Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-old girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her grandmother told a British paper today. (more...)

A rep for the Interscope Records sensation denies the he splurged on a private jet. (more...)

It could have been another nasty riot situation -- but thanks to the LAPD, Lady Gagamade it to Jimmy Kimmel's studio in one piece ... and she expressed her gratitude in a handwritten note. (more...)

In response to Jay-Z and Kanye West's decision to offer exclusive sales programs to iTunes and Best Buy for their forthcoming "Watch the Throne" LP, a number of independent retailers have written an open letter to the duo protesting the plan, calling it a "short-sighted strategy." (more...)

Soulja Boy doesn't know the meaning of the word recession -- because sources has learned, the 21-year-old rapper is dropping $55 MILLION on a new private jet. (more...)

Three big artists are ready to get the party started at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Adele, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown have all been announced as performers at the show, airing live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles next month. (more...)

Ah, auto-tune, the popular vocal effect used by producers to correct a singer's pitch. It's impossible to turn on modern hip-hop radio these days without hearing it. Now T-Pain, the R&B singer and producer widely credited with popularizing auto-tune, is suing Antares Technologies, the company that first developed it. (more...)