Country Music Legend George Jones Dead at 81

Billy Currington Indicted For Terroristic Threats and Abuse

(Radio.com) Country star Billy Currington has been indicted. News broke Wednesday (April 24) that the country singer is wanted by a Savannah, Georgia, grand jury after "making terroristic threats and abuse of an elder person," an official press release from the District Attorney's office states.

The indictment was filed in the Superior Court of Chatham County Wednesday for two separate counts. The court papers report that the incident took place on April 15th, when Currington "did threaten to cause unlawful bodily harm to Charles Harvey Ferrelle, a crime of violence, with the purpose of terrorizing."

The second count says Currington "did willfully inflict mental anguish upon Charles Harvey Ferrelle, an elder person who is more than 65 years of age who is not a resident of a long-term care facility." It continues to claim Currington threatened "to cause unlawful bodily harm."

An official press release from the District Attorney's Office further explained the indictment. "The case was presented to Grand Jury by Chief Assistant District Attorney Greg McConnell," the release states. "The Honorable Chatham County Superior Court Judge Penny Haas Freesemann has signed a bench warrant for Currington's arrest."

Radio.com spoke with Daniel Baxter, Public Information Officer at the Office of the District Attorney, about the incidents, which are currently under investigation. Read what Baxter had to say.

Police Find Drugs On Justin Bieber's Tour Bus

(Radio.com) Justin Bieber has had another controversial run-in with authority, this time for marijuana found on the pop star's tour bus.

According to both BBC News and Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Stockholm police raided Bieber's bus after an officer detected the smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Once inside, police discovered "a small amount of drugs and a stun gun," says Stockholm police department press officer Lars Bystrom.

The bus was parked outside Stockholm's Globen Arena, where Bieber was performing as part of the European leg of his current world tour.

However, it doesn't appear Bieber's tour will be going up in smoke. Bystrom said multiple people were on the bus at the time of the search and the department does not have a specific suspect so no one will be charged in the matter. Following the raid, Bieber and his entourage continued to Helsinki for his April 26th show.

This isn't the singer's first tango with controversy during his most recent tour.

Neil Diamond Donating Royalties To Boston Marathon Bombing Victims

(Gibson) Neil Diamond is donating royalties from the surging sales of his pop anthem, "Sweet Caroline," to the charity supporting victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

As reported by Billboard.com, the veteran singer re-tweeted news that "Sweet Caroline" had sold 19,000 copies since April 15, adding the words, "Donating these royalties to #OneFund!"

The playing of "Sweet Caroline" – the adopted anthem of the Boston Red Sox – has become integral to the healing process in the wake of the Boston tragedy.

Diamond delivered a rousing rendition of the song on April 20 at Fenway Park, during the Red Sox's first home game following the incident. The newly resurrected hit has since been played during sporting events throughout the U.S. The One Fund Boston charity has raised more than $23 million thus far. more on this story

Beyonce Previews New Song In Bikini Ad

(Radio.com) Beyonce may be worried about professional photographers taking unflattering photos of her while she's on stage, but her new commercial for H&M definitely shows off Mrs. Carter's bikini body — as well as a new song.

The Jonas Akerlund-directed clip for the brand's new summer line, H&M for Water, features Bey modeling a few colorful bikinis in the Bahamas. From a fringed black number to a tie-dyed flowy two-piece, Beyoncé makes simple beachwear look good.

Queen B also shows off a few of her patented dance moves in a few stylish beach-inspired cover-ups like a fitted racerback tank top dress and a bejeweled little black dress. Not a hair out of place, of course.

More importantly, the commercial also previews one of Beyonce's new songs, "Standing On The Sun." This is the second new song Beyoncé has premiered in a commercial. The first track, "Grown Woman," which will reportedly be on her follow-up to 2011′s 4, was featured in a recent Pepsi ad. Watch the ad

Michael Buble Suprises With Impromptu Subway Performance

(Radio.com) On any given day while riding the New York City subway, you're likely to stumble upon a few impromptu musical performance taking place, but it's not every day that commuters are treated to a performance from a Grammy winner.

