Carlos Santana plans to donate net proceeds from his band's summer tour to the fight against the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The tour has 23 shows. Judging by ticket prices and venue sizes, the commitment by the Grammy-winning artist could generate several million dollars for the Amandla Fund of Artists for a New South Africa.
American Idol winner Ruben Studdard will be returning home to Birmingham, Ala., this weekend for the first time since winning the series prize to record a video for his upcoming single, "Flying Without Wings."
Jim Carrey is lined up to remake the 1977 heist comedy Fun With Dick and Jane, according to the daily trade paper Variety. Director Barry Sonnenfeld, the guy behind the Men in Black movies, is reportedly set to direct it. The original starred George Segal and Jane Fonda as an upper middle-class couple who turn to crime to make ends meet.
"I've got his mojo right now."
Rapper 50 Cent
on mentor Eminem
School's out, but The Osbournes are back in session. Ten new episodes of the MTV reality series will air this summer, starting at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. The shows will follow Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack Osbourne, and their various pets and friends, at their Los Angeles home and on the road.
Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington was admitted to a hospital with what the group's label described as an attack of severe back and stomach pains. Bennington, 27, went to a Los Angeles-area hospital May 30, Warner Bros. Records said this week. "Doctors are still trying to determine the cause of the ailments," band manager Robert McDermott said. The band's touring and video shoots planned in Europe are on hold.
A first edition of J.K. Rowling's debut Harry Potter novel, priced at just a few dollars only six years ago, sold for more than $16,000 at a London auction this week. The copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold to an anonymous bidder.
Polk sheriff: Adults abused 2 babies so severely both children died