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Fans wishing to attend singer Michael Jackson's memorial service next week at Staples Center in Los Angeles will have to register for the 11,000 free tickets, organizers said Thursday....
 

Fans wishing to attend singer Michael Jackson's memorial service next week at Staples Center in Los Angeles will have to register for the 11,000 free tickets, organizers said Thursday....
 

Michael Jackson appeared healthy in a video clip of his rehearsal two nights before he died. AEG, promoter of Jackson's planned London shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing on a stage in the Staples Center on June 23....
 

Michael Jackson appeared healthy in a video clip of his rehearsal two nights before he died. AEG, promoter of Jackson's planned London shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing on a stage in the Staples Center on June 23....
 

E! OnlineIt's a done deal: Neal Patrick Harris hosting EmmysEntertainment WeeklyNeil Patrick Harris' Emmy hosting gig has moved from the talking stage to the definitely doing stage. Multiple sources are now confirming that the legen...dary How I Met Your Mother cad has formally signed on to emcee the 61st annual ceremony, ...Neil Patrick Harris in talks to host 2009 Emmy Awards: reportNew York Daily NewsNeil Patrick Harris in Talks to Host EmmysBuddyTVNeil Patrick Harris To Host 2009 EmmysAccess HollywoodE! Online -Los Angeles Times -BlackBook Magazineall 46 news articles »...
 

Poll: 2 in 3 Americans say news organizations gave Michael Jackson's death too much coverage...
 

Michael Jackson's memorial service will take place Tuesday in the Staples Center, the 20,000-seat Los Angeles coliseum where the singer rehearsed the night before he died, according to a person briefed by a family representative....
 

A federal judge has ruled that Yoko Ono is the copyright holder of rare footage of John Lennon and his family in London c.1970. The judge refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought by World Wide Video LLC in March of 2008 that alleged Ono had interfered with a planned film they were making by blocking the use of the film. The original footage was shot by Anthony Cox, Ono’s husband at the time and contained over 10-hours of film of Lennon and his family at their English estate. World Wide Video was going to use it in their film...
 

Explosions in the Sky Dirty Three Shellac Tortoise Melvins Mudhoney The For Carnation Papa M Deerhoof F**k Buttons The Drones Sleepy Sun Bardo Pond Read and comment. From hangout.altsounds.com....
 

USA TODAY is teaming up with instrumental rockers STS9, who are Twittering about their Rothbury Festival experience (July 2-5 ......
 

Aerosmith's next album might be "on the bench, in pieces," waiting for the group to resume recording after it finishes touring in mid-September, but guitarist Joe Perry's next solo album is just about ready to go....
 

AP - The celebration of black music and culture at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will provide comfort to artists and fans alike after a tough week following Michael Jackson's death....
 

Prehistoric toons outdrew space-age robots in the first round of a five-day holiday duel at the North American boxoffice on Wednesday....
 

Today on the Morning Media Menu, we talked about the day's biggest media headlines, including a judicial ruling about a J.D. Salinger sequel, the future of Governor Mark Sanford's book, and CNN's preparations for possible lawsuits over Michael Jackson coverage. Our special guest was debut author Hyatt Bass (pictured, via Sarah Shatz), who talked about her new novel, "The Embers." The show was hosted by GalleyCat editor Jason Boog and AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven. You can listen to all the past podcasts at Blog Talk Radio and call in at 646-929-0321. Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via...
 

Dudes see comedies in the summer too!...
 

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is to release an EP of George Harrison covers he recorded in the days following the Beatles legend's death in 2001....
 

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is to release an EP of George Harrison covers he recorded in the days following the Beatles legend's death in 2001....
 

International Top Story: Company may ask U.K. firms to take stake -- Online video service Hulu plans to bow in the U.K. in September and is close to reaching content deals with local broadcasters....
 

The New York Blade, one of NYC's only major gay papers, is shutting down. Its entire staff has been let go. But there's still some far-fetched, theoretical hope. "Everyone was let go, but the people on The Blade know that they may come back if The Blade is coming back," said the executive, Matthew Bank, of HX Media, which was formed in 2005 by the merger of The Blade and HX Magazine... "It doesn't have an issue scheduled until a week from Friday." Mr. Bank said. "There are a lot of things that can happen between now and then." Right,...
 

