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Supergroup!

Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup made up of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, will release their self-titled CD on November 17th

Less Fans = Less $$$

Creed has been playing to half-full venues and is grossing nearly 60 percent less money per night than on its 2002 tour

Robbing the Cradle

Famed biographer Andrew Morton claims Angelina Jolie slept with her mother's boyfriend when she was just 16. A source tells NOW, "Marcheline had a live-in boyfriend whom she was very much in love with, but Ange slept with him when she was 16 and barely out of school. Marcheline broke up with her boyfriend when she found out the truth, but it caused a rift between mother and daughter that took several years to repair. She has hardly anyone left in life who likes or trusts her. It seems like if her mom could forgive her for that, maybe Angie should forgive her dad, especially if she's running low on friends and family!"

X for Violence

Saw VI is only showing in eight adult theatres in Spain because the country's film institute gave it an X rating last week. This is the first time the Spanish ratings commission has awarded an X rating because of violence.

Real School of Witchcraft

The country's first official witch school, Witch School International, is thriving near Rossville, Illinois. School CEO Donald Lewis says his school teaches students how to become a Wiccan, how to perform aromatherapy treatments and zombie history. 190,000 students have taken courses through the school's online Website. Deb Robling, co-owner of a beauty salon that sits near Witch School International, says, "We don't want them to go in there and get potions to put hexes on their friends."

Taco No-No

ESPN has suspended Bob Griese for slamming Juan Pablo Montoya. During a college football broadcast on Saturday, Griese said the reason Montoya hasn't been in the top 5 is because he has been out eating tacos

National Pastime

A new CBS study reveals that President Obama is playing more golf than President Bush. It took Barack 9 months to play 24 rounds while Bush didn't hit his 24th round until the 10th month of his second year.

All For A Laugh

The producers of SNL are trying to get Kanye West to make a cameo when Taylor Swift hosts the show.

Party Like A Rockstar

Alice In Chains star Jerry Cantrell is teaming up with Scott Ian from Anthrax to open a new rock bar in Vegas. Ian says Dead Man's Hand will debut in November. "We want this to be a place that we would want to hang out in. There's a huge segment of the music audience that likes to go out but doesn't want to go to places that only play Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga and charge $750 for a bottle of vodka. We want to be the opposite of that." he adds that he and Jerry will be apart of the house band. "We're putting together the Dead Man's Band, which will be Jerry and I and probably some other sub-partners who are also in well-known bands. Obviously, we won't play once a week or anything because of our schedules, but when we're all around we'll get up and jam out a bunch of covers."

Down the Aisle

Nine Inch Nails star Trent Reznor got married this past weekend to Playboy Playmate Mariqueen Maandig.

Kings of Covers

During some of their recent shows, Nickelback has been covering Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody"

Mocking ME

Creed continues to be mocked by its peers. The Offspring's Dexter Holland occasionally sports a T-shirt that reads, "Even Jesus Hates Creed." When told about the shirt Scott Stapp said, "Jesus probably did hate Creed for a couple years there."

Celebrity Apprentice 3

Celebrity Apprentice 3 will feature Rod Blagojevich, Curtis Stone, Bill Goldberg, Summer Sanders, Sinbad, Carol Leifer, Sharon Osbourne, Darryl Strawberry and Bret Michaels. Cyndi Lauper and Maria Kanellis

No Lifeguard On Duty

Pamela Anderson says she has no plans to star in the Baywatch movie. "Never! I'm not going do it (a Baywatch movie). I liked the TV show. I don't like it when they (producers) ruin it by making a movie out of it."

Not Funny?

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights has asked Target to stop carrying an "Illegal Alien" Halloween costume. They say the outfit, which features an alien mask along with an orange jumpsuit and the words 'Illegal Alien' is offensive to immigrants. Target is in the process of removing the costume from their Website and stores.

Ghostbusters!!!

London's Thorpe Park theme park has called in a ghostbuster because six staff members held a ouija board seance that sparked a series of spooky events. SAW: The Ride was shut down after visitors complained of freezing temperatures and workers reported lights and special effects starting up on their own. Rev Lionel Fanthorpe is currently examining the ride and says, “If deemed necessary, I will carry out an exorcism.”

