Videotape Of Mel Gibson's Drunken Arrest Rant In The News Again

Mel's rep declined comment. more on this story

Bruno Mars Cocaine Possession Charge To Be Dismissed

(TMZ) Bruno Mars will have a spotless criminal record... because sources tell us the judge in his cocaine possession case will officially dismiss the charge.

You'll recall Mars was arrested in Las Vegas in September, 2010 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino after a bathroom attendant told security a man was doing coke in one of the stalls.

Mars pled guilty, but he was not convicted. The judge deferred the matter and gave Bruno a year to complete 200 hours of community service and attend drug education classes.

We've learned Mars has exceeded the number of required community service hours -- he's logged more than 230 hours, working for children's charities as well as some health-related charities. And he has completed his classes.

So today ... the judge will officially dismiss the cocaine charge. Bruno's lawyer, Blair Berk, will appear on his behalf, and just like magic the charge will go away. more on this story

Andy Dick Accused Of Roughing Up A Tourist

(TMZ) The LAPD is looking to have a chat with former "Celebrity Rehab" star Andy Dick ... after the comedian was accused of roughing up a tourist in Hollywood ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... a male tourist recently filed a battery report with police, claiming a seemingly intoxicated Dick went nuts on him when he tried to snap the actor's photo after spotting the guy walking around in the famous Hollywood and Highland area.

According to the report, the tourist claims Andy grabbed him by his collar and tried to wrestle the camera from his possession. The tourist claims he managed to fight Dick off ... and Andy quickly fled the scene.

We're told police believe the incident was captured on tape ... and cops are VERY interested in checking out the footage.

Calls to Dick's camp have not been returned. more on this story

Celtic Woman Name New Member

Celtic Woman have recruited West End musical stage star Susan McFadden to join them to take the place of founding member Lisa Kelly who is expecting her fourth child.

The news comes as Celtic Woman are currently preparing for the release of the brand new CD/DVD "Believe" and supporting 60-city North American tour.

"I have followed Celtic Woman's success over the years," says Susan, "and am delighted and honored to have been asked to be part of something so special. I can't wait to tour with 'Believe' and perform with Mairead, Lisa and Chloe." more on this story

Lady Antebellum Go Double Platinum

Lady Antebellum's No 1 hit single "Just A Kiss," has earned Double Platinum certification by the RIAA.

The award comes for selling more than two million downloads of the song while simultaneously earning Gold certification for their latest album "We Owned The Night" after tallying over 500,000 digital downloads.

"We're planning a big party to celebrate both of these songs going No. one at radio, and now we'll be able to toast this at the same time…and then we can do it again with our fans on the tour," said Charles Kelley. "A little downtime over the holidays has been great, but we're about to go crazy to get this tour back up and running next week….can't wait to see everyone in Tulsa!" more on this story

Monica and Brandy Reunite For New Song

Monica and Brandy have reunited in the studio to record their brand new single, "It All Belongs To Me," set for release on February 6th on RCA Records.

Written and produced by Rico Love (Usher, Beyonce), the song reunites these young vocalists for the first time since their massive smash single, "The Boy Is Mine."

Monica and Brandy both tweeted news of their collaboration from the studio in Miami kicking off an avalanche of excitement in the blogosphere. more on this story

Lindsay Lohan Sued By Man That Thinks He Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden

(TMZ) Lindsay Lohan got SERVED with a lawsuit on her way into court Tuesday morning ... by an apparently delusional man who believes he played a role in the killing of Osama bin Laden.

TMZ has obtained a copy of the suit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court ... which is essentially 12 pages of incomplete, incoherent jibberish.

From what we gather, the man who filed the claim, Thomas A. Green, alleges Lohan communicated with him via Facebook and led him to believe she would participate in a dot-com business he wanted to create.

It appears Green feels he was duped ... and when he pressed Lohan about her true intentions, he uncovered a conspiracy about the killing of Bin Laden.

In his suit, Green writes, "[Thomas] set out to command [Lohan] to twitter and stated if [Lohan] acknowledges this is an Osoma Bin Ladden op all civilians in past wrong doing will receive clemency."

Green also claims he is a former U.S. Marine -- who recently spent time in a homeless shelter due to a "depreciated stage of delusion and hallucinations."

Then, for no apparent reason, he writes, "[Lohan] might be a high end prostitute."

Green is suing Lohan for engaging in unfair business practices -- and he's demanding $300,000.

But as crazy as his lawsuit seems, Green hired a process server ... who served Lindsay at her progress hearing in L.A. this morning.

So, stay tuned ... more on this story

Alabama Shakes Announce Album and 7 Inch Release and Conan Debut

ATO Records have set an April 10th North American release date for Alabama Shakes' debut album Boys & Girls. Rough Trade will release it internationally on April 9.

Jack White's Third Man Records has also selected Alabama Shakes to kick off its series of live 45 releases. The two-song 7" from the band's fall 2011 session at Third Man in Nashville, is due out in late January.

