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HOT AC: AMY WINEHOUSE: LEGS WAXED, ALONG WITH THE REST OF HER
LONDON (AP) -- She's gotten stoned and she has gotten high. Now, Amy Winehouse has gone and gotten herself waxed. She wasn't on hand when her waxy likeness was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London. But her parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse were there. Her dad says she was working and would get around to checking out the wax likeness in the next few weeks. The wax statue nails Winehouse's look, from her beehive hairdo, black eyeliner and her tats. In her 5-inch black heels, the Winehouse statue makes her appear nearly 6 feet tall. The likeness of Winehouse joins those of other celebrities, including Madonna and Justin Timberlake.
GRUNGE: COURTNEY LOVE: SUED OVER PUBLISHING CATALOG PROFITS
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Courtney Love is being taken to court. A business management and accounting firm is suing her for nearly 1 million dollars. They claim she stiffed them out of a share of profits from the sale of Nirvana's music catalog. The suit against the widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain claims Love sold off part of his share of the Nirvana publishing catalog for 19.5 million dollars. London & Company claims it had an oral contract to share five percent of any of her earnings or those from a company created to manage Cobain's intellectual property. Love took control of the rights to Cobain and Nirvana's work after his suicide in 1994.
ROCK: GRATEFUL DEAD: A SYMPHONIC TREATMENT
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Call it Symphony for the Dead. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be the gathering spot for more than 2,000 Deadheads expected to be on hand for the world premiere of an orchestral work inspired by the music of the Grateful Dead. "Dead Symphony No. 6" is a 50-minute performance, complete with a psychedelic light display. The event is set for a week from tomorrow, the day Jerry Garcia would have turned 66.
POP: MILEY CYRUS: LET THE EAGLES SOAR
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) -- She won't be there to watch it happen. But when a pair of 14-week-old American bald eagles are released into the wild today, Miley Cyrus will have had something to do with it. The eagles were named by Miley Cyrus and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. Miley named her eagle "Hope." That was her middle name before she had it legally changed earlier this year. The birds are to be released at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The bald eagle was once on the brink of extinction, but was taken off the endangered species list last year. On the Net: American Eagle Foundation site: http://www.eagles.org/
ROCK/OLDIES: DOOBIE BROTHERS/THREE DOG NIGHT: SHOES WITH SOUL?
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- It would have made for a pretty cool concert in the 1970s: The Doobie Brothers and Three Dog Night on the same bill. And it will also be pretty cool for some people in need of footwear when the two groups team up for an event this Monday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The bands will perform for the non-profit organization Soles4Souls. Proceeds will go to help provide free shoes to people in need worldwide.
ROCK/OLDIES: ALLMAN BROTHERS: HITTING THE ROAD THIS SUMMER
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Allman Brothers are headed back to the stage. The have a couple dozen shows starting late this summer and ending in the fall. It's the first tour since Greg Allman announced he was undergoing treatment for Hepatitis C. Allman says the interferon treatments he's taken for the ailment have been tough on him, but he "came out stronger" as a result. The first of the shows is set for August 12th and the concert series will run through October 11th.
ROCK: FOREIGNER: KEEPING IT REAL
WASHINGTON (AP) -- You know how some bands get tired of playing their hit songs, so they switch them up in concerts so much their fans barely recognize the tunes? Foreigner isn't one of those bands. Guitarist Mick Jones says his bandmates tend to dance with the ones that brought 'em, when it comes to their hits songs. He says fans "want to hear those songs as they sounded" -- so they try to do them as recorded, rather than churn out new live versions of their hits. As for their lesser-known songs, that's a different story. He says with songs that didn't become big radio hits, there is "a little more room" to mess around with the arrangements in concert. The group just released a new album: "No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner." It's a double-disc collection that also includes a new studio song, "Too Late."
Last Update: July 24, 2008 03:58 EDT
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