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ShowBiz Minute: Winehouse, Dina Lohan, GTA IV
2008-05-08 19:30:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Associated Press • May. 07, 2008. 06:26 PM ESTAmy Winehouse arrested again, Dina Lohan 'honored' and 'Grand Theft Auto IV' shatters sales records.
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Castro Is The Latest Cast-Off On 'Idol'
2008-05-08 19:26:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Associated Press • May. 08, 2008. 01:08 AM ESTThe dreadlocked Jason Cast ro gets the boot from 'American Idol ' Wednesday. The AP's Erin Carlson weighs in on his final days of the competition.

Suspicious Package Industry Falls On Hard Times
2008-04-14 08:35:00
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Alice Cooper, Slash Honored for Work With Addicts
2008-04-14 08:25:00
Share on StumbleUpon: After 26 years of sobriety, Alice Cooper has some advice to pass along to the younger generation: "I don't think you need to die for your art."The shock-rocker will be honored for his work with fellow addicts during a May 9 benefit dinner and concert in Hollywood organized by the MusiCares MAP Fund, which provides members of the music community access to addiction recovery treatment.
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Rock Group Buckcherry Savors "Crazy" Comeback
2008-04-14 08:22:00
Share on StumbleUpon: The crowd at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena is primed, rowdy and ready to rock, anxiously anticipating a night with hometown hero Kid Rock .But then the onstage DJ spins "Crazy Bitch," the signature hit from resurgent rock band Buckcherry 's third album, "15." For three minutes and 22 seconds, the Kid Rock partisans have only Buckcherry on the brain, singing every word while dancing and pumping fists with such ferocity you'd think the band itself was onstage.It's a moment of pure rock'n'roll transcendence -- and a clear illustration of the transcendence Buckcherry has made from what manager Allen Kovac calls "beyond dead" to a return-to-platinum status with 2006's "15."
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Old Rockers Give New Meaning to Life and Lyrics
2008-04-14 08:16:00
Share on StumbleUpon: The unlikely image of a 92-year-old war bride screaming The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" into a microphone backed by an elderly chorus has already captivated live audiences around the world.Now the film version is set to do the same."Young at Heart" documents the group of U.S. senior citizens belting out songs by Sonic Youth through to James Brown. The small-town act has been running for some 25 years but international fame is now at hand.
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Weezer Unveil Familiar Title for New Album
2008-04-03 20:37:00
Share on StumbleUpon: The new Weezer album will be called… Weezer. For the third time in six albums, the band is going the eponymous route, except this time around the band are referring to their new one as the “Red Album .” Comprised of sessions produced by Rick Rubin, Jacknife Lee and themselves, frontman Rivers Cuomo says, “We put a lot of emphasis on blowing our minds with creative freakouts,” as evidenced by the probable first single “Pork and Beans.”
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Radiohead Allows Fans to Remix New Single
2008-04-03 20:26:00
Share on StumbleUpon: LONDON (Billboard) - Radiohead is using the Internet for another initiative built around its chart-topping album, "In Rainbows."The UK rock act has teamed with iTunes and GarageBand for an interactive project that allows fans to rework the album's second single, "Nude."
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"Moonlight" Fans Give Blood to Save Vampire Show
2008-04-03 19:56:00
Share on StumbleUpon: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fans of CBS' "Moonlight " are so passionate about the vampire drama that they're willing to sacrifice their own blood to keep the rookie series on the air.Teaming with the Red Cross and online protest rally point YouChoose.net (http://www.youchoose,net), "Moonlight" viewers are organizing a nationwide blood drive to garner network support for a second season. They claim that more than 3,000 fans have pledged to donate a pint each.
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Velvet Revolver Splits With Rocker Scott Weiland
2008-04-03 19:53:00
Share on StumbleUpon: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said on Tuesday they were splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "increasingly erratic" behavior.The announcement came in a terse statement from the group's management company as Weiland, 40, and his recently reunited original band, Stone Temple Pilots, were set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour.
