MTV had this bit of news: Miley Cyrus might not have been alive in the '80s, but that doesn't mean she doesn't appreciate the decade's music. According to People magazine, Cyrus has recorded a cover of Poison's 1988 hit "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." more

R. Kelly is writing a memoir. The 42-year-old star says in a statement issued Wednesday that he is working on an autobiography with David Ritz that will "tell it like it is." more

France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, but his press service said Wednesday that the infection he was suffering from following back surgery has been "contained." more

A judge ordered Nas to increase his payments to his soon-to-be ex-wife, Kelis, and their infant son to $51,101 a month Wednesday. more

Following the release of her new album Rated R, Rihanna confirms a UK arena tour for 2010. more

A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie "Bruno" is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman and others for libel and slander. The lawsuit filed last week by Ayman Abu Aita in District of Columbia federal court seeks $110 million in damages. more

A new study from the National Endowment for the Arts finds a notable decline in movie, theater, museum and concert attendance and other "benchmark" cultural activities between 2002 and 2008 for adults 18 and older, and a sharper fall from 25 years ago. The drop was for virtually all art forms and for virtually all age groups and levels of education. more. They have their theories about why this is but fail to mention the rising cost of attending such activities and the possibility of a drop in quality of films and music. The next story plays into the cost issue!

Reuters reports that "film box offices were poised on Wednesday to eclipse 2007's record $9.68 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with Hollywood eyeing more than $10 billion this year as audiences flocked to theaters during the recession." So perhaps they are charging more for fewer viewers? Either that or we have evidence of a federal agency putting out flawed data. The report says later that "the 2009 total was aided by a 28 cent increase in ticket prices from the year before to an average $7.46. The total number of tickets sold, or admissions, is expected to reach 1.4 billion, up from 1.34 billion in 2008." The high-water mark was in 2002 with 1.6 billion tickets, interestingly the first year of the NEA study. more

The video for Neil Diamond's version of Adam Sandler's "The Chanukah Song" can now be viewed here. From Neil's newest holiday release, A Cherry, Cherry Christmas, the animated video celebrating the festival of lights was created and produced by Tektoniq/Vision Films.