It's a rock'n'roll obsessive's wet dream: Foo Fighters frontman / ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, and Queens of the Stone Age bandleader Josh Homme are working on a new album -- together! News about the recording sessions was broken by Spinnerette frontwoman (and Homme's wife) Brody Dalle: "I’m not at liberty to talk about it," Dalle told Antiquiet, "but I think [the project] is pretty fucking amazing. Just beats and sounds like you’ve never heard before.” More on SPIN.com: >> Review: Foo Fighters, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace >> Foo Fighters Plan Next Album >>...
 

Take your seats, class: It's time to get schooled in pop culture by the staff of Entertainment Weekly! This week, we continue looking at the role of music in seminal coming-of-age films. Check out yesterday's class, featuring Saturday Night Fever......
 

The bard of Barking performs his new protest song in our Glastonbury camper van...
 

We asked you to send us your Glasto pics via Flickr and boy did you send them. Here are just some of the many brilliant images we received...
 

BBC NewsChicago is the epicenter of another film creditChicago TribuneDepp stars as legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies". (Universal Pictures) Sure, Johnny Depp looks dashing as John Dillinger. Christian Bale makes a mighty fine lawman. ...Review: 'Public Enemies'Christian Science MonitorHollywood's Most Beloved 'Public Enemies'MTV.comBale Praises His Public Enemies Director (and Guns)ReelzChannel.comFOX11AZ.com -Milford Daily News -Connect Savannah.comall 1,605 news articles »...
 

Filed under: The Hit List The summer of 2000 belonged to ' Thong Song ' and ' Who Let the Dogs Out .' The dog days of 1997 would have been unrecognizable without ' MMMBop .' But the truly timeless songs of summer are the ones written about the season itself. These all-time summer hits are hotter than black vinyl car seats in Arizona and more fun than running through the sprinkler. 10. ' In the Summertime ,' Mungo [...]Blog: Spinner.comArtists: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Eddie Cochran, Hitlist, The Lovin' Spoonful, Martha & the Vandellas, Mungo Jerry,...
 

Cinema Blend has posted four new clips from Bruno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles (who also directed Borat). Here are a couple of samples to whet your appetite: Next Showing: Bruno comes out in theaters July 10, 2009Link | Posted 7/2/2009 by Rich ZSacha Baron Cohen | Larry Charles | Bruno | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan...
 

--Elias Arts, a company devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has contributed music to a 2009 'Webby Award' winning campaign entitled 'The Girl Effect.' The announcement was made today by Ann Haugen, Executive Producer/GM, Elias Arts....
 

Who is Esser and why are so many people saying he's released the song of the summer? The 23 year-old London based electro-popper is turning some heads with this infectious little dance song called "Headlock" from his album Braveface. He may look like he stole his hairdo from the 80's, but his songs are very 21st century.Headlock - EsserVia Spinner...
 

It's only fitting that a concert series based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- hipsterdom's Plymouth Rock -- has assembled a lineup stocked with indie faves galore. Sentimental pop wizards Grizzly Bear, laptop mash-up maestro Girl Talk, Bjork-collaborating up-and-comers Dirty Projectors, and rowdy Texan noisesmiths/SPIN office assaulters ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead are among the headliners for the fourth annual summer of Pool Parties, a string of free Sunday concerts in Brooklyn's East River State Park. The Parties begin July 12 with seminal punk rockers Mission of Burma headlining. Confrontational Canadians Fucked Up, Baltimore-based shriek rockers Ponytail,...
 

AP - When the Essence Music Festival kicks off in New Orleans on Friday, singer Lionel Richie says the celebration of black music and culture will provide some comfort following Michael Jackson's death....
 

Macworld'Harry Potter' Cast Reveal The Secrets Of QuidditchMTV.com'You're literally sitting on a broom and it gets a little bit sore down under a bit,' actor Rupert Grint says. By Eric Ditzian Quaffles, Bludgers, Golden Snitchs, Beaters, Seekers, Chasers ... to some this is utter gibberish, but to "Harry Potter" fans ...Video-game review: New Harry Potter game does little to improve on ...Kansas City StarMovie review: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'Daily Press'Harry Potter' countdown: Rupert Grint on the pain of love and ...Los Angeles TimesChicago Sun-Times -TeamXbox -StarNewsOnline.comall 474 news articles »...
 