Alabama Shakes will make its television debut on February 7 on "Conan." The band will appear on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on Tuesday, January 24, and its "World Cafe" session will air on NPR on January 26. more on this story

First Aid Kit Release New Album Early

Folk-poppers First Aid Kit have released their sophomore album, The Lion's Roar, a week early exclusively at iTunes (it will hit stores next week).

The iTunes album version includes bonus track "Wolf," which has become a staple in their recent live shows across the US and Europe.

First Aid Kit will return to North America for a headlining tour this spring, following a nearly six-week long tour of Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. The tour will begin on March 28th at Webster Hall in New York, NY, and will wrap up on April 22nd with their second weekend performance at the Coachella Music and Arts festival in Indio, CA. more on this story

3OH!3 Goes Gold

3OH!3's debut album, "WANT," has been officially certified Gold by the RIAA with U.S. sales of 500,000 copies.

"Thanks to everyone who has listened to our music, bought our records and come to our shows. We have so much fun doing what we do, and we hope to continue to do that for a good time, yet. Who knew getting dumped in 2008 could be such a goddamn kick-start!" exclaimed Nathaniel Motte, one half of the electro pop duo.

Sean Foreman echoed Nathaniel's sentiments stating, "I was happy when our album went Copper, but all the way to Gold! I am so thankful for the fans of our music and team that helps us get that music out. We are working on our new album and can't wait to play all these funky new jams for everyone. We have some of the hardest beats we've ever worked with (Thanks to Nat). We aren't afraid to get a little weird on this record. I'm super excited!" more on this story

Cobra Starship Middle Finger Video Premieres Tomorrow

Cobra Starship fans get ready to tune-in to MTV tomorrow, Atlantic Records sent over word that the group will be premiering their new video for Middle Finger featuring Mac Miller tomorrow January 19th as an all day premiere beginning 12am on MTV.com and a network premiere beginning at 6am on MTV, MTV Hits, and mtvU.

The single is now impacting at TOP 40 radio. Middle Finger featuring Mac Miller is the second single off Cobra Starship's latest album, Night Shades.

Cobra Starship's hit single, 'You Make Me Feel…(Feat. Sabi)' proved to be a TOP 5 smash at Pop radio nationwide and has just received double platinum certification from the RIAA.

The Roys, Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap Tape PBS Sepcial

(Sub) The Roys joined Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap and numerous other stars last week at the Loveless Barn outside of Nashville to tape a PBS Special celebrating the music of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The PBS Special, "Pa's Fiddle: America's Music," is the brain-child of Dr. Dale Cockrell, director of MTSU's Center for Popular Music and scholar of the songs embedded in the "Little House on the Prairie" books. He was joined by MTSU professors and students who worked behind the scenes to capture video for the documentary, titled "Inside Pa's Fiddle."

MTSU is playing a key role in keeping the old-time fiddle music alive for future generations. Some of the more popular songs were featured in a recorded PBS pledge-drive special that will begin a two-year broadcast run in June.

Check out great behind-the-scenes footage and hear the music of Charles "Pa" Ingalls here

Creep Release New Single Featuring Holly Miranda

(Girlie) Creep released their new digital single, "Animals" featuring Holly Miranda through iTunes and all digital retailers this week.

Creep are producers/ DJs Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard. Lauren Flax is an internationally renowned house DJ and producer. Their debut singles "Days" ft The xx's Romy Madley-Croft and "You" ft Nina Sky came out earlier this year.

Stay tuned for upcoming new releases from Creep including their debut full length, which will feature collaborations with Planningtorock, Andrew Wyatt & more. Check out the video for the new single here.

Portions of Heather Locklear 911 Call Recording Goes Public

(TMZ) TMZ has obtained the 911 call placed January 12 by Heather Locklear's sister ... the tape is heavily redacted because of patient confidentiality, but TMZ has learned the nature of the emergency.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Heather's sister told the dispatcher Heather was having intense stomach pains and was in severe distress. When paramedics arrived they performed some tests and quickly decided her condition was so serious Heather needed to be transported to a hospital and placed in ICU immediately.

TMZ broke the story ... paramedics examined Heather after her sister made the emergency call, and determined Heather needed to be hospitalized after she had taken a dangerous combination of prescription drugs and alcohol.

It's her second drug-related emergency in the last couple years -- Heather was hospitalized back in 2008 for what the 911 operator described as a "suicide attempt" ... after her doctor became concerned Heather may have OD'd on prescription pills. It turned out to be a false alarm. more on this story

Breton Release Free EP

(Shaker Maker) Breton have released a free five-song album, The Blanket Rule EP, which features four new songs that will not be included on their forthcoming album.

Their debut LP, Other People's Problems, will be released on April 3 by FatCat Records and the free EP can be downloaded here.

The four new tracks were culled from the same writing and recording sessions of the band's forthcoming debut LP. In characteristic form the songs were constructed from a variety of found sounds, field recordings and unconventional recording methods. Opening track "Ordnance Survey" for instance consists of a synth that was put through a speaker that the band intentionally broke and guitars that were recorded in the vault of the abandoned bank the fivesome lives and records in. more on this story

Mohombi Releases North American Debut Single

Universal Republic Records digitally released Mohombi's North American debut single, "In Your Head", this week.

