Minnie Driver Revs Up EMI Music Deal (Reuters)

Japanese Opera Soprano Dies at 51 (AP)
AP - Yoko Watanabe, the first Japanese opera soprano to have starred at the world's top four opera houses, has died...

Aretha, Monkees Sent Into Orbit Via XM Satellite (Reuters)
Reuters - Rhino Records, the label famed for its exhaustive reissues and boxed sets, and XM Satellite Radio are teamin...

Jazz Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet Dies (AP)
AP - Illinois Jacquet, a legendary tenor saxophonist who played with nearly every jazz and blues luminary of his time an...

Report: Erykah Badu Has Baby Girl (AP)
AP - Grammy-winning singer Erykah Badu gave birth to a daughter, Puma, earlier this month at her home in Dallas, with fr...

Stadium Tours? Not This Year (Reuters)
Reuters - Are stadium tours extinct?...

Brandy's Ex Claims Couple Never Married (AP)
AP - Two years ago, Brandy announced that she had been secretly married for months. It turns out the real secret may be...