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 Feds Question Labels Online Prices |
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Friday, March 03 2006 @ 09:14 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it has launched an inquiry into possible price fixing in the burgeoning online music industry.
Two record industry officials characterized the inquiry as essentially identical to one launched in December by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who subpoenaed several record companies searching for information on wholesale prices that music labels charge for downloadable digital music files.
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| CBS Radio Sues Howard Stern |
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Wednesday, March 01 2006 @ 09:55 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 CBS Corp.'s radio division sued Howard Stern Tuesday, claiming its former star shock jock breached his contract with them when he moved to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
The lawsuit, which also names Sirius and Stern's agent as defendants, claims Stern improperly used CBS radio's air time to promote his new show with Sirius, which began last month. CBS also claims Stern discussed his plans with Sirius without disclosing them to CBS as required under his contract.
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| Stern Claims CBS Bullying Him |
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Tuesday, February 28 2006 @ 02:52 PM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Shock jock Howard Stern claimed that his former employer CBS Corp. is “bullying” him and threatening to sue him for financial damages.
Speaking at a hastily arranged news conference in New York Tuesday, Stern said CBS accused him of reaching a “secret agreement” with his new employer, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., even though he disclosed it to CBS executives and discussed his intentions to move to Sirius on the air.
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| Stones Fans Fight Police |
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Friday, February 24 2006 @ 09:50 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Rowdy fans trying to enter a concert by the Rolling Stones without having tickets fought running battles with police Thursday and authorities said at least 20 people were injured.
Dozens of the fans were detained, police reported.
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| Idol Twins Strike a Pose |
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Thursday, February 23 2006 @ 10:42 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 "American Idol" contestant Becky O'Donohue just doubled her exposure. The aspiring singer is featured alongside her twin sister, Jessie, in a series of sexy photos on the Maxim magazine Web site.
The 25-year-old twins pose in bikinis, unbuttoned baseball jerseys, and glistening with sweat in a sauna-like setting, wearing only towels.
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| Kid Rock Sues to Stop Sale of Sex Video |
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Wednesday, February 22 2006 @ 10:59 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Kid Rock has won an initial victory in his attempt to stop a California company from releasing an explicit sex video featuring the rap-rocker, former Creed singer Scott Stapp and four women.
U.S. District Court Judge John Feikens signed a temporary order that stops David Joseph and his World Wide Red Light District company from posting a preview clip of the video on its Web sites.
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| K-Fed Says Respect Me First |
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Monday, February 20 2006 @ 09:46 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 the dancer and husband of pop star Britney Spears told Newsweek for its issue on newsstands Monday.
“’He hates his children, he treats his wife like dirt, he gets high all day,”’ he said, quoting his critics. “If I was that bad, you think anyone, let alone Britney, would put up with it?”
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| Nick Lachey Cashing In |
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Monday, February 20 2006 @ 09:41 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Nick Lachey wants what's his, and maybe what's Jessica Simpson's.
In court papers filed Friday in response to Simpson's Dec. 16 divorce filing, Lachey said he was reserving the right to seek spousal support, even though she has asked the court not to give him any.
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| Kid Rock and Stapp Sex Tape |
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Friday, February 17 2006 @ 09:46 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 A videotape showing Kid Rock and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp engaging in explicit sexual activity with four female fans on a tour bus has been acquired by California company Red Light District, the distributor of the notorious 2004 Paris Hilton sex tape “One Night in Paris.”
The company has launched a 40-second preview clip of the 45-minute tape at the Web sites KidRockSexTape.com and ScottStappSexTape.com and says it plans to release the entire video at some point this year.
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| Simon Cowell Not Snug With Winners of Idol |
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Friday, February 17 2006 @ 09:20 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell usually has big bad words to describe the reality show's wannabe pop stars. But the biting Brit sums up his relationships with past "AI" winners with one little one: "tiny."
As for first "Idol" winner, recent Grammy winner
Kelly Clarkson, "She would be like a stranger to me now," Cowell told The Associated Press Thursday.
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| American Idol Beats Olympics |
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Thursday, February 16 2006 @ 12:49 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 The winter Olympics proved no match for television's gold-medal winner, "American Idol." Fox's phenomenally successful contest crushed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano's closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.
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| Busta Rhymes Slammed for Silence |
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Thursday, February 16 2006 @ 12:47 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 The police commissioner berated rapper Busta Rhymes on Wednesday, accusing him of withholding information about the slaying of his bodyguard at a hip-hop video shoot.
At a news conference at New York Police Department headquarters, Commissioner Raymond Kelly complained that the silence of several potential witnesses has stymied the investigation of the Brooklyn killing last week of Israel Ramirez. He saved his harshest remarks for the rapper.
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| Paris Hilton Says New CD is Hot |
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Wednesday, February 15 2006 @ 10:38 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Paris Hilton has already judged her new album, and the partying heiress has declared, she's hot!
It's been a long hard process getting this CD together, Hilton tells the upcoming Star magazine. I'm really proud of the album. it's hot!
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| Brokeback Theme Song |
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Wednesday, February 15 2006 @ 10:26 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Country singer Willie Nelson sang "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" more than 25 years ago. He released a very different sort of cowboy anthem this Valentine's Day.
"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year's Oscar-nominated "Brokeback Mountain" made gay cowboys a hot topic.
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| Spears Takes Blame |
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Friday, February 10 2006 @ 10:18 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Britney Spears has taken responsibility for driving with her baby son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap.
"I made a mistake and so it is what it is, I guess," Spears tells "Access Hollywood" in an interview that was to air Thursday.
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| American Idol Beats Grammys |
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Thursday, February 09 2006 @ 04:03 PM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Nearly twice as many people watched "American Idol" than the Grammy Awards Wednesday when the two music programs went head-to-head in prime time, according to preliminary estimates by Nielsen Media Research.
The "Idol" audience on Fox was 28.3 million while the Grammy Awards were being watched by 15.1 million people from 8 to 9 p.m. EST, Nielsen said.
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| Grammy Winners Are In |
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Thursday, February 09 2006 @ 12:00 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
 Mariah Carey ended her 16-year Grammy drought by winning three trophies Wednesday, but her hopes of making Grammy history were smashed as rock gods U2 won four awards, including song of the year for "Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own."
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| iPod Line Expands |
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Wednesday, February 08 2006 @ 09:31 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
As competitors continue leaving the portable audio player market, Apple Computer Inc. beefed up its iPod product mix Tuesday with a new 1-gigabyte version of the nano and lower-priced shuffles.
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| DCFS Looking at Spears |
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Wednesday, February 08 2006 @ 09:28 AM CST 0 comments Post a comment
Authorities were investigating an incident in which
Britney Spears was photographed driving with her infant son on her lap but didn't intend to pursue charges against the pop diva, officials said.
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