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Isley Brother Dies- Pink Bus Fire- Critics Made Miley Slutty?- Monica For NBA Finals- Glee Star Plans Solo CD- Alanis Marries Rapper- Chris Brown Denied- more

06/08/2010
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Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56. A cause of death has not been disclosed. more

Jam! reports that Miley Cyrus has blasted critics of her raunchy new image, insisting "everyone" makes mistakes. She tells BBC Radio 1, "I always tell people, everyone goes through a bad point in their life and makes bad choices. But they just haven't been published and it hasn't been documented and (published) on the internet. You can see how that would drive people crazy. I would like to see you at 21 and video that and put that out there for people to comment on." more

Matthew Morrison is taking a summer break from "Glee," but not from music. Morrison, who stars as earnest, upbeat glee club coach Will Schuester on the hit Fox series, planned to spend part of June in London working on his first solo CD. more

Pink suffered a minor setback to her travel schedule in Germany on Monday when a small fire broke out on her musicians' tour bus. Local reports suggest a faulty particle filter in the exhaust system caused it to ignite more

Monica is set to perform the national anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Boston. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics are tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven series. more

George Strait has topped a new list of country giants from the past 25 years. The singer beat Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw to the number one spot on Billboard's list of the top 25 country music artists of the past 25 years. more

Alanis Morissette has married rapper Mario "MC Souleye" Treadway, 30, in a private ceremony for family at her Los Angeles home on May 22, a week before her 36th birthday on June 1. more

A Florida man accused of stalking Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson last year pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as his trial got under way in Los Angeles on Monday. more

The "Twilight" stars, Tom Cruise's funky dance moves and a rainstorm of f-bombs could not stop the MTV Movie Awards from suffering a 13 percent drop in viewership, according to data issued on Monday. more

Julia Stiles has joined the cast of Showtime's "Dexter" for the show's upcoming fifth season as "a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter". more

Kris Kristofferson will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, a landmark Nashville honky tonk. more

A porn actor who plunged off a cliff to his death as officers tried to arrest him on murder and attempted murder charges was aiming to kill or hurt as many people as possible when he went on a sword-wielding rampage last week at an adult film company's production facility, a police detective said Monday. more

Those who are eager to watch Chris Brown's concerts in Europe are surely disappointed as the singer was forced to call off European leg of his Fan Appreciation Tour. On Twitter, the R&B performer announced that he was denied entry into the continent. more

The creative team behind "The Proposal" -- including actors Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and director Anne Fletcher -- are reuniting for an action comedy project. more

"I had this like awesome idea [for second album] and wrote this like really stellar song," Ke$ha said before continuing to reveal her interest to work with Rihanna. "I'm so excited to get to just kick it with her for months, so maybe you'll see something that comes out of our hang time." more

The sun will rise in 2012 on a new Broadway production of "Annie." more

Demi Moore is all set to go public in a memoir with details of her three marriages and showbusiness career spanning three decades. more

Charlie Sheen must wait at least another month to learn his punishment for a domestic violence charge after a plea deal that would have sent the actor to jail hit a snag on Monday. more

Lily Allen has blasted the Spice Girls, modern music, and even her own father in an explosive new interview. The "Smile" singer branded the "Wannabe" hitmakers not "real", and hit out at British pop band S Club 7 for making "rubbish" music. She even took aim at her dad, actor Keith Allen - insisting he's "useless" and "not a responsible adult" for walking out on the family when she was just four years old. more

A Scotsman believed to be the last survivor of the World War II German prison breakout immortalised in the film "The Great Escape" has died aged 97, his family said Tuesday. AFP reports that Former Royal Air Force pilot Jack Harrison was among scores of Allied servicemen who tried to break out of the infamous Stalag Luft III prisoner of war (PoW) camp near Germany's border with Poland. more

Oprah Winfrey wants to give an undiscovered talent a chance to follow in her footsteps on her new cable network. more

R&B singer Brandy has laughed off reports she is seriously considering a career in rap after rhyming on a pair of tracks for her upcoming album. The "Never Say Never" hitmaker introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu in December 2009 for a collaboration with hip-hop producer Timbaland. more

Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed off a redesigned $199 "iPhone 4" on Monday that is a quarter slimmer than the current handset. The device boasts a higher quality screen and better battery life, video chat via Wi-Fi, and a gyroscope sensor for improved gaming. Sadly it is still tied to AT&T's iDrop service more.


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