Michael Buble surprised some very lucky commuters Thursday (April 25) morning when they stepped off the 1 train at Lincoln Center (W. 66th Street), only to be welcomed with an a cappella rendition of "Who's Lovin' You," off his new album To Be Loved.

Backed by the "vocal play" group Naturally 7, who sing "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" on Bublè's latest album and are gearing up to open for the singer on his upcoming U.S. tour, the Canadian crooner treated unsuspecting fans to a classy version of the Jackson 5 song. The passing 1 train even added a little ambiance to the perfectly-in-pitch number.

While many fans were left starstruck by this sighting, it was Bublè who seemed most excited about his underground performance. Check out video and read more here.

Mariah Carey Previews Beautiful Video

(popmusiclife) Mariah Carey has offered up a preview of her new single and video, "Beautiful," ft. Miguel. The song will be released May 6.

The :30 video tease includes images of both singers, along with the "#beautiful" hashtag and the text: "The new era begins," followed by "05.06.13″

The track is expected to be on Mariah's forthcoming new album, and follows her single from last fall, "Triumphant (Get 'Em)."

In February, Carey released the song, "Almost Home," as featured in the film, "Oz The Great and Powerful." Check out the preview here.

Amy Winehouse Documentary To Include Unseen Footage

(Radio.com) Amy Winehouse's life is coming to the big screen in a new documentary. Universal Music, the owner of Island Records, the label that released Winehouse's 2006 album Back To Black, and director Asif Kapadia are teaming up to tell the singer's tragic story through unseen archive footage, according to film site Deadline.

"Amy was a once-in-a-generation talent who captured everyone's attention; she wrote and sung from the heart, and everyone fell under her spell," Kapadia said in a statement. "But tragically, Amy seemed to fall apart under the relentless media attention, her troubled relationships, her global success and precarious lifestyle. As a society we celebrated her huge success, but then we were quick to judge her failings when it suited us."

Using footage of the singer, the doc will cover the Winehouse's life in her own words, tackling her influential music career along with the drug and alcohol problems that eventually led to her tragic demise in 2001 at the age of 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning.

"This is an incredibly modern, emotional and relevant film that has the power to capture the zeitgeist and shine a light on the world we live in in a way that very few films can," the film's producer, James Gay-Rees, said. more on this story

Justin Timberlake Discusses Marriage and Performs On Ellen

(popmusiclife) Justin Timberlake was the featured guest and musical performer Thursday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. The visit was scheduled to promote his latest album, "The 20/20 Experience."

Ellen asked Justin what his favorite thing is about being married to Jessica Biel. "Every once in a while," he began, "I can catch a glimpse of her when she doesn't see me looking and I have this moment, where I am like, 'If you never make a good decision, if you only make bad decisions for the rest of your life, you made one really good decision.' It's nice to marry your best friend. It suits me."

Timberlake performed his current hit single, "Mirrors," on the show; the song is currently No. 7 on Billboard Hot 100 chart. Check out video from the appearance here.

Selena Gomez Performs New Single On Letterman

(popmusiclife) Selena Gomez was the featured music guest on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday. The singer was on hand to perform her new single, "Come & Get It."

Written by Ester Dean and Stargate, who also produced the track, "Come & Get It" is the lead single from Gomez's next album, which is planned for release later this summer.

The song is currently climbing the Billboard 100; it sits at No. 22 after just 2 weeks on the chart. Watch video from her Letterman performance here.

Scotty McCreery Finishing Up New Album

(Radio.com) Scotty McCreery has come a long way since his American Idol win in 2011. Currently enrolled at North Carolina State University, the singer is also hard at work on his follow-up to his 2011 debut, Clear as Day.

In a recent interview with Billboard, McCreery revealed that he's finishing up his next album. "We're in the studio right now and we've got about 12 songs cut," he said.

McCreery splits his time between class Monday through Wednesday and then tours Thursday through Sunday. His new track "See You Tonight" is a song he's particularly excited about, due to his involvement in the songwriting process.

"I had a hand in writing it," he said. "That is one of those things I didn't have a chance to do on the first record because coming off Idol as the winner, you have a deadline for the first record. We were on the Idol tour as well so we were trying to squeeze it all in." more on this story

Snoop Lion Addresses 4/20 Party Bust Rumors

(Radio.com) Rumors have been circulating that Snoop Dogg (er, Lion) held a 4/20 party in Los Angeles that was shut down by the police before the rapper even arrived.

