If seeing BRANDY in her Fox sitcom Moesha doesn't give you a big enough small-screen dose of the teen R&B diva, you're in luck: She will be releasing her first home video collection, called The Videos, on Nov. 9.| The tape will include the clips for hit songs like "Baby," "I Wanna Be Down," "Have You Ever?" and "Sittin' Up in my Room"...

While JIMMY PAGE and ROBERT PLANT iron out their differences, Atlantic Records is preparing to release the first-ever Led Zeppelin greatest hits compilation, Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume 1, on Nov. 23. Industry sources say that a second volume is set for release sometime next year. The compilation will feature tracks from the seminal hard rock band's first four albums, all selected by Led Zep guitarist Jimmy Page. In addition, recently discovered footage from a 1969 Swedish TV show will be included in the enhanced CD showing a young Zeppelin lip-synching to "Communication Breakdown." According to Hugh Jones of Zep fanzine Proximity Magazine, it's the earliest known video of the group . . .

A spokesperson for MICHAEL JACKSON says that several home videos of the entertainer and his children were recently stolen from the singer's digs in France. The tapes were shot at Jackson's Neverland Ranch during Christmas and a trip to EuroDisney last July. Lest anyone think that the vids were just misplaced, the singer received an anonymous call shortly after the theft demanding $100,000 for their safe return. Images from the tapes recently turned up in Los Angeles, prompting Jackson's legal team to issue a stern warning to any would-be publishers that they will be sued to the fullest extent of the law ...

While police in Los Angeles continue to search for SANDRA ROSAS, the missing wife of LOS LOBOS singer CESAR ROSAS, the band has announced the cancellation of their upcoming string of live dates from Nov. 3 (Athens, Ga.) through Nov. 9 (Miami). At a press conference today, the Rosas family asked for the public's assistance in locating Sandra. According to Lt. Marilyn Baker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, kidnapping charges have not yet been filed against jailed suspect Gabriel Gomez, Mrs. Rosas' half brother, but he is being held for parole violation pending further investigation. She said a motive in the suspected kidnapping is not yet known . . .

RICKY MARTIN is helping raise the profile of quepasa.com, the premier online community for U.S. Hispanics, by donating a pair of tickets to his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 29...

Despite reports of two OASIS shows in early December -- one in Philadelphia on Dec. 3, the other in Chicago on Dec. 4 -- a spokesperson for the band at their U.K. label, Creation Records, says that neither show is confirmed. The band is expected to play a few U.S. gigs around that time, but no exact details have been settled. The same applies to the rumor that the band is about to recruit DAVID POTTS (formerly of MONACO) to replace departed bassist PAUL McGUIGAN. The band's spokesperson says that Potts' name is among a list of contenders and that, while they have been impressed by his previous work, they haven't even met him in person yet and so his membership in the band is far from guaranteed. Evidently, the band will have to make some quick advances toward finding a suitable bassist if it is to play any of those December shows. Hey, Gallaghers, we hear D'ARCY needs a gig...

MARILYN MANSON and UB40 are the latest additions to Elektra's DOORS tribute album, to be released next spring. Manson will record "Five to One," while UB40 will do "Light My Fire." Already aboard the project are BUSH, SMASH MOUTH, CREED, CHRISSIE HYNDE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, BO DIDDLEY, THE CULT, DAYS OF THE NEW, and the surviving members of the Doors: JOHN DENSMORE, RAY MANZAREK and ROBBIE KRIEGER . . .

MISSY ELLIOTT will guest on JAY-Z's upcoming Vol. III...The Life and Times of S. Carter, the sequel to his quadruple-platinum, Grammy-winning Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life. TIMBALAND is producing the album, and it's due to hit stores Dec. 28 ...

Early next year JONI MITCHELL will release an album of standards recorded in London with a full orchestra. The tentatively titled Both Sides Now, the disc features Mitchell singing songs made famous by such artists as FRANK SINATRA, ELLA FITZGERALD and BILLIE HOLIDAY, but she does sneak in a couple of her own: "Both Sides Now" and "A Case of You" ...

Are you ready for some KID ROCK? None other than football fanatic HANK WILLIAMS, JR. will appear in Detroit's new favorite son's upcoming video, "Naked Women and Beer." In more football-related news, Kid Rock will contribute "F*** That" to the upcoming soundtrack to OLIVER STONE's gridiron movie Any Given Sunday ...

KAREN BLISS, BILL CRANDALL, JENNY ELISCU, RICHARD SKANSE, JAAN UHELSZKI
(October 27, 1999)