Chickenfoot The Movie Chickenfoot is headed To Theaters... Movie Theaters that is. - more

Alice In Chains 2010 Tour Plans Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. - more

Nickelback, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown Team Up For Tour Nickelback, has announced the 2010 North American leg of their Dark Horse World Tour - more

Ringo, McCartney Duet- Fall Out Boy on Hiatus- Slash N' Adler Jam- The Analyst Guitarist Injured In Fall- Oscars Snub Anvil- Interpol Eye 2010 Release and more Today's roundup of quick music news stories - more

Green Day Revamp 21 Guns With Idiot Musical Guests Green Day are in the studio this week recording a new version of their hit single "21 Guns" with the cast of American Idiot - more

Bonnaroo 2010 Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the dates for the ninth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. - more

Bruce Kulick Taps Members Of KISS, The Knack, Motley Crue For New Album Having been tapped by artists as diverse as Meat Loaf and Kanye West, the veteran axeman's boundless creative energy permeates his third solo LP, BK3. - more

Smile Empty Soul Announce Headlining Tour With Burn Halo (Ex-Eighteen Visions) & The Last Vegas Smile Empty Soul has announced the tour dates for their upcoming headlining tour alongside Burn Halo (ex-Eighteen Visions) and The Last Vegas. - more

Metallica Member Quits- Slayer Blamed for Teen Slaying- High Schooler Threatens To Kill Rocker- Guns N' Roses Return- Ozzy Sitcom and more top stories from 2001 Rewind for Jan thru March 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

Nils Lofgren Discusses Springsteen Tour Finale On Sunday night Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will roll into Buffalo for the last gig of the monumental "Working On a Dream" tour. - more

Crash Kings Hitting The Road With Rooney Crash Kings are honing their rock chops to head back out on the road this Holiday seasons with Rooney - more

The Devil Wears Prada Kick Off Napalm & Noise Tour The Devil Wears Prada kicked off the 2009 edition of the Napalm & Noise Tour last night in Rochester, New York - more

Warner Bros. Whip Up Some Deluxe Devo for the Holidays Devo celebrate their early recorded works from the Warner Bros. Records vaults with an expanded Ultra Devo-lux, Limited Edition four-disc set - more

Never Shout Never Acoustic Tour Never Shout Never will hit the road in January for a solo acoustic tour - 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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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

Them Crooked Vultures Album Takes Flight Highly-anticipated, self-titled debut arrives in stores, with the band playing a last-minute Monday night gig in L.A. - more

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TAPROOT Signs With VICTORY RECORDS Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT has inked a deal with Victory Records. - more

AMORPHIS: Video Interview With TOMI KOIVUSAARI Posted Online E-Rock.gr conducted an interview with rhythm guitarist Tomi Koivusaari of Finnish metallers AMORPHIS on November 1, 2009 when the band played Athens, Greece. - more

Former THE GATHERING Singer Performs In Lebanon; Video Available On November 11, former THE GATHERING vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen and her current band, AGUA DE ANNIQUE, played the Beirut Rock Festival at the Forum de Beyrouth, Lebanon. - more

THE JOE PERRY PROJECT To Support BAD COMPANY In U.K. AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry's solo band, dubbed THE JOE PERRY PROJECT, will support BAD COMPANY on a U.K. - more

FLYLEAF Frontwoman Interviewed On ABC NEWS RADIO ABC News Radio's David Blaustein sat down with vocalist Lacey Mosley from FLYLEAF for a candid and heartfelt interview about the band's new album, Lacey's life and the group's trip to Afghanistan. - more

SLIPKNOT's CRAHAN, TAYLOR Discuss 10-Year Anniversary Of Debut On October 20, 2009, Mike Sullivan of ExploreMusic.com conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan and vocalist Corey Taylor. - more

DIAMANTHIAN: Promo Video For 'Arcana Doctrina' CD Released British death metallers DIAMANTHIAN have released a promo video for their long-awaited second album, "Arcana Doctrina", which was released on November 13 by Ossuary Industries. - more

ATREYU Bassist's Tour Story Ken Brzezinski of Static Multimedia recently conducted an interview with ATREYU bassist Marc McKnight. - more

GRIND INC. Signs With BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS German death metallers GRIND INC. - more

JON OLIVA'S PAIN Begins Mixing New Album JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will release its fourth album, "Festival", on February 19, 2010 via AFM Records. - more

