AP - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
AP - DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.
AP - LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Amy Winehouse showed up late for her first concert since leaving rehab, giving an underwhelming performance in front of 90,000 people Friday at a Lisbon music festival.
Reuters - Look out, Barney. There's a new dinosaur on the family touring scene.
Reuters - The secret's out: MySpace Music Secret Shows are a hit. Social networking pioneer MySpace has created its most successful music program with the intimate Secret Shows series, whose 150th installment will feature Gnarls Barkley on June 8 at Irving Plaza in New York.
Reuters - It's the first time songs performed on "American Idol" have been made available for immediate download on iTunes -- and the audience's ability to make an instant-gratification purchase has paid off handsomely for winner David Cook.
E! Online - Even with her eyes closed, Miley Cyrus is staring into her future.
E! Online - Kurt Cobain boots bad; Converse-inspired ones rad.
E! Online - R. Kelly's child-pornography trial just took a detour into a First Amendment case.
AP - Italian composer Giorgio Battistelli says he believes operatic treatment of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" will help people see the world's environmental predicament from a fresh point of view.
AP - The drummer for the rock group Hanson is now a first-time father.
AP - The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
AP - After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella, the tens of thousands who couldn't be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied — even Radiohead.
Reuters - Country singer Julianne Hough, whose debut album opened at No. 3 on the U.S. pop chart this week, took the scenic route to Nashville.
E! Online - Recovery is going to be the only thing on Toni Braxton's to-do list for a while.