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Stones Still Seek To Go "A Little Further"
2008-04-02 00:10:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Harry Smith Sits Down With Band As Major Documentary On Them Hits Theaters(CBS) They've been rocking for five decades, and the Rolling Stones keep on rolling, showing no signs of slowing down.With a Martin Scorsese documentary on them hitting the silver screen this week, members of what many consider the greatest rock band ever took time out to chat with Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith about their long -- and continuing -- journey."Shine a Light" debuts this week.Scorsese brought in 18 cinematographers, all shooting at once, to capture the Stones in concert at the New York's Beacon Theater.
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Cornell Flattered by "Idol" Shout-Out
2008-04-01 20:56:00
Share on StumbleUpon: NEW YORK (Billboard) - Chris Cornell says he's surprised but flattered that "American Idol " contestant David Cook performed a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" last week on the show, in what was nearly a note-for-note version of Cornell's own interpretation.
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Stone Temple Pilots Plotting Extensive Tour
2008-04-01 20:52:00
Share on StumbleUpon: LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots will next week announce plans for a summer tour of more than 50 amphitheaters, sources said.The L.A. rock group has already confirmed a handful of festival dates, beginning with the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, on May 17-18.
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Tool - Eulogy
2008-04-01 20:37:00
Share on StumbleUpon: This is one of my favorite songs by Tool and now you can use it on your cell phone as a ringtone for free. You can even customize it and use a specific part of the song!More from RATPage Entertainment at Myxer

You Have a Text Message
2008-04-01 20:32:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Send this FREE ringtone to your phone:More from ryan at Myxer
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Tom Cruise Makes My Brain Cry, Then Laugh, Then Cry Again
2008-01-20 09:17:00
Share on StumbleUpon: By Britney Spears1/16/08 2:12 PM EST | Los AngelesI’m a funny girl, ‘cause sometimes one thing can make me think about another thing that is totally different. It happened twice yesterday: first, when I put on my wedding dress and sat in the shower, I started thinkin’ bout how if I chew on my lips enough, it starts to taste like blood in my mouth for some reason.
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The Whigs’ “Mission Control”: Stream the Entire Album Early
2008-01-20 09:08:00
Share on StumbleUpon: The Whigs’ Mission Control , their new batch of dusty, sun-soaked indie rock, won’t be available until next week, but you can listen to the entire album via exclusive Rhapsody stream here.
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Marilyn Manson Bringing Twiggy Songs, Satan, “One Giant Evil Cocktail” On T
2008-01-20 09:04:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Marilyn Manson spoke with Rock Daily about what he has planned this time around. With bassist Twiggy Ramirez back in the fold, Manson promises that fans will “get a little bit of what they may have seen in the past, but turned up to a thousand.” That includes many older songs that Manson has refrained from playing in recent years “because they didn’t sound right” without Twiggy’s assistance. The reacquisition of Ramirez has invigorated Manson, who says, “It’s hard for us when we get together because we’re a real bad mixture of trouble. It’s going to be difficult for people to keep us from tearing our faces off.”
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Chris Daughtry Feels the Heat for Comments on “American Idol” “Decline”
2008-01-20 08:53:00
Share on StumbleUpon: As you may have read Monday, Chris Daughtry described American Idol as in a state of “decline” on RollingStone.com. Since then, a producer for the show told Rolling Stone Daughtry called to apologize and said that he was “misquoted or taken out of context.” We think Daughtry is a great guy and understand that he put himself in a tough position, but we also need to set the record straight. Here’s the interview transcript and audio from our phone conversation.
