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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Ryan Adams (singer-guitarist) is 33
Ike Turner (singer-songwriter) is 76
Chris Robinson (actor, General Hospital) is 69
Elke Sommer (actress) is 67
Art Garfunkel (singer) is 66
Sam Shepard (actor-playwright) is 64
Peter Noone (singer, Herman's Hermits) is 60
Nestor Serrano (actor, 24) is 52
Robert Patrick (actor, The X-Files) is 49
Bryan Adams (singer) is 48
Tilda Swinton (actress, The Chronicles of Narnia) is 47
Tatum O'Neal (actress) is 44
Andrea McArdle (actress-singer, Annie) is 44
Angelo Moore (singer, Fishbone) is 42
Mark Hunter (keyboardist, James) is 39
Jennifer and Heather Kinley (country singers, The Kinleys) are 37
Jonny Greenwood (guitarist-keyboardist, Radiohead) is 36
Corin Nemec (actor, Parker Lewis Can't Lose) is 36

ON NOVEMBER 5th...
In 1960...Country singer Johnny Horton died in a car crash, having just come from a show at the Skyline in Austin, Texas. His biggest hit was the 1959 number one "The Battle of New Orleans." Interestingly, Horton was married to Billy Jean Jones, the widow of Hank Williams. Williams also played his last-ever concert at the Skyline.
In 1965...Decca Records released The Who's single, "My Generation."
In 1970...Brian Wilson joined The Beach Boys for a rare live performance at Los Angeles' Whiskey-a-Go-Go club. The volume level damaged his right ear and he tottered several times during the concert before he was helped backstage.
In 1970...Led Zeppelin released "Immigrant Song" as a single in the United States.
In 1973...The Who performed in Newcastle, England to support their Quadrophenia album. During the performance, a backing tape turned out to be 15 seconds behind Keith Moon's vigorous drumming. In his frustration, Pete Townshend stormed off stage and didn't come back until 30 minutes later.
In 1977...Singer Ozzy Osbourne left Black Sabbath. He was replaced for the remaining live dates by Savoy Brown's Dave Walker.
In 1989...Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler, who scored a number one hit with "The Ballad of the Green Berets," died in Tennessee, just four days after his 49th birthday.
In 1999...Singer Gary Cherone left Van Halen.
In 2000...Jimmie Davis, who allegedly wrote the song "You Are My Sunshine" and became governor of Louisiana, died. He was 101.
In 2002...Justin Timberlake released his first solo album, titled Justified.
In 2003...OutKast returned to the top of the album charts with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.
In 2003...Johnny Cash enjoyed a posthumous triumph at the Country Music Awards. The late "Man in Black" won Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year for "Hurt."
In 2003...Bobby Hatfield of The Righteous Brothers was found dead in his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The vocalist, who with Bill Medley sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Unchained Melody," was 63.
In 2003...Disco stars Sister Sledge visited London's Houses of Parliament to campaign against rising gun crime in the U-K.

MOVIE MINUTE: MARTIAN CHILD
In the new movie Martian Child, John Cusack plays a widower who adopts a six-year-old boy who thinks he is from Mars. That boy is played by Bobby Coleman and Cusack spoke about working with the young actor. "Bobby's an amazing kid. He's really amazing. He's eerily professional and accomplished so he came in and had his own point of view. He had it all mapped out in some strange way. Never was in a bad mood, never got tired, we thought he was amazing." Amanda Peet also stars in the film. She previously worked alongside Cusack in the 2003 thriller Identity and explained why it was easier to work with someone she knows. "It's just nerves, so when you're working with someone new it's a little awkward but obviously we love each other. Or I love him anyway. I don't want to be presumptuous."Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt and Richard Schiff also appear in Martian Child. It's orbiting theaters now.

Britney Spears is being sued for 15-thousand dollars by a former manager who says she didn't keep up on her payments to him of commissions on her royalties for her first four albums. This includes her seven-million dollar advance in 2002 - movies, tours, books and more. According to MTV News, Johnny Wright, who was her manager through February 2003, filed a breach-of-contract suit in Orange County, Florida, claiming Spears didn't provide proper accounting of all her gross receipts. He is seeking compensatory damages, consequential damages, pre- and post-judgment interest and attorney's fees.

