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We Are the World II- Spice Girls The Musical- Andy Dick Arrested for Sexual Assault- Jean Simmons RIP- Avatar To Sink Titanic Record?- Erykah Badu Delay and more

01/25/2010
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FMQB reports: Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are planning a 25th anniversary re-recording of "We Are the World," and this time it will benefit Haiti relief. The duo is summoning lots of talent from Grammy weekend to stay in L.A. for an extra night until Monday, February 1, and come to the Nokia Theater to record. So far the artists invited include Usher, Natalie Cole and John Legend more

NME reports: A musical about The Spice Girls is being planned by the band's manager Simon Fuller and Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer. Tentatively titled Viva Forever, the musical is likely start in London's West End. more

Actor and comedian Andy Dick has been charged with two felony counts of sexual abuse in West Virginia, reports the Associate Press. Dick was arraigned Saturday afternoon in Cabell County Magistrate Court. Court documents say he's accused of grabbing a bouncer's crotch and groping and kissing a male patron earlier in the morning at a bar in Huntington. more

Agent Judy Page told The Associated Press on Sunday that Veteran actress Jean Simmons died of lung cancer at her home in Santa Monica on Friday, surrounded by her family. Simmons was 88. more

Two men administering Michael Jackson's estate are seeking 10 percent of profits they're able to generate from the late pop superstars work, court documents filed Friday show. more

The foundation of Wyclef Jean says it has hired a new accounting firm after the Haitian-born rapper acknowledged "mistakes" had been made by the organization. more

Erykah Badu tweeted that her fifth studio album, New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh, has been pushed back to a March 30 release date. more

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds has won its biggest award so far after taking the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. more

James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office. No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to $552.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. more

Black Eye for Black Eyed Peas: The 11th Annual NRJ Music Awards has been held on Saturday night, January 23 in Cannes, France with Kelly Rowland, Dita Von Teese and Pharrell Williams in attendance. During the announcement of International Group/Duo of the Year winner, singer Ke$ha and French choreographer Kamel Ouali mistakenly said that Black Eyed Peas got the prize. To add insult to injury, check out who actually won here

Film director Roman Polanski has lost his bid to be sentenced in a US court without having to return. He faces an arrest warrant over his conviction, 32 years ago, for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. more

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