Jam Band

Pearl Jam played an intimate club show over the weekend in Austin. Many of the 270 fans in attednance were Iraq war veterans, who were invited by the band. Pearl Jam taped the show for a future TV special

Rehab... New to Me!

Ozzy Osbourne says he never heard of rehab before Sharon suggested he try it. “When Sharon told me about Betty Ford, I'd never heard of rehab before that. I thought it was going to be like a bar with guys in smoking jackets, bowties, and one leg crossed over the other... I thought it was like a school of alcoholic drinking, you know?”

Sobering Experience

Breaking Benjamin's Benjamin Burnley says writing "Dear Agony" was one of the toughest things he has ever had to do because it was the first CD he had ever written sober. “This is the first album I’ve done sober. When you drink you can kind of make yourself creative, you can inspire yourself. You get so messed up from an outside influence that you go outside of your own head. When you are sober, moments like that do happen, you just sort of have to wait for them to happen, and take advantage of them the best you can. It’s hard though because you can’t use any outside influences to alter your state of mind.”

Saving Grace

Scott Stapp says his son and the media helped save his life in 2006. "When my son came home from school and a couple kids said to him, 'My dad said you drank too much on TV.' He said: 'Daddy, did you? I never saw you that way.' First, I got angry, but then I had to say, 'I can't do things like this.' I've had custody of him [Jagger is 10] since he was 6 months old. He never would have known about [the drinking] unless the media kept tabs. I'm glad they did."

A New Stain

Staind's Aaron Lewis was recently spotted in Vegas getting a new tattoo. He inked an American flag on the inside of his left arm, along with the phrase, “Don’t Tread On Me” across his throat.

St. Louis "Rushes"?

Rush Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts are planning to buy the St Louis Rams. The team is currently on a 14 game losing streak and has lost 31 of its last 36 games.

Smells Like Success

Simon Cowell is launching his own line of aftershave. He has received a $375,000 advance for his scent.

Ozzy has issues

Ozzy says anti-depressants have ruined his love life. He also claims Viagra doesn't work fast enough. Ozzy admitted: "By the time it kicked in, Sharon was fast asleep. I end up pumping away on top of Sharon like a road drill all night, with nothing happening."

Happy Birthday... Nevermind!

Simon Cowell's agent, Jonathan Shalit, attended his 50th birthday party on Saturday where he gifted him with the famous Nirvana 'Nevermind' CD cover. It had been digitally altered to feature Cowell’s image. Shalit says, "It’s fair to say Simon likes to look at himself,’ said Shalit. ‘So I’ve put him on the cover of one of the most famous albums of all time."

Queen of Rock Band

A Queen Rock Band video game is in the works. The songs you will soon be able to play along to are:

Another One Bites the Dust

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

One Vision

Fat Bottomed Girls

I Want It All

I Want to Break Free

Killer Queen

Somebody to Love

Tie Your Mother

Down Under Pressure

Metallica's No #1 Fan!

85-year-old cancer survivor Margaret Priebe met Metallica during their Tampa show on Saturday. James Hetfield dedicated "Nothing Else Matters" to her and called her "The number one METALLICA fan!" The band signed her copy of "Death Magnetic" and gave her a roadie T-shirt.

Fat Is Beautiful

Jessica Simpson's father, Joe, says he and she recently sat in a fat hut in Uganda. "In Uganda, we sat in a fattening hut because, in Uganda fat is beautiful. So the bigger you are, the more beautiful you are. Jessica was with a girl who had been in a hut preparing for her wedding for two months and 25 days on a 5,000 calorie-a-day diet."

No Beer For You!

The Munich Beer Festival has banned Michael Jackson's father, Joe, because they believe he should be grieving instead of drinking. Fesitval boss Sepp Kraetz says, “I don’t think you can happily party just after your son has been buried.”

Happy Birthday!

Simon Cowell celebrated his 50th birthday party this weekend with a $1.5 million bash. He flew 3 Frank Sinatra impersonators to London to perform. Guests dined on prawn and lobster martini, shepherd’s pie, fish fingers and chips, apple pie and rice pudding. A chicken soup with alphabet spaghetti, that spelled the word ‘Simon, was also served. Kevin Spacey, David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Gordon Ramsay and his wife Tana, Olivia Newton-John and Terri Seymour all attended. Meanwhile, Simon’s brother Nicholas, presented him with a $50,000 white gold watch made by Dent.