Warning over fake festival wristbands "Highly convincing" forgeries are "most serious problem" for 2010 season, says security boss - more

Rockipedia No.167 Dio health update plus latest news from the Beatles, Steve Vai, Chuck Berry, Slash, GnR, Ratt, Moody Blues, the Who and Biffy Clyro - more

Bonham sister’s name battle Led Zep drummer’s sister considered renouncing family name to advance her singing career - more

Halford loves Priest’s Trekkie-style fan Frontman full of praise for diehard who listened to band’s 23-track double-album every day for 500 days - more

Why Mayhem trashed hotel Norwegians explain reasons behind classic rock excess which got half the band arrested in Netherlands - more

Jamie’s one-finger answer to music biz Bassist with ex-Sabbath singer Tony Martin releases album in response to industry politics that left him broke and unemployed - more

Rockipedia No.166 Latest news roundup: Airbourne, 5FDP, Blaze, Queen and Foos, Mastodon, Tommy Lee, Gunfire 76, Rod Stewart, HIM, Bloodstock and more - more

Noddy looks back at Christmas Past Slade star recalls glory days while Rolf Harris and Rick Parfitt team up for shot at seasonal hit single - more

BadCo and Perry will be 'real nice show' Rodgers tells how he tied up with Aerosmith axeman at awards ceremony then hooked him for support tour - more

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Scorpions Working On "Sting In The Tail' CD 2009 was the year of the Scorpions - more

Alleycat Scratch Ready To Serve 'Last Call' Suncity Records are thrilled to announce the signing of another killer group Alleycat Scratch. - more

Slash Puppet Singer Posts 1996 Video With THD After his departure from Slash Puppet in 1994, award winning Canadian rock vocalist Mif formed the progressive metal band THD - more

TNT Guitarist Produces New Shoot The Breeze EP Shoot the Breeze represent a guitar based rock with focus on great riffs and strong melodies. - more

Bon Jovi Suing Sally's Salloon and Eatery Jon Bon Jovi and Gwen Stefani are following in Taylor Swift's sports-bar-crushing footsteps - more

Lynch Mob Lines Up New Rhythm Section For Tour Drummer Brain Tichy revealed that he and Michael Devin will join Lynch Mob on their upcoming tour dates. - more

The Poor Post Video For "Kill My Faith" Australia's The Poor have returned with a brand new CD called 'Round 1' and have released a video for the first single from the album "Kill My Faith". - more

Cats In Boots Vocalist To Release Merri Hoaxx Material Before Cats In Boots, Heavy Bones or Ellis Island there was The Hoaxx. - more

Femme Fatale To Release Long Lost Second Album 'Lady In Waiting' Suncity Records will be releasing one of the most talked about, infamous unreleased albums of all - more

CD Review: The Poor - Round 1 The Poor represented one of sleaze metal's final breaths - more

American Dog Reveal 'Mean' Artwork And Tracklisting American Dog's upcoming album 'Mean' is scheduled for a January 10th, 2010 release - more

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Is Writing His Memoirs Steven Tyler has opened up about his rumored hiatus from Aerosmith - more

Vains Of Jenna Involved In Arizona Freeway Accident Swedish rockers VAINS of JENNA were involved in a freeway accident while on tour - more

Alice Cooper's 'Taste Of Christmas Pudding' CD To Feature Badland's Drummer Alice Cooper's "Taste of Christmas Pudding" CD is in conjunction with Alice Cooper's annual "Christmas Pudding" show. - more

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Jackson's doctor returns to work at Houston clinic (AP) AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death. - more

Bob Dylan, Sugarland, Archuelta among holiday CDs (AP) AP - Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: - more

Q&A: 50 Cent gets back to gritty roots on new CD (AP) AP - To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin',' 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop's biggest stars. - more

Review: Tucker Gala lures opera stars old and new (AP) AP - A funny thing happened on the way through the program at the Richard Tucker Gala: The night's honoree, tenor Stephen Costello, nearly faded into the woodwork that panels Avery Fisher Hall. - more

Michael Jackson 'Opus' book offers rare images (AP) AP - Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer's death. - more

Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards (Reuters) Reuters - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year. - more

Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD (AP) AP - During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and donning a tight T-shirt slathered with an image of David Bowie's face. - more

U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury music festival (AP) AP - Organizers say U2 will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival. - more

Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist (AP) AP - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it. - more

