
- Britney Spears was released from the hospital on Saturday in the company of Dr. Phil when Friday’s orders for a seventy-two-hour lockdown were overturned after the troubled pop star was no longer deemed a danger to herself. After spending time with Spears, the therapist released a statement stating he believes “she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention.” Spears’ visitation rights with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James have been suspended until a January 14th hearing.
- Following in fellow American Idol winner Ruben Studdard’s footsteps, Taylor Hicks has reportedly been dropped from label J Records. Hicks, who beat out chart successes Chris Daughtry and Katharine McPhee on season 5 of Idol, “is going to record his next album on his own,” a label rep told EW.
- Oasis‘ Liam Gallagher is rumored to be fronting a one-night-only supergroup at a charity gig in England next month. Gallagher will share singing duties with former Stone Roses vocalist Ian Brown and be backed by Freebass, the bass trio of the Smiths’ Andy Rourke, New Order’s Peter Hook and Primal Scream’s Mani.
- In an unlikely pairing, Slash showed up at the finale of Bill Gates’ Consumer Electronics Show keynote address to offer a performance of Guns N’ Roses‘ “Welcome to the Jungle.” The live rendition started in the wake of a Guitar Hero III battle between Gates and another Microsoft employee. Check it out here.
- Michael Jackson is reportedly expected to announce a month-long residency at London’s O2 Arena, the site of last month’s Led Zeppelin reunion. This follows last month’s speculation that the Prince of Pop would embark on a three-month tour in 2008, which marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thriller.

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