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With Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift atop the list, look no further than the CMT Music Awards nominations for proof country music's new favorite color is blonde.

"American Idol" Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks is getting his own short-term show on the Las Vegas Strip.

Levon Helm, a key member of the seminal rock group The Band who lent his distinctively Southern voice to classics like "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," has died at age 71.

The rocker and noted gun enthusiast is stirring up attention after comments he made about President Obama and his administration at a National Rifle Association conference in St. Louis over the weekend.

Rapper Tupac Shakur, who was shot to death 16 years ago at the age of 25, was resurrected on stage Sunday for an eerie posthumous performance with former creative collaborator and hip-hop icon, Snoop Dogg.

On their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Guns N' Roses got together for one more gig. Axl Rose missed it. The hedonistic hard rockers, who became the world's top music act amid endless dysfunction, members of Guns N' Roses reunited for three songs on Saturday night before 6,000 fans, many of whom were thrilled to see at least most of the band's original lineup jam on classic hits like "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Paradise City."

Almost nine months after calling it quits, E!

There'll be no Guns N' Roses reunion at this weekend's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. Axl Rose says he won't attend and is declining his induction into the hall.

Every spring, a non Broadway star is brought in with a new production or revival to goose ticket sales. Last year it was Daniel Radcliffe in “How to Succeed in Business.” Last night, it was Ricky Martin, the pop star sensation of 1998, starring as Che Guevara in “Evita.” Ricky is selling tickets, and on stage he makes a fine Che. He’s not quite as passionate as you might like, and his voice is pop, not Broadway. He’s not belting anything out. He’s also a very clean cut idea of Che, lacking a beard or long hair. (He’s sort of the Nickelodeon Che.)

What is it about bats and heavy-metal musicians? Ozzy Osbourne famously interacted with a bat in another way back in 1982, but now a member of heavy metal band Torche is wishing he never came in contact with one of the winged creatures.