Latest News For 16-Aug-2008
Page 1 of 3 Next
No joke: Bill Murray leaps 13,000 feet to beach
(AP)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
AP - CHICAGO (AP) — Bill Murray landed in Chicago on Friday like he never had before — by jumping from an airplane 13,500 feet up. The 57-year-old actor took several deep breaths before stepping out the open doors of a C-31 Fokker and dropping at about 120 mph to the city's lakefront with members of the Army Golden Knights Parachute Team.
Label Done Waiting for Jared Leto's 30 Seconds
(E! Online)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
E! Online - It's 30 Seconds to Mars. And about half that to file a lawsuit.
The Office's Darryl Facing Drug Charges
(E! Online)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
E! Online - We know what the topic of conversation around the water cooler is going to be next week.
Lindsay's Converting. Oy Vey
(E! Online)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
E! Online - It's no shtick—Lindsay Lohan is converting to Judaism.
Virgin Records sues Jared Leto's band for $30M
(AP)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
AP - Hardcore fans of 30 Seconds to Mars aren't the only ones who want more of the band's music. Virgin Records has sued the group for $30 million, saying it has failed to deliver.
Appeals court: Phil Spector's retrial can proceed
(AP)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
AP - A California court panel has decided that the retrial of Phil Spector on a murder charge can proceed.
LL Cool J sees more music projects in his future
(Reuters)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
Reuters - Rapper-actor LL Cool J finished his
last album under a contract with Def Jam Records that spanned
two decades, but told Reuters it was not likely to be his final
music project.
Britney Spears garners third MTV award nomination
(Reuters)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
Reuters - A year after her calamitous
comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney
Spears has garnered a third nomination for this year's show,
but it remained unclear whether she would dare a repeat
appearance.
Rhythm and blues pioneer Jerry Wexler dead at 91
(Reuters)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
Reuters - Pioneering music executive Jerry
Wexler, who helped build Atlantic Records into a rhythm and
blues powerhouse in the 1950s and 1960s with artists like
Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, died in Florida on Friday at
age 91, Atlantic Records said.
Guns N' Roses in talks for exclusive album release
(Reuters)
16-Aug-2008
(Cached page)
Reuters - The June leak of nine allegedly
"mastered, finished" tracks from Guns N' Roses' long-delayed
"Chinese Democracy" spurred a renewed round of speculation
about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally release the
14-years-in-the-making album.