TRIVIUM Frontman: 'I've Been Listening To Mainly Classical Music' Kristen Dunleavy of myYearbook recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. - more

TESTAMENT Frontman To Guest On Tonight's 'Friday Night Rocks' Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT will guest on tonight's (Friday, November 20) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. - more

NIGHTWISH Singer With THE RASMUS: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'October & April' Video Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "October & April", the new video from Finland's THE RASMUS which features a guest appearance by NIGHTWISH frontwoman Anette Olzon, can be viewed below. - more

Guitarist MICKY MOODY Discusses His Departure From WHITESNAKE Greece's Rockpages webzine recently conducted an interview with original WHITESNAKE guitarist Micky Moody. - more

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Live Review: Kelly Clarkson in Calgary CALGARY - It seems like ages ago that Kelly Clarkson walked away with the inaugural American Idol crown. - more

Jackson's drugs bought in Vegas LAS VEGAS - Michael Jackson's doctor bought a powerful anesthetic in Nevada and had it shipped to California, where it was found at the pop singer's bedside after he died, court documents released Friday show. - more

Britney's ex-boyfriend jailed Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib has been sentenced to 45 days behind bars following his altercation with a process server earlier this year. - more

Rapper Wale recruits Gaga on CD NEW YORK - Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across. - more

Cyrus' tour bus driver killed DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) -- The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said. - more

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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

The Analyst guitarist injured in fall The Analyst has issued the following regarding the recent hospitalization of guitarist Alex Wilkinso... - more

Seventh Rule Recordings signs Kongh Official press release: Seventh Rule Recordings proudly welcomes Scandinavian doom lords Kongh to... - more

Devildriver, Suffocation tour announced Initial dates for Devildriver's early-2010 headlining run with Suffocation. Goatwhore and They Will ... - more

The Mongoloids, Wolf City mini-tour The Mongoloids will tour the West Coast briefly in early-December with Wolf City!: 12/4 Reno, NV ... - more

Century Media signs Angelus Apatrida Official press release: Century Media Records proudly announces the worldwide signing of the thra... - more

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Entombed's Colombian Tour Dates Canceled Sweden's Entombed have issued the following announcement about canceling their shows in Colombia: 'We just arrived in Bogota, all super excited to be here, when we received some BAD NEWS. Both shows here in Colombia are CANCELED. We really don't have any further information about the reason behind this, as we just heard a few minutes ago, but we... - more

Acheron posts "I Am Heathen" Music Video Blackened death metallers Acheron have posted a new music video for the song ?I am Heathen,' which is off their latest album ?The Final Conflict: Last Days Of God.' The video clip can be viewed below. - more

Skeletonwitch Issues Tour Recap And Announces New Dates Skeletonwitch has issued the following recap of their recent tour dates with The Black Dahlia Murder, Children of Bodom, and Toxic Holocaust: 'After more than 15,000 miles, 8 stitches, and countless beers... we're back from tour. We've had a few days to chill out and finally face the hangover that 60 days of partying kept putting off. Now, a hug... - more

Overkill Vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Discusses New Album "Ironbound" New Jersey thrash veterans Overkill are gearing up to unleash their latest album 'Ironbound' in January 2010 through E1/Koch Records in North America and Nuclear Blast Records throughout the rest of the world. The band will soon be celebrating their 25th anniversary of releasing albums, having put out their debut full-length back in 1985. Overkill ... - more

Tonight's Headbangers Ball Line-Up Details Revealed Tonight's Headbangers Ball on MTV2 at 2 AM ET/PT will feature Valient Thorr and the following lineup of videos: Valient Thorr - 'Tomorrow Police' Isis - '20 Minutes/ 40 Years' Miss May I - 'Forgive and Forget' Otep - 'Smash The Control Machine' Converge - 'Axe To Fall' Echoes the Fall - 'Break Away' Janus - 'Eyesore' - more

Wolves in the Throne Room and Monarch To Tour Australia in 2010 Atmospheric black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room and incredibly low-tempo French doom band Monarch will be touring Australia in February. Also joining the tour will be Melbourne-based Agents of Abhorrence. The tour dates are as follows: 19 Feb 2010 Fowlers Live, Adelaide, South Australia 20 Feb 2010 Arthouse Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria 21... - more

Echoes Of Eternity To Support Hammerfall On U.S. Tour Los Angeles? female-fronted metal band Echoes of Eternity, whose sophomore album recently debuted on the Billboard Top New Artist ?Heatseeker?s? chart at #134, comments on the band?s upcoming tour dates with label mates Hammerfall from Sweden: ?We're really excited to get on the road with the legendary Hammerfall. It's been over a year since we'... - more

