Entertainment News:
No Doubt set to reform for live shows (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - No Doubt have announced plans for a comeback tour next year.
Weezer raids its vaults for "Odds and Ends" (Reuters)
Reuters - On the heels of the release of the second volume of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's home recordings, the alternative rock group is now taking a look back into its own vaults.
Akon ushers in "new phase" with "Freedom" (Reuters)

Singer Akon arrives at the 2008 American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 23, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - Holding a red velvet cupcake with white frosting and colored sprinkles, Akon stands atop an extended conference room table at Universal Records' New York headquarters. He's ecstatic.


Madonna tour grosses $91.5 million (Reuters)

Madonna performs during her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City November 29, 2008. (Henry Romero/Reuters)Reuters - The 28 dates on Madonna's just-concluded North American jaunt grossed about $91.5 million and moved about 550,000 tickets, according to tour producer Arthur Fogel, chairman of global music for Live Nation.


Take That 'write a song about Amy Winehouse' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Take That have written a new song, :How Did It Come To This," which fans are speculating is about the plight of Amy Winehouse.
Manic Street Preachers' Richey Edwards officially dead (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Manic Street Preachers' Richey Edwards has officially been declared "presumed dead."
U2 scrap Rick Rubin tracks on new album (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - U2 have shelved a host of tracks recorded with Rick Rubin on their forthcoming 12th studio album.
Costello's `Spectacle' a different look at music (AP)

In this image released by the Sundance Channel, Elvis Costello, host of the Sundance Channel original series, 'Spectacles' is shown.  The program premieres on Dec. 3 at 9:00 p.m. EDT. (AP Photo/Sundance Channel)AP - During an interview with Elton John for the debut of his new Sundance Channel show "Spectacle," Elvis Costello didn't ask about stage costumes, boyfriends or "Island Girl." Instead, the conversation turned to Laura Nyro, Leon Russell and David Ackles.


Second Spears comeback almost as good as the first (AP)

In this image released by Jive Records, the latest CD for Britney Spears, 'Circus,' is shown. (AP Photo/Jive Records)AP - Britney Spears, "Circus" (Jive)


Axl Rose Accuses Dr Pepper of Malpractice (E! Online)

Axl Rose Accuses Dr Pepper of Malpractice(E! Online)E! Online - All is fair in Chinese Democracy, except when the citizens are denied the opportunity to drink what the Dr ordered.