Grizzly Bear are set to play a show at the London Barbican on October 31 alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, NME.COM can announce....
 

Tickets for Pixes' residency in London go on sale tomorrow (Friday 3 July), at 9am....
 

The Hold Steady will headline this year's End Of The Road festival....
 

Kotaku.com has published a list of the top ten most-played Wii games in North America as of July 1st 2009. The results make interesting reading. Kotaku's info is compiled from freely available Nintendo Channel data tracking the playing habits of some two...
 

LOS ANGELES, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The BET Network crowned M.I.A. the Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at their annual awards show held Sunday at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Recognizing the biggest icons in the music industry, the event also recognized...
 

Want to make your summer really sizzle? Make sure you've got the right gear first. Wired highlights the best tech for fishing, golfing, beach reading and uh, whittling. Why? Because warm weather comes but once a year....
 

NewsdayOscar winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor acclaimed for film roles in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" before gaining TV fame as a leading man in "The Streets of San Francisco ...Check out the best of Karl Malden on DVDUSA TodayKarl Malden: 1912 - 2009Washington PostKarl Malden, Star of The Streets of San Francisco, Dies at 97Edmunds.com/Inside LineNewsHour -Newsday -San Jose Mercury Newsall 1,121 news articles »...
 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar winner Karl Malden, the character actor acclaimed for film roles in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" before gaining TV fame as a leading man in "The Streets of San Francisco," died on Wednesday at age 97....
 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, best known for roles in films like "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront" and the TV series "The Streets of San Francisco," died on Wednesday at age 97, his agent said....
 

On their 1986 debut album, 'License to Ill,' the Beastie Boys boasted "If I played guitar I'd be Jimmy Page" and sampled riffs from Led Zeppelin's catalog. 23 years and seven albums later, the grey-haired rappers are shifting their sights from a guitar hero to a more mellow but equally iconic legend -- Bob Dylan. The Beasties included some of Dylan's music on the song 'Finger Lickin' Good,' but a new sample they plan to use comes from props Dylan gave the trio on his XM Satellite show, 'Theme Time Radio Hour.' In fact, that is the sample. Ad Rock...
 

Warner Bros. Pictures has provided us with the first trailer for Steven Soderbergh's upcoming corporate comedy The Informant! , starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre, a rising star at an agri-industry giant who became the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history. In an attempt to expose a price-fixing conspiracy at his company to the FBI, Whitacre wore a wire and a hidden tape recorder, imagining himself as some kind of secret agent. The Informant! is scheduled to open on October 9 after debuting at the Toronto Film Festival....
 

The much-anticipated and as-yet-untitled Smurfs movie will hit theaters on Dec. 17, 2010 in 3D, EW has confirmed. Details on the plot and casting of the live-action/animated film are still under wraps, but I think we all know Columbia and......
 

Creative Loafing: For the last nine months, Benjamin Jay Womack has been soldiering through terminal lung cancer that has spread to his brain, liver and God knows where else — at the age of 34. It’s been two weeks since B Jay went into hospice, but he’s since returned home. When he’s not in bed watching movies, he gets around in a wheelchair. Because of his frail physical condition, he won’t play anymore shows, but a benefit concert will be held at 529 on July 4 to cover his funeral expenses… One year ago, the man best known by...
 

Andrew Bird has announced an extensive tour of North America, kicking off July 7 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles....
 

Q-Tip has unveiled details of his brand new album, set to be released on September 15 via Battery Records....
 

Bands including Black Lips, Deerhunter and Carbonas are backing a campaign to raise money for the funeral of Atlanta music scene lynchpin Bobby Ubangi....
 

Quincy Jones has vowed to buy back Vibe magazine, after its closure was announced yesterday (June 30)....
 

Seth Rogen has reached the level of celebrity that affords him his choice of projects -- and according to a new interview with HitFix, one of them could end up being a road comedy with Barbra Streisand....
 

The Maccabees' Felix White says that his band could be collaborating with Roots Manuva after this year's Glastonbury....