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Q&A: Actor Szmanda tunes in new role at radio station (Reuters)
Reuters - When Clear Channel wanted to launch a format-free Internet radio station called erockster, executive VP/head of online music and radio Evan Harrison turned to his old friend Eric Szmanda for ideas. Best known for playing Greg Sanders on the hit series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," Szmanda at first seems like an unlikely choice for leading such a major initiative at the world's largest radio broadcaster.
Signs point to imminent Simpson-Wentz wedding (AP)

In this Sept. 8, 2007 file photo, Ashlee Simpson and her boyfriend Pete Wentz, of the band Fall Out Boy, arrive together at the Rolling Stone 40th anniversary party in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.


Idols Hit the Road (E! Online)

Idols Hit the Road(E! Online)E! Online - Millions will vote for the latest American Idol. Only nine will spend the summer with him.


Usher "Here" with new stories (Reuters)

Singer Usher appears on the BET Awards nominations during BET's '106  and  Park' show in New York May 15, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Outside the windows of a 36th-floor conference-room suite at New York's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the morning is gray and befit for April showers. Always the trendsetter, R&B star Usher has plucked from his wardrobe a navy blue military-style button-up adorned with gold clasps to complete his jeans-and-sneaker ensemble.


"Holler Back" boys graduate from honky-tonks (Reuters)
Reuters - The Lost Trailers, a band whose moniker is more than a catchy name, are finally reaping the rewards of years on the road, hard work and an innate sense of what their music should sound like.
Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids (E! Online)

Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids(E! Online)E! Online - If you've got some Benjamins riding on a David, be warned: Only one of them is Cooking. At least according to the bookies.


T.I. Welcomes, Demotes Second Son (E! Online)

T.I. Welcomes, Demotes Second Son(E! Online)E! Online - T.I. may want to start saving up for some therapy sessions right about now.


Slipknot promises "controlled chaos" on next album (Reuters)
Reuters - Nearly four years have passed since the release of Slipknot's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)." But members of the masked metal act have little doubt that its as-yet-untitled fourth studio effort will appease its loyal fans, known as the Maggots.
Judge denies media motion in R. Kelly trial (AP)

Singer R. Kelly, left, arrives with bodyguards for the second day of jury selection in his child pornography trial at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Monday, May 12, 2008. Kelly faces charges he videotaped himself having sex with an underage girl. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - A judge has denied a motion from news organizations seeking immediate access to sealed court records and transcripts in the R. Kelly child pornography trial.


Montgomery Gentry gets "Back" in focus on new album (Reuters)
Reuters - On their 2006 country top 10 single "Some People Change," Montgomery Gentry sang, "Don't give up hope, some people change." That advice could apply to the way the veteran duo is approaching its career these days.