But during a recent interview with New York station 92.3 NOW, Snoop took the opportunity to clear the air about what really happened at the Snoop Lion 420 Festival, held at a private residence but open to the buying public — with VIP Exclusive tickets going for $10,000 each.

"The police tried to shut the party down," Snoop said. "Then once I got there, we had a conversation with the police and they allowed the party to continue, because it was a holiday. It was an national holiday: 4/20. We all had our license and everybody was legit and the police went on, by the way. We had a great time."

It seems the real problem the police had with the party was not any sort of abuse or use of illegal substances, but simply overcrowding. Snoop recounted a tale as old as time: the one where you can't get in because the place is already over capacity. more on this story

LL Cool J Narrates and Premieres New Music In Mayweather Movie

(Radio.com) Although LL Cool J already has a lot on his plate with his role on NCIS: Los Angeles and the promotion of his April 30th release, Authentic, he has taken on the role of narrator a new documentary to air April 27 on CBS, titled Mayweather. The doc is said to be a revealing one-hour look at the life of undefeated world boxing champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather.

In a press release, producer Ross Greenburg says Mayweather is, "an honest portrayal of the controversial and charismatic best pound-for-pound boxer in the world." The doc will also highlight Mayweather's latest opponent, Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero.

In addition to narrating the documentary, LL will premiere one of his new songs off Authentic, "We're The Greatest," in Mayweather. "We're The Greatest" features guitar work from legendary axe man Eddie Van Halen, who Cool J heralds as "one of the greatest guitar players that ever lived."

Speaking about the song, LL told Radio.com, "It's not necessarily about me and Eddie, per se. It's about people that kinda get tossed aside, forgotten about, kicked down, and then they make a comeback in life and they regain that ground that they had lost, and then some." More details and a preview.

Mindless Behavior's Princeton Discusses His Rock T-shirt Collection

(Radio.com) Fans of the boy band Mindless Behavior are used to seeing the guys attired in matching outfits, often all-black suits. But those who caught the group's documentary, All Around The World, discovered how the guys dressed on their off time. For one of them, Princeton, that meant getting up close and personal with his expansive collection of rock t-shirts.

Princeton comes from a much more rock-oriented background that the rest of his bandmates, citing John Lennon as one of his favorite artists.

In the film, he can be seen sporting shirts that feature the Pixies, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Nirvana and a plethora of other rock bands — a collection he told Radio.com is the result of years of curation.

"I grew up listening to every punk band you can think of so when I dress… I always love a really old beat-up old rock t-shirt," Princeton said. "It can be really big or super small, ripped up — it doesn't really matter. I rock it the way I rock it."

"I get them from thrift stores. I get a lot of my stuff from thrift stores or I just steal them from my aunt," he laughed. "I really steal clothes a lot."

"Or Hot Topic," Ray Ray said, as Princeton agreed. "That's one of my favorite stores." More including video.

Adding Up The American Influences In K-Pop

(Radio.com) Before PSY broke the unprecedented YouTube record of one billion views on the site with "Gangnam Style," a legion of dedicated global fans were already supporting him and his K-pop peers. South Korea has 50 million people, but the videos from the country's shiniest, glossiest pop stars, who sing mostly in Korean, were ranking millions of views past that on YouTube. It wasn't just Koreans watching K-pop music videos — an international network of fans were watching and listening (and subsequently re-watching and re-listening) to a genre they had no access to other than via the Internet, and largely, YouTube.

A major indicator of how the genre has been able to cross into other cultures — ones extremely different from the Korean heritage — comes in the music itself. K-pop is a combination of different genres popular Western music. Everything from electro-pop to R&B to piano ballads to hip-hop to soul music can be heard in K-pop hits. But a major specialty of K-pop is in its ability to blend these into hybrid, pop confections completely in their own league.

Sound intimidating? Get an introduction to K-pop with five popular songs broken down to make any music fan understand the different elements at work. These artists, producers and songwriters obviously don't jack the different sounds; there are just similarities that K-pop and Western fans can bond over in order to better understand each other's musical language, even when their actual languages differ. K-pop expert Jeff Benjamin does the math.