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Syd Barrett, Plastic People Hit Broadway
2008-01-20 08:38:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Music and revolution collide in Tom Stoppard's new playIn the mid-seventies, the Plastic People of the Universe were the most dangerous — and endangered — rock band in the world. Formed in 1968 in Prague, in the former Czechoslovakia, then under communist rule, the Plastic People played raw, confrontational songs about free expression and spiritual exploration, influenced by the Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa, driving the Czech regime to vicious extremes. The group was banned from performing; fans were attacked by police; band members and associates were imprisoned.
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Woman Filmed Killing of Lover
2008-01-20 08:29:00
Share on StumbleUpon: A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend, local media said on Friday.The second-year student in the southwestern province of Yunnan, her boyfriend and another male accomplice had all been arrested after the killing last month, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.
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Burglar Finds Corpse and Calls Police
2008-01-20 08:26:00
Share on StumbleUpon: A Berlin burglar's break-in took an unexpected turn when he stumbled upon a corpse and felt compelled to call the police."He called to say he'd just broken into a flat and found a dead body," said a spokeswoman for Berlin police Thursday. "He gave the address of the place and then hung up."
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New Study Blames Columbus for Syphilis Spread
2008-01-20 08:23:00
Share on StumbleUpon: New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, U.S. researchers said Monday, reviving a centuries-old debate about the origins of the disease.They said a genetic analysis of the syphilis family tree reveals that its closest relative was a South American cousin that causes yaws, an infection caused by a sub-species of the same bacteria.
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Cops: Ind. Robber Mistakenly Shoots Self in Groin
2008-01-20 08:20:00
Share on StumbleUpon: A man accidentally shot himself in the groin as he was robbing a convenience store Tuesday, police said.A clerk told police a man carrying a semiautomatic handgun entered the Village Pantry demanding cash and a pack of cigarettes. The clerk put the cash in a bag and as she turned to get the cigarettes, she heard the gun discharge.
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Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO
2008-01-20 08:17:00
Share on StumbleUpon: In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO.Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it.
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Condoleezza Rice To Voyage East
2008-01-02 21:50:00
Share on StumbleUpon: The State Department releases details of Rice 's upcoming diplomatic journey.Watch the Video Report Here at RATPage Entertainment:
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Radiohead Frontman Takes Aim at EMI Chief
2008-01-02 07:59:00
Share on StumbleUpon: Radiohead has hit out at the chief of its former label after a news report claimed the rock band rejected a 3 million pound ($5.95 million) advance for its new album and demanded the rights to some of its older albums.According to the report, published last Friday by The Times of London, Radiohead's demands to EMI Group chairman Guy Hands totaled more than 10 million pounds ($19.8 million).
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Beatles For Sale: Rappers, Brands Turn to Fab Four
2008-01-02 07:54:00
Share on StumbleUpon: It's perfectly legal, but it will still seem to some listeners like the sound of someone making off with England's crown jewels.On rap collective Wu-Tang Clan's new single "The Heart Gently Weeps," a Santana-style rock guitar opening gives way to an almost celestial chorus of something very familiar. There, and throughout the track, is the unmistakable melody of George Harrison's timeless contribution to the Beatles ' "White Album" from 1968: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
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New Year Brings New Reality Shows
2008-01-02 07:46:00
Share on StumbleUpon: "Celebrity Apprentice," "How To Look Good Naked" Debut In JanuaryThey come armed with star power (however dimming), bravado and a favorite charity. They aim to put it all to work as "The Celebrity Apprentice" premieres with its all-star celebrity lineup of candidates.On this new twist on the "Apprentice," now in its seventh season, the 14 contenders will be competing in business-oriented tasks around New York to raise money for their pet charities, with the final winner being crowned "Celebrity Apprentice" and delivering a $250,000 bonus check to his or her favorite cause.
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International Scandal: Don Cheadle Planned Darfur Genocide To Create Film R
2008-01-02 07:40:00
Share on StumbleUpon: UN officials confirmed that Hotel Rwanda star Don Cheadle funded the genocide in Darfur for the purpose of starring in a film about the tragedy.Watch the Video Report Here at RATPage Entertainment:
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