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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)
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.
Usher "Here" with new stories
(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.
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.