Growing up in Africa, he narrowly escaped civil war, eventually landing in Sweden. Now, he's got collaborations with Nelly, Akon, and Nicole Scherzinger under his belt as well as a deal with uber producer RedOne's 2101 Records and over 100 million cumulative YouTube/VEVO views.

In addition, he's released multi-platinum selling singles in France, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Sweden as well as Top Ten hits in both Canada and Japan.

The new single's music video has already surpassed over 6 million YouTube/VEVO views, and it's on its way to becoming a bona fide global hit. Check it out here.

Condos in Drake's I'm on One Video Up For Grabs

(TMZ) Drake is trying to unload 2 massive luxury beach condos he owns in Miami, TMZ has learned -- and you might recognize them ... because they're featured in the rapper's music video for "I'm on One."

Drake put the properties up for sale last week -- located right nextdoor to each other in Miami's ritzy Marquis highrise -- listing one for $1.9 million and the other for $599,000. Drake combined the two into one MASSIVE condo, and lived in both simultaneously.

The larger one is a sprawling 3,800 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. The "smaller" one-bedroom condo is still gigantic ... at 1,675 square feet.

Drake purchased the properties together in January 2011 for a combined price of $1.903 million. So, if Drake gets his asking price ... he'll make $596,000 in profit (even though no one ever gets their asking price).

But still, it's pretty awesome -- considering all the other famous people who've been forced to sell their real estate at massive losses ... including Beyonce, Terrell Owens and Chris Tucker. more on this story

Bruce Jenner Has Skin Cancer Surgery

(TMZ) Those stitches on Bruce Jenner's face are the aftermath of a serious skin cancer removal surgery ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected with Jenner tell us ... Bruce went under the knife Friday. Bruce went to the doctor because he saw a small red mark on his face. His doctor removed a piece of it and after a biopsy it was determined to be skin cancer.

Bruce went to an outpatient facility and had a chunk of the surrounding area removed. Doctors told Bruce they caught it in time, but warned him not to go out in the sun -- especially when he plays golf -- without wearing a hat. more on this story

America's Next Top Model Contestant Sues Over Bus Crash

(TMZ) Former "America's Next Top Model" contestant Lexie Tomchek claims she was permanently injured after a bus collided with her car last year -- and now, she's suing the driver for derailing her modeling career.

Lexie filed the legal docs in L.A. County Superior Court -- claiming a guy named Narciso Ayala took an illegal right turn on March 28, 2011 ... and smashed into her car ... resulting in a "catastrophic accident which caused serious and permanent injuries."

Lexie's lawyer tells TMZ, the model's career has taken a crippling blow as a result -- and now, she's suing for lost wages ... plus hospital and medical expenses.

Lexie wants unspecified damages, exceeding $25,000. Calls to the driver and his employer were not returned. more on this story

Singled Out: Meital Dohan's Yummy Boyz

Today Showtime's Weeds and Woke Up Dead star Meital Dohan tells us about her hit single "Yummy Boyz," from her debut album "I'm In Hate With Love." Here is the story:

The story of Yummy Boyz has many layers. I like to look at all things in life as having different layers. We enjoy the superficial and also enjoy making fun of it a little, but if you look closer, there is a deeper meaning in everything and the same is true for my music. It's fair to say that for years and years men had been treating all the yummy women of the world like sex objects and this song is a way of turning the table, allowing men to be the sex objects of our desire on display in full array. The yummy boyz in this song are objectified for a change; it's a role reversal in full throttle.

To give you the full origin story of Yummy Boyz we have to re-visit the night the idea first spawned in my imagination. This night started out like any other night. My pet tiger was massaging me while I contemplated world peace and ways to end animal cruelty and terrorism and how tiring it can be to be a guru. I usually think about world peace while taking a long, relaxing bubble bath. I happened to be thinking absolutely nothing at all, until the bubble bath fell into my mouth.

I hadn't meant to swallow the bubble bath, but there it was in my mouth.
Bubbling. I didn't fight it. In fact, it didn't just taste good, it taste really yummy. I though to myself immediately, "my this is really yummy, this is really tasty!" and that was the inspiration for my song.
Of course it didn't end there. That was just the beginning in fact.

Then I started to think about all the yummy things in life. All the yummiest of yummy boyz. Of course Obama and Osama Bin Laden immediately came to mind.

The lyric "I thought I was your baby/ What am I supposed to do?" is really talking about love in a post-modern, capitalist world. Love is hurried - here today and gone tomorrow.
But in it's absence there's plenty of yummy boyz to distract you. "When am I supposed to do/I'm checking out the boys" was my inner turmoil coming to the surface and how I found solace in checking out all the boys.

In the chorus when I say "Tasty and yummy so so so hot/Enjoy them while you can," I am talking about that moment when you feel the most free inside. It's when you lose abandon and you stop thinking about numbers and logic and your laundry list for the day. Instead you are overcome with a sensation of total bliss and happiness with the acknowledgement that all the yummy boyz in the world are here to serve you.

Working on Yummy Boyz was a spiritual journey for me. It made me really really empowered, and I hope the song empowers millions everywhere like me, when they listen to the song and start dancing.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!