Garth and Trisha's Country Connection (E! Online)
E! Online - Garth Brooks has got a good thing going--his engagement to fellow country star Trisha Yearwood.
Sax Man Burrell Gets Swingin' Farewell (AP)
AP - What with Paul Asbell's tasty guitar solos, the rendition of "Please Send Me Someone to Love" was good enough to get a standing ovation that began before the last note finished. But something was missing. There was no saxophone. Big Joe Burrell's horns rested nearby, like a fallen soldier's riderless horse.
Punk rocker Talent leads Canadian video noms (Reuters)
Reuters - Canadian punk rockers Billy Talent led the 16th annual MuchMusic Video Awards, with nine nominations announced Thursday.
System "Mesmerizes" Charts (E! Online)
E! Online - The angry American couldn't compete with the angry Armenians.
Carey Has 16th No. 1 Hit With Ballad (AP)
AP - Mariah Carey is celebrating her Sweet Sixteenth. The diva notched her 16th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart this week with the ballad "We Belong Together," off the album "The Emancipation of Mimi," which has sold more than 2 million copies after less than two months on the charts.
BoDeans Awarded $200,000 From Ex-Manager (AP)
AP - A jury has awarded the BoDeans rock 'n roll group more than $200,000 from a former manager.
Lindsay Lohan Pokes Fun At Her Party-Girl Image On 'Saturday Night Live' (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Lindsay Lohan allowed the writers on Saturday Night Live to poke fun at her during a sketch featuring SNL regular Amy Poehler as the "The Ghost Of Lindsay Future." It all began during Lindsay'sng monologue, with the slimmed-down teen saying, "If you read the tabloids, they say I'm too skinny, I'm at clubs every night, I'm dating everyone from Bruce Willis to Jake Gyllenhaal." Just then, Poehler, echoing the classic Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol, "flew in" dressed as a somewhat worse-for-wear future Lindsay. Hanging from the ceiling on a harness, the floating ghost gave the teen entertainer a glimpse into the future, showing h er what would happen if she didn't stop her partying ways.