Grind Inc. Signs To Bastardized Recordings For A 2010 Album Release German metallers Grind Inc. have issued the following announcement about signing to Bastardized Recordings: 'Dear GRIND INC. community, we proudly declare the new partnership with Germany's Bastardized Recordings! We are looking forward to the new collaboration and are glad about this decision for the new team death match and being part of this ... - more

We, The Undersigned Checks In From Their Canadian Tour We, The Undersigned have issued the following road report from their Canadian 'Off With Their Heads' tour: 'November 10th ? Kilroy?s ? Thunder Bay, ON. Ding Ding Ding! Tonight round 2 in Thunder Bay is going down literally 2 blocks down from Black Pirate?s Pub at Kilroy?s. Playing a Monday and Tuesday back-to-back is always risky but the rockers... - more

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Pulled Apart By Horses announce UK tour and ticket details Leeds quartet to play mini-tour next month - more

Get Well Soon announce new album title and release date 'Vexations' will be released on January 25 2010 - more

The Brian Jonestown Massacre stream new album online 'Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?' is being streamed before its January 1 release date - more

Local Natives announce 2010 national tour and ticket details NME Radar tour veterans begin the tour in February - more

Efterklang announce new album release date and tracklisting Danish four-piece to release 'Magic Chairs' on February 22 - more

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip announce 2010 national tour and ticket details 'Thou Shalt Always Kill' duo to hit the road in March - more

Miley Cyrus tour bus crash reportedly kills one Bus overturns while travelling through Richmond, Virginia - more

The Fall to play Camp Bestival 2010 The Wurzels also join next year's three day summer bash - more

Richard Hawley hints at Alex Turner collaboration Tight-lipped Hawley speaks after Turner joins him onstage in London - more

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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

Rockipedia No.165 Latest news roundup: Dio cancel UK tour as Ronnie geos to hospital, Alice in Chains, Dimebag, Rolling Stones, Megadeth and Europe - more

Kramer’s take on Aerosmith dramas Drummer wishes Tyler all the best with solo career while guitarist Whitford has drugs abuse concerns - more

Ozzy: Macca refused to work with me… …and it was a great compliment, says Prince of Darkness - more

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Winger, Danger Danger And Jorn Limited Picture Discs Announced Inner Wound Recordings are proud to announce the first releases on the label. - more

Hard Release New Single With Baltimoore Vocalist The debut single from the newly enhanced lineup of Hungarian hard rockers HARD is now online and available for purchase. - more

Renaissance Records Up For Sale On eBay Renaissance Records, a 17 year olf classic rock record label, is being sold on eBay.com for an asking price of 600,000 - more

DVD Review: Billy Idol - In Super Overdrive Live Even into his early 50's Billy Idol still has his punk rock swagger and attitude intact - more

Ratt Asking Fans Who They Should Tour With Ratt have set up a poll on the MySpace page asking fans "who would you like to see Ratt tour with?" - more

Interview: Tyla - Dogs D'amour Vocalist Tyla isn't one of those people in the music industry that needs much of an introduction. - more

Stage Dolls Stream New Single Online The Stage Dolls are returning with a brand new CD entitled 'Always' - more

Alice In Chains Announce Full North American Tour ALICE IN CHAINS have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. - more

Aerosmith Members Concerned Singer Steven Tyler Back On Drugs Steven, we love you. But you need to get sober, and we need to find a new singer. - more

Bon Jovi Comes Full 'Circle' At No. 1 On U.S. Chart Bon Jovi claimed its fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, despite a sharp drop in sales. - more

Rare AC/DC She's Got The Jack Promo Playing Cards Surface Online One of the rarest AC/DC collectibles has surfaced online - more

Ozzy Osbourne Delighted By Paul McCartney Snub Ozzy Osbourne has said that he was complemented by Sir Paul McCartney's refusal to collaborate with him. - more

Aerosmith's Joey Kramer Speaks Out About Aerosmith Singer Search Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer confirmed the band is experiencing "personal differences" - more

Def Leppard Guitarist Unveils Hand Painted Jackson Guitar Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has hand-painted 30 unique versions of his PC1 guitar model - more

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"Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album (Reuters) - more

