On Monday, August 18, 2008, the Jonas Brothers unveiled their wax figures for the first time at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington, DC. On the heels of the release of the group’s hotly anticipated new album, “A Little Bit Longer,” the Jonas Brothers posed side-by-side with their wax figures.
In order to create the incredibly [...]

It’s 30 Seconds to Mars. And about half that to file a lawsuit.
Jared Leto and his bandmate brother, Shannon, were sued Friday by Virgin Records America for failing to come through on a five-album deal the eyelinered duo and the now-defunct indie label, Immortal Records, inked with the plaintiff nine years ago.
While Leto used a [...]

Avril Lavigne is getting under the skin of Malaysian censors.
A hard-line Islamic opposition party in the Southeast Asian country is calling on the government to scuttle an upcoming concert featuring the “Sk8er Boi” singer, calling her stage act way “too sexy” for local tastes.
Officials with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party’s youth wing contend Lavigne’s Aug. 29 [...]

The June leak of nine allegedly “mastered, finished” tracks from Guns N’ Roses’ long-delayed “Chinese Democracy” spurred a renewed round of speculation about whether the Axl Rose-led band will finally release the 14-years-in-the-making album.
But some concrete signs are finally emerging that the album’s release could be imminent. That’s because, according to sources, negotiations are under [...]

Nicole Richie is behind a new online gift registry that will provide baby products to moms in need.
Richie will launch the Website this fall through her Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation, the charity she and boyfriend Joel Madden started last winter when she was pregnant with daughter Harlow.
“Nicole saw that even a clean blanket was out of [...]

Quiet time is a rarity for the Jonas Brothers these days.
Following a special performance for more than 500 screaming tween and teen girls at Apple’s downtown Manhattan store on Tuesday night, the brothers — Kevin, 20, Joe, 18, and Nick, 15 — huddled in a stairwell, trying to find a quiet space to conduct an [...]

Blink-182 and Morrissey producer Jerry Finn has been taken off life support after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage last month. According to a post on the Prosoundweb forum reprinted on Morrissey-Solo.com, Finn’s family made the decision on Saturday.
“Even though he did make snail-like improvement these past 31 days, he is not any better for words [...]

Former Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus sued a father-and-son business Monday, alleging they pocketed his investment in a venture to install automated checkout machines at McDonald’s restaurants.
The lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court says Ed and Jeff Mitchell lined their pockets “to the tune of over $1.5 million.” It alleges their company — Missicom LLC of [...]

Rolling Stone magazine unveiled plans on Monday for a major design overhaul, scaling down its signature large-format pages to a standard magazine size in a bid to bolster advertising and sagging newsstand sales.
The U.S. pop culture magazine will end the oversized look that for more than 30 years has distinguished it from rival publications starting [...]

Bernie Mac, the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian who worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago’s South Side, died Saturday at age 50.
“Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital,” his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement [...]