- Sheryl Crow has adopted a baby boy, Us Weekly reports. Crow made the announcement on her web site where she also revealed that she named the baby Wyatt, after her father, and Steven after her “little brother and Scooter.” She added that she and the baby “are enjoying some very private family time.”
- The Hives are busy dropping hints about their new album. The band’s Myspace page and the diary-like section of their web site indicate that the band is psyched about the new album, which is full of “bitchin’ rock ‘n rollers together” and “crazy dance and hip hop flavoured stuff,” according to guitarist Nicolaus Arson. Meanwhile, lead Hive Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist says that he recently collaborated with the Raconteurs on a song called “Footsteps,” which will appear on the Raconteurs’ new album. [via Pitchfork]
- Lauryn Hill has announced that in addition to three shows she’s playing in the UK, she will be performing two super-special US dates this summer. Hill will play Oakland on June 27th and Pala, California on June 29th. Meanwhile, rumors are swirling that Conor Oberst and Hill are collaborating (he said it’s true, she has yet to comment). Perhaps the track is for Hill’s new album, reportedly titled Khulami Phase.
- Dita Von Teese is possibly the coolest woman on the face of the planet. When recently asked about her reaction to soon-to-be ex-husband Marilyn Manson’s new scandalous video, and in particular, about the appearance of his new nineteen-year-old girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood in the clip, Dita said: “I have not seen it. I know a lot of people are shocked by it and think I should be shocked but he has put every one of his girlfriends in his videos so it doesn’t come as any surprise to me. I was in three videos. Rose McGowan was in two videos.” Badass.
- Live Aid/Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof is cranky about Live Earth, claiming that the entire enterprise lacks focus. “Why is (Gore) actually organizing them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect?” Geldof asked. “Everybody’s known about that problem for years. We are all (expletive) conscious of global warming,” he said. “…It’s just an enormous pop concert or the umpteenth time that, say, Madonna or Coldplay get up on stage.”
- Producer Nate “Danja” Hills, who collaborated with Britney Spears on her new album says that the record is all about having fun, and deliberately does not address Spears’ various personal issues. “There was no, ‘I need to let it all out’. She said she deals with that in another way. She didn’t let none of her personal life into what she was doing. It’s fun, it’s basic and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s about feeling good, celebrating womanhood.”
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