Singer Omarion kicks off new phase in high energy (Reuters) - more

Busta Rhymes hopes "Chemo" cures ailing music biz (Reuters) - more

Intocable brings innovation to "Classic" norteno (Reuters) - more

All-nighters pay off for Puddle of Mudd songwriter (Reuters) - more

Fans help 30 Seconds to Mars build "War" machine (Reuters) - more

Charges dismissed against country singer John Rich (AP) - more

UK band the Cribs welcomes Johnny Marr to the fold (Reuters) - more

"Idol" champ Allen enjoying music-biz fast track (Reuters) - more

Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm (AP) AP - Michael Jackson's doctor bought a powerful anesthetic in Nevada and had it shipped to California, where it was found at the pop singer's bedside after he died, court documents released Friday show. - more

Wyclef Jean's new album revisits his Haitian roots (Reuters) - more

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

Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers (Reuters) - more

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

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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

Oprah Winfrey To Stop Patronising You In 2011 After two decades, several free cars and enough weight fluctuation to sculpt a small cellulite army, Oprah is done.]]> - more

Disturbing Man-Crumble Video Ahoy! Quickly, what’s the most distressing thing you can think of? - more

When Hollywood Remakes Go RIGHT! There’s something rather amazing about Nicolas Cage films. It’s not that he can’t act – although, seriously, we’re not sure that he can – it’s more that you simply don’t know whether you’re going to spend the last few moments of the credits shouting furiously at the screen and simulating over-the-top air rabbit punches, or hugging everyone else in the cinema, because you’ve just shared a moment together. A wonderful wonderful moment. A moment that could end in sex. - more

Moon – Blu-ray Review Warning: Brace yourself for a sickening display of cinematic affection. - more

Will Ferrell Earns Much More Money Than He Should: Official This is just a hunch, but we're expecting Will Ferrell to be named as People's sexiest man alive next year. ]]> - more

Johnny Depp Is A Million Times Sexier Than You: Official Oh People magazine, you're such terrible sluts. Don't bother trying to hide it - we can see straight through you.]]> - more

SLACKERJACK – Ultimate Assassin 2 Holy Jesus, Ultimate Assassin 2 has got to be the tensest game we’ve ever played. It’s unbearably tense. It’s beyond tense. It’s heart-poundingly, pant-poopingly tense. - more

Jennifer Hudson Is Winnie Mandela, Obviously Winning that Oscar for Dreamgirls didn't just make Jennifer Hudson a household name, it also changed her life forever.]]> - more

EastEnders Wants You To Remix Its Ageing Theme Tune In every episode of EastEnders, you can be guaranteed of a few things. For a start, you’ll never sit through the full 30 minutes without hearing an ear-piercing screech or cackle. - more

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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

Oprah announces end of talk show A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces her talk show will end in September 2011 after 25 years on the air. - more

EastEnders festive scripts stolen Scripts for the Christmas episodes of EastEnders are stolen in a burglary at a writer's home, the BBC confirms. - more

One dead in Cyrus tour bus crash An accident involving Miley Cyrus' tour bus kills one passenger and injures several other people, US police say. - more

Healthy Forsyth back on Strictly Bruce Forsyth is well enough to host this Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing after missing last week's show because of flu. - more

Monkey joins Hawley on stage Richard Hawley teams up with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner at a London gig that saw him hint at a future collaboration. - more

Peter Kay confirms tour dates Peter Kay announces his first solo dates for nearly seven years, with four nights in Manchester next April. - more

Blur scoop top UK festival prize Rock group Blur's Glastonbury set is named the best headline performance at this year's UK Festival awards. - more

Herzog to chair Berlin film jury German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at next year's Berlin Film Festival, organisers announce. - more

Artist Jeanne-Claude dies aged 74 US artist Jeanne-Claude, whose dramatic installations included The Gates in New York's Central Park, has died aged 74. - more

Painting in final Archers outing Actor Norman Painting, the voice of Phil Archer, will make his final appearance on the long-running radio drama on Sunday. - more

Artist to induce seizure on stage A charity raises concerns over plans by a dance artist with epilepsy to induce a seizure on stage as part of a performance. - more

Nick Cave and the Bad Sex in Fiction award? Singer Nick Cave joins acclaimed authors Philip Roth and Paul Theroux on the shortlist for this year's Bad Sex in Fiction award. - more

N-Dubz pair give rape statements Two rappers from pop trio N-Dubz make statements to police as witnesses in a case of an alleged rape. - more

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