Winners at the American Music Awards (AP) - more

Roger Daltrey gives voice a workout on solo tour (Reuters) - more

Joseph Jackson, singer's father, lobs accusations (Yahoo! Music) - more

Aerosmith's Joe Perry: 'Steven Tyler has quit' (Yahoo! Music) - more

Jack White turns down Slash collaboration (Yahoo! Music) - more

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Michael Jackson Lives! Inside A Pregnant Woman From Sunderland! That Michael Jackson, what a character. He barely went five minutes without getting into some sort of hilarious situation. - more

Top 20 Victoria’s Secret Models Of All Time Victoria’s Secret? Well, it’s not really a secret at all. - more

New Moon, Whatever That Is, Tops Weekend Box Office Obviously when we saw New Moon, we mean The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Because that's the film's official title. ]]> - more

Jon & Kate Gosselin Still Exist, Apparently We're thrilled to announce that this might just be the last thing we ever write about Jon & Kate Gosselin.]]> - more

Quit Smoking! Be A Better Murderer! One of the worst things about smoking - and this is true - is that it really impedes one's ability to chase down strangers with chainsaws and brutally murder them.]]> - more

AMAs Throw Prizes At Taylor Swift & Michael Jackson The American Music Awards - like the Grammys, but more likely to make you lose total faith in humanity - always surprise.]]> - more

X Factor Recap: You Killed Jedward, You Monsters Notice how the sun's not shining quite as brightly today? Notice how everyone looks considerably more miserable today?]]> - more

Hecklerspray’s Monday Music Mango: Susan Boyle, Adam Lambert, Chris Moyles Separating the sweet, juicy flesh from the stone and skin of this week’s major label releases. - more

Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is The good and not so good. - more

MySpace Trawl – Silent Devices Certain cities have various scenes that have been established over time. For bands that get involved, it’s all fine and dandy for them. - more

Morrissey Declares War On Hamburgers In Hamburg Jesus, we know when we’re being outdone. Most of the time, it’s when an unborn Japanese child severely beats us on FIFA. And we don’t mean by using the hand of God in extra time. - more

Chris Brown Is A Really Excellent Binman Chris Brown can't change the past - if he could, he would have done a better job on Rihanna and then fled to Mexico.]]> - more

John Kerry’s Daughter Busted For Glug Glug Vroom Vroom Having watched the last season of 24, we're fully aware that you can never trust a politician's offspring.]]> - more

SLACKERJACK – ClickPlay 2 ClickPlay 2 is adorable and frustrating at the same time, much like a beautiful woman or a puppy who won’t stop pooing on your carpet. - more

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Katie Price quits I'm A Celebrity Model Katie Price walks out of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! after spending a week on the ITV celebrity show. - more

X Factor cleared over Danyl jibe Dannii Minogue's remarks about X Factor hopeful Danyl Johnson's sexuality did not break rules, the broadcasting watchdog says. - more

Tennant turns to bedtime stories Doctor Who star David Tennant will be seen reading five stories to pre-school children on the CBeebies channel over Christmas. - more

Jackson wins posthumous gongs Singer Michael Jackson makes history by winning four posthumous prizes at the American Music Awards. - more

Kay adds arena stand-up gigs Comedian Peter Kay announces he will add 16 shows to his Manchester residency next year due to increased demand. - more

Potter star talks Twilight mania Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says Twilight actor Robert Pattinson seems to be coping well with the pressures of fame. - more

Jedward bow out of X Factor Twins John and Edward Grimes have been voted off ITV1's the X Factor, after losing in a sing-off against Olly Murs. - more

Jackson doctor goes back to work Michael Jackson's doctor returns to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the singer's death. - more

Henry named best stage newcomer Comedian Lenny Henry is named best stage newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his portrayal of Shakespeare's Othello. - more

Soprano Soderstrom dies aged 82 Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, who had a career spanning 60 years, has died at the age of 82 in Stockholm. - more

Vatican tries to woo back the art world Pope Benedict tries to bridge the gulf between Catholicism and the arts by gathering 250 of the world's leading artists, musicians, architects and sculptors at the Sistine Chapel. - more

Barbie dolls get naked for art's Turnip Prize Entries for the Turnip Prize, a spoof art competition held each year in Somerset, are invited. - more

Dame Judi Dench has dental treatment in full 1840s costume Dame Judi Dench reveals she had to make an emergency trip to the dentist in full period costume after damaging a tooth while filming BBC drama Cranford. - more

Lady Gaga joins royal gala show Eccentric chart-topper Lady Gaga is to sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance at Blackpool's Opera House. - more

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