Court papers were released Thursday in Britney Spears' custody dispute with Kevin Federline and they show that she spends lavishly on clothes and entertainment, and doesn't save or invest any of her roughly 737-thousand dollar monthly income. The Associated Press reports that the financial declaration shows that Spears' monthly expenses include over 49-thousand dollars in mortgages for two houses, 16-thousand dollars for clothes and 102-thousand dollars on entertainment, gifts and vacation. Although she's often photographed eating fast food, Spears declares she spends over four-thousand dollars per month dining out. Meanwhile, she doesn't spend anything on education, savings or investments and gives 500 dollars a month in charitable contributions. She has to pay her ex-husband 15-thousand dollars per month in child support and 20-thousand dollars in spousal support, which will end November 15th. As for Federline, his biggest monthly expenses include 75-hundred dollars in rent and six-thousand dollars in security. The dancer-turned-rapper has a comparably modest monthly budget for clothes - just-two thousand dollars. He also spends about five-thousand dollars on entertainment, gifts and vacation, and 15-hundred dollars eating out. Federline earned more than a half-million dollars in 2006, mainly from entertainment and endorsement deals, but after business expenses only grossed over seven-thousand dollars that year. At press time, calls to attorneys representing Spears and Federline were not immediately returned.

Justin Timberlake was the most nominated artist at last week's MTV Europe Music Awards, but JT walked home empty-handed. He was outdone by Avril Lavigne, who took home two. Linkin Park snagged Band of 2007, Nelly Furtado got Album of the Year, and 30 Seconds to Mars took home the Rock Out award. French dance act Justice beat out Kanye West for the second year in a row for their catchy single "D.A.N.C.E."

Amy Winehouse stumbled through her performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday shortly after giving a very brief acceptance speech when she won the Artists' Choice honor. According to MTV News, the singer - who was announced as a last-minute addition to the show when she canceled her planned performance at the mtvU Woodie Awards last week, gave a brief "thanks" when she accepted the award. She later appeared to have difficulty remembering the words to her own song and danced unsteadily as she performed, "Back to Black." And while this year's MTV Video Music Awards belonged to Justin Timberlake and Rihanna, JT wasn't able to replicate his success abroad at the EMAs. While he was the most nominated artist, he left with no awards and maybe even more stunningly, he was outdone by Avril Lavigne, who nabbed Most Addictive Track for "Girlfriend" and Solo Artist of 2007. Other winners included Nelly Furtado for Album of the Year, Linkin Park for Band of 2007 and 30 Seconds to Mars took home the Rock Out award.

What do Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Prince, Genesis, Kenny Chesney, Maná and the Police have in common? Well, in case you're not on the concert-revenue tip, they've been drawing fleets of fans to their shows, making them finalists for the 2007 Billboard Touring Awards. According to MTV News, JT and the Police are among the nominees for Top Tour and Top Draw, while Timberlake has also been noticed in the Breakthrough Artist category. Aguilera has a nod in the Top Package category for her tour with Pussycat Dolls and Danity Kane, and she's up for Breakthrough Artist as well. Prince's stretch of 21 shows at London's O2 Arena earned him a spot in the Top Boxscore category, along with Bonnaroo and the U-K's Download Festival. The awards are based on the artists' box-office performance from January 1st through September 30th, as reported by Billboard's Boxscore chart. They will be presented in New York on November 15th, as part of the 2007 Billboard Touring Conference.

Rihanna's latest album Good Girl Gone Bad was just released this year. And though it's only been out for a few months, when we recently caught up with her, she filled us in on what's in store for her next record. "We don't have plans for a new album yet. I have thoughts about what I wanna do where I wanna go next sound wise and image wise. But we haven't started recording yet. We're going to start that very soon."Rihanna is headed overseas this month to tour with Ciara.

According to Contact Music,Beyonce Knowles has enlisted the help of dance duo The Freemasons to help her create a pop album similar to Rihanna's. The British music producers say Knowles is desperate to trade her heavy R&B sound in favor of a more dancefloor-friendly pop production. Freemasons star James Wiltshire said, "The album is going to be huge. It will rival anything the likes of Britney and Rihanna have done recently. Beyonce and her team can see where mistakes were made on the last album. It was very American, very R&B and stripped back. They want to go for a more international sound this time. She wants to hit as many audiences as possible."

Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" just fell to number three on the charts after a seven week reign. But young Soulja Boy should still be proud of himself because as he told us, he pretty much created his entire album himself. "I produced my whole album, every track except two. I got Mr. Colipark, my mentor. He came in the studio with me sat down with me and helped me on a couple of tracks. He wanted to give me full creativity and control over my whole album so that's what he did."

Elliott Yamin is proud of everything about his debut self-titled album. He told us why he is so happy with how his disc came out. "The way we've gone about this whole thing has been so unconventional in a great way. You know, going the independent route, hiring our own marketing team. And I'm just really blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by such great people on my team."Elliott Yamin will be playing in Hagerstown, Maryland tonight.

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Lindsay Lohan is asking that her December court appearance not be televised. Lilo and her lawyers are to appear in court on the 3rd of that month because of a lawsuit filed against her in a 2005 car accident. Her lawyers are also requesting that deposition testimony and written responses from other witnesses be made unavailable to the public. The judge said he will make a decision about the request on November 28th.

T-Pain turned himself in to the Tallahassee Police Department Friday morning because of outstanding warrants for a non-moving traffic violation and driving while having a suspended license. Tallahassee's WCTV reports thatthe rapper, whose real name is Faheem Najm, was released hours later on his own recognizance.

Lance Bass' publicist is denying that the *NSYNC star was ever married, despite what E! Online reports Bass said in a recent interview. According to the Associated Press,he had said, "People do stupid things in the heat of the moment," referring to a trip to Vegas he supposedly made with an ex-girlfriend. He said, "I've been in Vegas where I've gotten married for, like, five minutes... it was one of those crazy moments where you're with a friend and you're like, 'Hey, wouldn't it be fun if we did this?' And that's all that happened. It's the Vegas thing to do... the only reason we did it is because we wanted to get free drinks all night. And we didn't get one. We're like, 'We just got married!' They're like, 'Ah. Whatever.'" But Bass' publicist Ken Sunshine subsequently told the AP that, "He never really got married. That's why there's no record of it. By saying he was married in Vegas, it was a way to get free drinks." A clerk at the Clark County marriage license bureau said no license under Bass' name could be found in a search of records dating back more than 30 years. Bass has been making the rounds to promote his new memoir, Out of Sync - which reveals why he kept his homosexuality hidden for as long as he did.

TV Guide is reporting that Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo is hot and heavy with One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush. A friend of Bush was quoted in the magazine saying, "She can't believe it is happening so fast!"Romo has been linked with Carrie Underwood, but Carrie has said there never was a romance and the two have always been friends, driven by her life-long passion for Cowboys football.

Vanessa Hudgens isn't all smiles these days - the High School Musical star is battling with one of her managers over money she allegedly owes him. According to TMZ.com, Brian Schall claims Hudgens owes him 150-thousand dollars after he helped her earn more than five- million dollars by advancing the starlet's funds for her recording and songwriting career. According to the site, Hudgens argues that she was too young to sign her contract - when she did so in October 2005, she was 16 years old - and she subsequently disaffirmed it on October 9th of this year. Papers filed in court by her lawyer say California's Family Code "provides that the contract of a minor is voidable and may be disaffirmed before age 18 or within a reasonable time afterward."

Aaron Carter has extricated himself from a contract he signed with Lou Pearlman. According to TMZ.com, the singer's attorney filed suit against the disgraced boy-band mogul in May 2006, requesting that Carter be released from the contract, which he signed as a minor. A bankruptcy judge ruled in Carter's favor and ordered that the contract with Pearlman and his label, the bankrupt TransContinental Records, is no longer in effect. Carter is also seeking an accounting of royalties.

Vibe.com reports Jay-Z will take over Sirius Satellite Radio and host his own show all of this week. The show, called Jay-Z Nation, will air on Sirius' Hip-Hop Nation channel and feature music from his latest album American Gangster, with introductions from the rapper, a live concert playback of his upcoming Chicago House of Blues performance and a Top 20 Hip Hop Countdown. American Gangster is out tomorrow.

Finger Eleven wrapped up their Strength in Numbers tour at the end of October, but the last show may not have taken place at all if it was for Heart. Apparently, the band had no lights or sound for their last gig in Winnipeg, Canada, but Heart was playing later in the week and lent the Eleven their gear. Guitarist James Black blogged about the band's saviors, "I've always been in love with Heart. Sexy, sexy rock goddesses. Now I love them even more."

