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3/10/2008 11:00:02 PM
Madonna, Mellencamp head to rock hall (AP)
3/10/2008 10:38:44 PM
Madonna, seen here performing at London's Wembley Stadium in this file photo taken July 7, 2007. The ever-evolving Madonna will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five. The Ceremony will be held on March 10, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Anthony Harvey, file)

Madonna, seen here performing at London's Wembley Stadium in this file photo taken July 7, 2007. The ever-evolving Madonna will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five. The Ceremony will be held on March 10, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Anthony Harvey, file)

AP - Philly soul producer Kenny Gamble, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with partner Leon Huff Monday, invited his audience to answer back his wish for "peace." "Thank you so much, because that's exactly what our music represented," Gamble told people gathered at New York's Waldorf-Astoria for the annual ceremony.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to induct Madonna and Cohen (Reuters)
3/10/2008 9:20:31 PM
Madonna performs at Wembley Stadium, July 7, 2007. Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)

Madonna performs at Wembley Stadium, July 7, 2007. Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)

Reuters - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures were being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday.

Julio Iglesias Jr. drops country single (AP)
3/10/2008 9:17:13 PM

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, Jr is shown in Miami in this Sept. 3, 2003, file photo. The winner of Country Music Television's 'Gone Country' reality show was born in Madrid, Spain, and raised in Miami, but these days Julio Iglesias Jr. is spending a lot of time in Nashville. Iglesias, who is the son of the well-known Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, lived with six other contestants; R&B singers Bobby Brown and Sisqo, Twister Sister's Dee Snider, 'American Idol' finalist Diana DeGarmo, Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips fame and 'Brady Bunch' star Maureen McCormick, as they competed for a record deal. The series, which was taped over 10 days in October at country star Barbara Mandrell's former home, concluded Friday, March 7, 2008, on CMT with Iglesias proclaimed the winner. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)

AP - The winner of Country Music Television's "Gone Country" reality show was born in Madrid, Spain, and raised in Miami, but these days Julio Iglesias Jr. is spending a lot of time in Nashville.

Rapper Remy Ma goes on trial in NY for shooting woman (Reuters)
3/10/2008 8:52:52 PM
Rapper Remy Ma arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court after returning from lunch in New York City, March 10, 2008. Ma is accused of shooting a woman at a New York City night club. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)

Rapper Remy Ma arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court after returning from lunch in New York City, March 10, 2008. Ma is accused of shooting a woman at a New York City night club. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. rapper Remy Ma, furious after a wad of cash disappeared from her purse at a party, shot a woman, fled the scene and then tried to intimidate witnesses, prosecutors told a Manhattan jury on Monday.

Rapper Remy Ma's NYC assault trial opens (AP)
3/10/2008 8:04:22 PM
AP - Remy Ma went on trial for assault Monday, with a prosecutor claiming the rapper shot and almost killed a friend because she thought the woman had stolen money from her.

Janet Jackson throws weight behind diet book (Reuters)
3/10/2008 6:28:26 PM
Janet Jackson applauds on stage after introducing Stevie Wonder with the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame award at the 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Janet Jackson applauds on stage after introducing Stevie Wonder with the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame award at the 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles February 14, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

Reuters - Pop singer Janet Jackson, whose fluctuating weight has fascinated the tabloids for years, is co-writing a book about her journey as an "emotional eater."

Spears' lawyer fights K-Fed's legal fees (AP)
3/10/2008 5:51:06 PM
Singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles in this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

Singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles in this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

AP - Britney Spears' new lawyer has a tip for Kevin Federline: If you're going to ask for your legal bills to be paid, don't leave a $2,000 tip for the waiter on a $365 check.

