Feb 22, 2006 5:14 PM

From Carey to Crow

Grammy-winning diva MARIAH CAREY has launched her own jewelry and accessory line called Glamorized. Exclusively sold at Claire's boutique outlets, the accessories -- all bearing the logo "Glamorized by Mariah Carey" -- include low-priced earrings, necklaces, purses, make-up bags and rings.

Pink, Avril, Eve Help Fight AIDS

Recording artists PINK, AVRIL LAVIGNE, EVE, BOW WOW, ex-JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist DAVE NAVARRO and DESTINY CHILD'S KELLY ROWLAND join actresses BRITTANY MURPHY, CHARLIZE THERON, ROSARIO DAWSON and EVA MENDES in ads for "empowerment tag" for the ALDO Fights AIDS campaign. The tags, worn as necklaces or bracelets, go on sale at ALDO stores March 1st and benefit the YouthAIDS initiative.

Prince Brings the "Ultimate"

PRINCE's double-disc hits collection, Ultimate Prince, strikes stores March 14th. The set, which features the pop icon's recordings between 1978 and 1993, includes hits like "Kiss," "1999" and "Purple Rain," in addition to remixes and B-sides. In more Prince news, "Te Amo Corazon," "Black Sweat" and "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" -- tracks off Prince's latest album, 3121, due March 21st -- are currently available through iTunes. Fans who purchase both "Black Sweat" and "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" off iTunes will automatically be entered in a contest that will award four winners a private show by Prince at his home.

Urban, Kidman to Wed

Country star KEITH URBAN and Oscar-winning actress NICOLE KIDMAN, both 38, plan to wed in early March in their native Australia, according to US Weekly. The couple has been dating since mid-2005. This will be Urban's first marriage and the second for Kidman. The Hollywood star (Cold Mountain, The Hours) was previously married to TOM CRUISE, with whom she has two adopted children.

eDonkey Shut Down, Owner Jailed

On Wednesday, Belgian and Swiss police attempted to shut down eDonkey, a worldwide file-swapping network with an estimated three million users. Authorities seized the site's Razorback2 servers from a center outside Brussels and arrested the site's operator at his home in Switzerland. eDonkey worked much like Napster in its earliest form, facilitating illegal file transfers for an estimated 1.3 million users around the world at any given time. The Razorback2 raid, backed by the Motion Picture Association of America, may have successfully shut down the site's biggest peer-to-peer servers -- but this may only lead users to migrate to other existing networks.

Kid Rock Files Sex-Tape Suit

KID ROCK was granted a temporary restraining order by a Detroit district court judge on Tuesday against Red Light District, the California company planning to distribute a sex tape the rap-rocker and ex-CREED singer SCOTT STAPP shot with four women after a 1999 concert at Miami's Orange Bowl. The order restrains Red Light District, which also distributed PARIS HILTON's infamous sex tape, from selling the video or using Kid Rock's likeness in its promotions. Lawyers for Rock, 35, contend the tape violates their client's trademark and privacy rights. A hearing has been set for Friday.

Brits Return, Depart, Delay

The CHARLATANS UK's Simpatico, the Brit-pop rockers' first American release in five years, hits stores on May 2nd . . . On the heels of their January debut, For Screening Purposes Only, TEST ICICLES have cancelled their entire upcoming U.S. tour. A statement from the U.K. punk rockers cited exhaustion "from the constant pressures of touring." The band will play five scheduled U.K. dates in April, but have no plans to tour or record beyond that . . . British newcomers GRAND NATIONAL have pushed back the release of their debut, Kick the National Habit, to March 14th.

Indie Bands Score Major Tours

The day after they release Dying to Say This to You on March 21st, the SOUNDS will embark on a forty-date North American trek with MORNINGWOOD and ACTION ACTION, kicking off in Los Angeles . . . Detroit garage-rockers SOLEDAD BROTHERS are teaming with the HEARTLESS BASTARDS for a twenty-three-date club tour beginning March 15th in Toledo, Ohio . . . Brit rockers the CRIBS will open for FRANZ FERDINAND and DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE when the two bands co-headline a tour this spring.

Crow Back on Tour (Not Bike)

SHERYL CROW, who split from champion cyclist LANCE ARMSTRONG earlier this month, has added another leg to her Wildflower Tour. Beginning with a February 28th stop in Austin, the twenty-three-date spring trek will hit theaters and arenas across North America through March 31st in Bloomington, Illinois. In other Crow news, the singer will be honored on VH1's live concert series, Decades Rock Live!, April 7th at Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal. The show features guest performers VINCE GILL, RYAN ADAMS and ROBERT RANDOLPH.

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