Elton John Picks Lady Gaga As His Children's Godmother

(Extra) "Extra" caught up with Sir Elton John and David Furnish a rare interview. The couple who were honored by The American Fertility Association telling "Extra's" Terri Seymour all about life with children Zachary and Elijah.

Elton explained if it was not for the association it would not be possible for them to have children. "Five years ago we never thought we'd have a family… This organization has enabled us to have two children who we absolutely adore, and are the best things that have ever happened to us!"

Elton stated the couple's two boys, Zachary, age two and Elijah, who was born in January, have changed their lives forever. When asked, "What's been the biggest change?" Elton replied, "I love getting up in the morning and having breakfast with Zachary. They're very portable, it's lovely to take them around the world…The biggest change for me, everything I thought I would find annoying about having children, like screaming and shouting, and tantrums…I don't find any of it annoying, I find it all enchanting." David added, "You learn so much about yourself and about life by seeing children."

Elton went on to say that Zachary loves being a big brother, "He loves his younger brother… Zachary's all boy, Elijah is very Zen." Elton revealed he knows all about typical kids stuff, "Listen, I can tell you all about Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank, because I sit down and watch it with him."

As far as who is the best diaper changer David wins, Elton is good with the bath. "I'm a good bath cleaner…A ritual I love is six-thirty 'tubby time.' I know every children's book back to front…Even in Las Vegas, he has his bath backstage, now we have to bathe two of them backstage." The couple tries to take the children wherever they travel, when they can't they Skype with them.

Both Elton and David consider themselves strict, agreeing the kids are going to have to earn their own money. David, "It's important they grow up with a sense of values. Things in life come from hard work and dedication." Elton who is the godfather of two of the Beckham's boys said that David and Victoria are great parents, "They are the best behaved kids, they have great sense of values, they are not spoiled."

Elton and David broke news about baby Elijah's godmother, revealing that Lady Gaga who is Zachary's godmother is Elijah's as well. Elton, "She's a great role model, she's young, she's been a great godmother to Zachary, she came to bath him in Las Vegas. She was already dressed to go to the show, and she was sitting there and she bathed him, and she was like dressed like Audrey Hepburn…and she fed him…We're all bonkers in this business, but we're human beings at the same time."

Terri asked whether the couple would have a baby girl. Elton: "If we wanted three we would love to have a girl, two is enough." Extra

Mario Lopez Goes On Set With Two And A Half Men

(Extra) "Extra's" Mario Lopez went on the set of "Two and a Half Men" with Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer, and executive producer Chuck Lorre .

Ashton Kutcher: Ashton on the second season, "This season's great because I actually know some people's names that I work with, cause, I was like walking into an already built family… Now I feel like I'm a decent step child. They let me sleep on the set." As far as being naked in his first episode Mario asked if he really went for it, "I slightly went for it."

Ashton like his character Walden is in to technology telling Mario what the next new thing in social media is, "There's a new social network called, "Next Door" and it's just for your neighbors, you define your neighborhood and connect with all your neighbors."

His next movie role playing Steve Jobs, "I'm really excited about it, I think we've found a home for it and were gonna be setting a release date soon…We actually showed the film to the original MAC team, they came up to me and were like, "Thanks for giving us two more hours with Steve," that was the greatest compliment I could ever get."

Ashton's interests off screen, "Fly fishing, snowboarding…I like wrestling, I'm really bummed it got knocked out of the Olympics and I think people should fight to have one of the original Olympic sports put back in."

Jon Cryer: Jon's biggest challenge after so many seasons, "The biggest challenge is letting go with my vanity… There was a time when I got into this industry because I felt like I was a good looking young man, those days are gone." Jon even telling Mario he hopes that never happens to him and having a little fun when Mario says he almost approaching 40, "It's offensive that you're almost forty, I don't even want to talk about this anymore." Mario saying, "Get outta here, you got no grays." Jon, "I got no grays, cuz there aint no hairs!"

Cryer also saying he has no plans to direct any more episodes, "It's really hard to do this show and walk around in my 'tighty whitie' underwear and direct…There using Alan more, it's such a work load that I can't think about it." more on this story

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