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With his 10 nominations, Eminem has the potential to sweep Sunday night's Grammy Awards — as well as win that elusive album of the year trophy, a category for which he's had three nominations but never a win.

The Guitar Hero franchise is finished. Or at least, it’s retiring, without much hope of a reunion tour. Activision Blizzard just released their latest investor report, and nestled in the fine print — underneath excessive fist-pumping for the monstrously successful World of Warcraft and Call of Duty franchises — you find the epitaph for one of the most influential series in videogame history: “Due to continued declines in the music genre, the company will disband Activision Publishing’s Guitar Hero business unit and discontinue development on its Guitar Hero game for 2011.”

On second thought, maybe Usher should have been the headliner for the Super Bowl halftime show....

The Recording Academy is finally getting some satisfaction, with Mick Jagger's first appearance on the Grammy stage.

Singer Jimmy Buffett fell off a stage at the end of a concert in Sydney and was rushed to the hospital.

Lady Gaga, Eminem, Katy Perry are set to perform at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards....

Taylor Swift has smashed a host of records in her short career, but next week the 21-year-old, newly single star will notch another one that probably won't land in her bio.

It was on the first day of her job as the co-host of Bravo's upcoming new reality show "Going Platinum" that Jewel received the happy news.

Gleeks, I've got such amazing scoop that I almost piddled in my pants when I heard it so I can't imagine how you're gonna react:

Whether it's the Beatles or Beethoven, people like music for the same reason they like eating or having sex: It makes the brain release a chemical that gives pleasure, a new study says.