Aerosmith guitarist to have surgery (AP)
3/10/2008 5:06:16 PM

In this photo released by Hard Rock International, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry performs with his sons band, TAB the Band, in this March 1, 2008, file photo at Hard Rock Cafe in New York. The performance was part of Hard Rock's March on Stage concert series to benefit the charity Musicians on Call. Perry is putting down his ax while he goes under the knife. Perry canceled a solo show scheduled for April 5 in Niagara Falls, N.Y., so he can recover from knee surgery, spokeswoman Marcee Rondan said in a statement released Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, Hard Rock International)

AP - Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry is putting down his ax while he goes under the knife.

Juanes to perform peace concert (AP)
3/10/2008 3:47:58 PM

Columbian Singer Juanes performs at Madison Square Garden to kick off his La Vida world tour, in this March 6, 2008 file photo, in New York. Juanes is planning a free concert at the Colombian-Venezuela border to foster peaceful resolution of the crisis embroiling both nations and Ecuador. The concert is to take place at the border between the Colombian city of Cucuta and the Venezuelan city of San Antonio de Tachira within the next three weeks, public relations firm Rogers & Cowan announced Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

AP - Juanes is planning a free concert on the Colombia-Venezuela border to foster peaceful resolution of the crisis embroiling both nations and Ecuador.

The Game released from jail (AP)
3/10/2008 3:25:23 PM

Rapper Jayceon Taylor, known as The Game, listens during his arraignment in a Los Angeles courtroom in this Sept. 25, 2007, file photo. Los Angeles County sheriff's records show that the rapper was released from jail just before midnight on Sunday, March 9, 2008, after serving just eight days of a 60 day sentence. He was convicted last month of possession of a firearm in a school zone after being accused of pulling a gun on a player from an opposing team during a pickup game at a South Los Angeles school nearly a year ago. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)

AP - The Game is back in play.

Joe Perry Kneels to Surgery (E! Online)
3/10/2008 2:36:13 PM
Joe Perry Kneels to Surgery(E! Online)

E! Online - Joe Perry is a loyal band mate who's apparently been playing on a bum knee.Â

Lisa Marie Presley files suit (AP)
3/10/2008 2:24:28 PM

Singer Lisa Marie Presley is shown in the, Dec. 6, 2007, file photo in New York. Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appetite, her lawyer said Monday, March 10, 2008. Presley, who is pregnant, alleges in a suit filed at London's High Court on Friday that the story in Britain's Daily Mail was slanderous and degrading. The newspaper has since reported on the 40-year-old singer's pregnancy. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

AP - Lisa Marie Presley has sued a British newspaper for alleging that she was piling on the pounds because of her unhealthy appetite, her lawyer said Monday.

Van Halen Takes a Month Off (E! Online)
3/10/2008 1:42:59 PM
Van Halen Takes a Month Off(E! Online)

E! Online - Eddie Van Halen is still on the mend, and his band is still offstage. Â

Lisa Marie Not Suing? Fat Chance (E! Online)
3/10/2008 8:07:08 AM

E! Online - Britain's Daily Mail wasn't just chewing the fat with its commentary last week about Lisa Marie Presley's seeming weight gain. It was, according to the singer, engaging in libelous behavior.

Game Over Jail Time (E! Online)
3/10/2008 8:06:59 AM
Game Over Jail Time(E! Online)

E! Online - The Game is back in play.

ABBA members settle dispute with playwright (Reuters)
3/10/2008 1:52:52 PM
Two of the original four members of the Swedish pop group Abba, Benny AndersSon (L) and Bjorn Ulvaeus (R) stand with an unidentified cast member as they attend an event to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the musical Mamma Mia at the Prince Edward Theatre in London April 6, 2004. (Paul Hackett/Reuters)

Two of the original four members of the Swedish pop group Abba, Benny AndersSon (L) and Bjorn Ulvaeus (R) stand with an unidentified cast member as they attend an event to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the musical Mamma Mia at the Prince Edward Theatre in London April 6, 2004. (Paul Hackett/Reuters)

Reuters - Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the two male members of pop quartet ABBA, have settled a long-running legal dispute with a Swedish playwright over credits for a musical that was once Broadway-bound.

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