- According to the 2007
Guiness Book Of World Records, Madonna is the highest paid female singer in the planet, trumping both Britney Spears and the guy with the beard made out of bees. [
People]
- Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello was arrested and charged with unlawful assembly yesterday during a rally for immigrant hotel-workers' rights. In a statement to the press, he noted that "Unlawful Assembly" would have been a much better band name than "Audioslave." [
MTV]
- Flavor Flav's solo album,
Funny Turns To Sad Real Quick, will be released on Halloween. [
Billboard]
Ghostface's cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there's a new song of his, "Slept On Tony With Dirt," on the soundtrack. But while Ghost wound up on the cutting-room floor, the suits behind the movie thought that Tom Morrello was worthy of cameo time; his "olive skin and and Mediterranean-like features (he's actually of Kenyan/Irish descent) were evidently enough to get him cast as a member of the terrorist insurgents with Al-Qaeda like beard and all." Ooh, political! [The Playlist]
—Chris Cornell was tossed twenty feet into the air when his motorcycle was rear-ended by a truck, marking the single most exciting moment of Audioslave's career. [Page Six]
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