RollingStone.com reports that Alanis Morissette is working on her first album since 2004's So-Called Chaos. The new effort is titled Flavors of Entanglement, and it's somewhat personal. The Canadian native said, "Writing about my own personal relationships is my favorite thing to do 'cause it's the only thing I can really comment on with any kind of conviction or authority... I guess I could have fictionalized this whole record, but that wouldn't have been fun for me." Tracks that will make the album include "Underneath" and "Not As We," but don't expect Alanis' cover of "My Humps" to make the disc. That doesn't mean, though, that Morissette is done singing others' tunes, "There's a few songs that have been cracking me up lately that I might have to dabble in." Alanis hopes to be finished with the album in the next couple weeks.

Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden has dismissed rumors of tension between him and girlfriend Nicole Richie, while the pregnant socialite has also denied a report that she has been smoking. According to People, Madden said, "Having a baby is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me, and to us." Good Charlotte recently toured Australia, after which he and Richie spent "a great little getaway" in Thailand. He said, "Now we're just getting home, getting settled in L.A. and getting ready." Their baby is reportedly due in January.

Music can come in many forms: acoustic, rap, classical, synthesized and, of course, hand fart. In fact one man, Gerry Phillips, has revolutionized the genre and his rendition of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" is a hit on YouTube. On the site, Phillips described his talent saying, "People ask me why I play music on my hands. The answer is, because I can! When I was nine-years-old, I went to a party. The photographer (to keep us quiet) farted with his hands. I could do it right away." Phillips added, "I don't expect everyone to like what I do, but if you think about it, there is no new music. Everything has been done in one way or another. But I am new and different. Singing, humming, whistling and playing an instrument are not the only ways of making music." And as for the reaction to his unique sounds, Gerry revealed, "The only people who have ever truly appreciated what I do are musicians. They tell me in terms I don't understand what I have just done. I just play the song! I think what they think is cool is that I don't have to pack up and drag equipment!"

Missouri's Elvis is Alive Museum might not be alive much longer. 81-year-old Bill Beeny, who owns the site, is shutting the doors, but he has placed all the artifacts up for auction on eBay with the hope that another person will buy them all and start their own museum. The Associated Press reports that Beeny has run the museum for 17 years to spread the word that maybe The King isn't dead. The exhibition includes photos, books, FBI files and replicas of Elvis' casket, gravestone and Cadillac. Visitors are given reasons to believe Presley didn't really die in 1977, like the fact that he was or is in the Witness Protection Program after helping out federal law enforcement authorities. Beeny, who penned the book Elvis' DNA Proves He's Alive, plans to help his community and serve the needy.

Perhaps it was because she was a "Black Magic Woman," but Carlos Santana and his wife of 34 years are divorcing. The Associated Press reports that Deborah Santana filed for divorce on October 19th citing irreconcilable differences. In her 2005 memoir Space Between the Stars, Deborah revealed her guitarist husband had been unfaithful. While Carlos' publicist says the case is "a private matter and there is no comment," Carlos did respond to his wife's memoir a couple years ago, stating that he has changed his "Evil Ways," "I sincerely apologized to her and to my kids when I wasn't in my right mind and did something hurtful. It has helped me become more humble and to try harder to be the man she wants me to be."The couple has three children together, ages 17, 22 and 23, and they also are business partners, together creating the Milagro Foundation, a non-profit group that supports underprivileged children.

The New York Post reports Eminem, who has twice married and divorced Kim Mathers, has now fallen for a hot blond Detroit hairdresser turned music studio manager. A source told the paper that Em's new lady bears a striking resemblance to his ex. The woman in question, Marni Bright, works at FBT Studios in Ferndale, Michigan, where Eminem often records. Bright is rumored to have dumped her boyfriend of four years for the rapper. According to the Post,Eminem's rep, Dennis Dennehy, confirmed the duo know each other but said, "They are not romantically involved."

Ringo Starr fans, mark off January 15th on you calendars because on that day, Starr plans to release his first solo album since 2005's Choose Love. It's called Liverpool 8, which is also the name of the first single off the disc. The track will debut as a digital single on December 4th and Ringo explained the significance of the title, revealing it "refers to the section of Liverpool where I used to live."The Eurythmics' Dave Stewart helped Starr out on the effort with guitars, production and writing. The former Beatle feels that this album is very personal and helps to spread his messages of peace and love. To celebrate the release, Starr will play a hometown performance on January 12th to kick off Liverpool's 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations.