Idolator

- Jewel's efforts to rebrand herself as a country singer keep going as she signs on to host the next season of Nashville Star. Try all you want, honey, but we'll never get "Intuition" out of our head when we're in Rite Aid's razorblade aisle. [Zap2It]
- Linkin Park are denying their nu-metal roots, being "reinvented" by Rick Rubin. But did someone teach lead whine-o Chester Bennington to, you know, sing? [MTV]
- The bassist of Blur is going to try his hand at making cheese. The food, that is, not a candidate for the British Christmas No. 1. [NME]